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Positivity in NY office market
By Ilaina Jonas |
June 30, 2009, Tuesday
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THE deterioration of the availability rate of offices in Manhattan slowed in the second quarter, signaling the worst may be over for the market, real estate services company FirstService Williams said in a report.
Although the Manhattan office market's total availability rate - which includes vacant space plus space scheduled to become available within a year - rose to 13.4 percent in the second quarter from 12 percent in the first, the increase slowed significantly in the latter half of the quarter, according to the report.
That could help major Manhattan landlords such as SL Green Realty Corp, Vornado Realty Trust, Boston Properties Inc and Brookfield Properties.
During the second quarter, an additional 4.7 million square feet of office space was put on the market, surpassing the 3.9 million square feet that hit the market in the first quarter.
The 13.4 percent availability rate is still below the last cycle's peak of 14.5 percent reached in the first half of 2003.
The firm, which monitors space changes on a weekly basis, said the rise in the availability rate in the first half of the second quarter was essentially a continuation of the first quarter as demand for space weakened rapidly.
That changed during the latter half of the second quarter as the net total of available space added to the market noticeably slowed.
"The availability data for the second half of the second quarter of 2009 portray a substantially different picture about the pace and direction of activity than what was observed in both the first half of the quarter or in the first quarter of 2009," Mark Jaccom, FirstService Williams chief executive, said in a statement.
Net additions to the supply of space in the latter half of the second quarter were about half the level seen a month earlier, Jaccom said.
"As the quarter ended, we also found that firms that earlier were not even beginning the decision-making process quickly shifted and ramped up their search activity," he said.
CB Richard Ellis Group said recently that rents had fallen 28 percent in Midtown Manhattan, a big enough drop to show a re-pricing, signaling the approach of a market bottom.
Although the Manhattan office market's total availability rate - which includes vacant space plus space scheduled to become available within a year - rose to 13.4 percent in the second quarter from 12 percent in the first, the increase slowed significantly in the latter half of the quarter, according to the report.
That could help major Manhattan landlords such as SL Green Realty Corp, Vornado Realty Trust, Boston Properties Inc and Brookfield Properties.
During the second quarter, an additional 4.7 million square feet of office space was put on the market, surpassing the 3.9 million square feet that hit the market in the first quarter.
The 13.4 percent availability rate is still below the last cycle's peak of 14.5 percent reached in the first half of 2003.
The firm, which monitors space changes on a weekly basis, said the rise in the availability rate in the first half of the second quarter was essentially a continuation of the first quarter as demand for space weakened rapidly.
That changed during the latter half of the second quarter as the net total of available space added to the market noticeably slowed.
"The availability data for the second half of the second quarter of 2009 portray a substantially different picture about the pace and direction of activity than what was observed in both the first half of the quarter or in the first quarter of 2009," Mark Jaccom, FirstService Williams chief executive, said in a statement.
Net additions to the supply of space in the latter half of the second quarter were about half the level seen a month earlier, Jaccom said.
"As the quarter ended, we also found that firms that earlier were not even beginning the decision-making process quickly shifted and ramped up their search activity," he said.
CB Richard Ellis Group said recently that rents had fallen 28 percent in Midtown Manhattan, a big enough drop to show a re-pricing, signaling the approach of a market bottom.
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