Research

The commercial brokerage firm states that year-to-date leasing volume in Northern and Central New Jersey totas 6.2 million square feet—8.1% ahead of last year's totals during the same period.

Vacancy is expected to stay low, and supply and demand will remain unbalanced until at least 2022 or 2023, pushing asking rates, which increased 8.9% year-over-year to $82.23 per square foot.

London remains a top pick for foreign investment, while Boston was the top US pick.

Transparency and price drive investor interest in fast food restaurants.

Industry estimates forecast upwards of 1 million new renter households a year.

The flexible office space market in the Windy City grew by 958,000-square feet between mid-year 2018 to the end of June 2019.

Class A buildings in proximity to NJ Transit train stations remained on the radar screen for office occupiers with space requirements. More than 95.0% of the leases completed during the first half of 2019 were concentrated in Class A buildings.

Investment volumes have paled in comparison to 2018 when merger-and-acquisition activity drove investment volumes.