"With the struggling office market, landlords are looking for more aggressive teams who think outside the box of traditional brokerage," LaCoure tells GlobeSt.com. "We utilize a multi-faceted approach with a focus on technology for today's consumer."

Lee & Associates teams have principals, directors and associates on each project, along with deep marketing and research support. The firm also launched a new property management group in 2019, which helped the landlord agency team secure unique opportunities by working hand-in-hand to deliver the best results.

"The bandwidth and support we offer allows our team to lease up buildings faster. From marketing a property to making cold calls and providing direct drop-offs and flyers, the team is all hands on deck," said LaCoure. "In 2020, we will look to continue this success and positive growth."

Conservative growth across the Greater Houston area continued to gradually fill space that was shed during the most recent oil downturn, according to a fourth quarter office report from Lee & Associates. However, despite the positive 1.4 million square feet of positive absorption during the last quarter, there is still a lot of ground to cover due to the negative net absorption of 3 million square feet during the last 10 quarters.

Statistics from a variety of reports claim a substantial increase in leasing activity, however, Occidental Petroleum's sale and then subsequent 800,000-square-foot leaseback of Anadarko's former Woodlands headquarters skewed leasing and absorption statistics. Like Oxy, many of the larger lease transactions were triggered by further consolidation within the energy industry.

Apart from the struggling energy business, the local office market appears to be exhibiting signs of growth, says the Lee & Associates report.