Comparing Philadelphia’s Office Performance with Other Major US Markets

In the face of a nationwide, three-year trend of companies reducing the overall size of their offices, the Philadelphia metropolitan area has been weathering the storm better than several other major U.S. office markets. While Philadelphia saw nearly 2 million square feet of space returned to the office leasing market in the past year, nine of the 15 largest office metropolitan areas experienced even higher levels of unwanted office space as a percent of the total inventory returned by office occupiers.