The submarket has lost millions of square feet in office space in the last 25 years, but its remaining tenants are loyal, and rent increases are outpacing the CBD.
Demand from various industries has pushed gross activity and rents up and vacancy down, and there has been an uptick in rollover from adjacent regions such as Orange County, where the market is even tighter, CBRE's Tom McAllister tells GlobeSt.com.
Nearly half of the industrial space under construction has been pre-leased, the most since 2000, and this level of demand is seen in a broad cross-section of markets, not just ones on the coasts.
CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS—Empty big box spaces have opened up across the US, but top locations could see expansions from players not previously in the market.