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Net absorption in the office sector fell 7.4 million square feet in the first quarter, one among a number of signs of decline in the sector, according to research released by Grubb & Ellis (G & E), a commercial real estate services firm.
The company says that this is "the steepest quarterly decline in occupied space" since G&E began tracking the sector in 1986.
In another sign of deterioration, G & E found that the office sector's vacancy rate for the first quarter was 10.34%, up from 8.86% for the fourth quarter of 2000.
However, these declines should be seen against the backdrop of last year's heightened activity.
Robert Bach, national director, market analysis, remarked, "Although the national vacancy rate increased to double digits for the first time in over a year, it's important to keep everything in perspective. The market has merely moved from conditions too tight to be sustained and where tenants had few options to a more balanced environment. On a historical ...