JLL: Smaller Tenants Targeted By Landlords

1100th block of 19th Street. Photo by Google Street View

WASHINGTON, DC–There is currently some nine million square feet of core Class A blocks of space that are greater than 20,000 square feet being marketed for occupancy in 2021 or earlier, according to JLL’s Q3 report on the Washington DC market. This will create six million square feet of overhang, as there is only 3 million square feet of Class A large tenant demand expected to be in the market. This data point is part of a larger trend with which the area is sadly well aware.

There are many repercussions to this trend, one of which has begun to manifest strongly during the third quarter — namely that landlords of new vacant product are becoming more aggressive by offering lower terms and also by targeting smaller tenants for the first time.