Detroit's retail leasing volume of 3.49 million square feet in 2024 was down 18.1% from the prior year. This recent reduction reversed a trend of leasing volume ticking upward since 2020, reaching a high point of 4.2 million square feet in 2022. However, this downward compression is only slightly below the five-year average of 3.7 million square feet per year over the past five years.