Amazon's Northern Virginia Headquarters Masks Worsening DC Office Market
Minus Amazon, Move-Outs Would Put Washington in the Red Again
Washington, D.C.’s office market had positive net absorption in the second quarter of 2023, marking just the third time more office tenants moved in than moved out since the onset ...
Spring Leasing Season Propels DC Apartment Market Rebound
Forecasted Vacancy, Rent Growth Match January Outlook
Apartment operators across greater Washington, D.C., can breathe a sigh of relief as they head out for summer vacation.
Chase for Renters Is On in Washington and Baltimore Hot Spots
High-End Development Has Not Drained Either Demand Pool
Thousands of new apartments are opening across the greater Washington, D.C.-Baltimore region, and the majority are within the two cities’ most recently developed districts. But des...
DC's Small Industrial Buildings Get New Leases on Life
Small Format Warehouse and Flex Buildings Thrive With Warehousing, Retail Demand
Elements of commercial real estate’s ecosystem get written off for dead from time to time, but sometimes obituaries are written too soon. This seems to be the case for many of grea...
Boston's No Good, Very Bad First Quarter
Office Move-Outs, Give-Backs and New Builds Result in Unprecedented Amounts of Available Space
The enormity of the challenges facing Boston’s regional office market is difficult to grasp, but a local comparison may help. Following an unprecedented downturn in demand during t...
DC Office Market Has a Middle Tier Problem
Vacancy in Mid-Priced Properties Has Doubled Since 2019
There are many concerns in Washington, D.C.’s office market these days, but one clear problem is in its middle-tier inventory.
Capital Markets Grind to a Halt Across DC
First Quarter Data Foreshadow Generational Slowdowns
Sales of income-producing real estate in the Washington, D.C., area are dwindling. Given the pace of deceleration, a generation of D.C. dealmakers may experience the biggest slowdo...
DC Renters Want High-End Apartments
Steadfast Demand Offsets Inconsistency in Workforce Housing
Multifamily developers have added 3,000 luxury apartments in the Washington, D.C., area every quarter for 10 years, banking on the district’s highly educated and well-paid renter c...
Record Amount of Office Sublet Space Keeps Escalating in Boston
Record Keeps Going Higher as Office Tenants Shed Space
The amount of Boston's available sublease office space, which reached new heights in 2022, shows no signs of abating in an escalation felt across the metropolitan area as the first...
Dark Skies Settle Over Washington’s Apartment Market
Vacancy Deluge Unlikely, but Clear Skies Farther Out in Forecast
The 2022 data is baked for Washington, D.C.’s apartment market, and while the metaphorical cake didn’t fall flat, it looked unappetizing next to 2021’s winning recipe. Examining th...
DC Apartment Demand Far From Free Fall
Recent Development Surge Drove 2022 Vacancy Expansion
There’s no sugarcoating the slowdown in lease-ups and overall apartment demand in the Washington, D.C., market in 2022. A high-level examination of demand data shows that some fact...
DC Apartment Market May See Record Construction in 2023
Even With Shortfall, New Units Should Top 10,000 for 11th Straight Year
The Washington, D.C., area's apartment market faces challenges in 2023. Assessing the supply-demand balance — and where vacancy comes out in the wash — can help owners, operators a...
Apartment Owners in Boston Hope This Dynamic Reverses in 2023
National Trend of Lower Demand and Higher Supply Not As Bad Locally but Still Affecting Operators
Uncertainties lie ahead for the Boston apartment market, but potential answers may be found in the basic performance indicators that drive it. Assessing the supply-demand balance –...
All Signs in Boston Point to More Vacant Apartments in 2023
Degree of Reduced Demand Expected to Be Determined by Depth of Economic Slowdown
Assessing the supply-demand balance for the Boston apartment market – and where vacancy comes out in the wash – can help owners, operators, and investors navigate some of the twist...
Boston Apartment Supply Story Looks Scary, but Not As Daunting Upon Deeper Read
Top-Line Number Entering 2023 Not as Daunting as it Appears
Uncertainties lie ahead for the Boston apartment market, but potential answers may be found in the fundamental performance indicators that drive it. Assessing the supply-demand bal...
Hurricane Ian’s Toll on Fort Myers Apartment Market Considerable, but Longer-Term Fundamentals Should Remain Solid
Nearly Half of Multifamily Inventory in That Part of Florida Has Been Built Since 2010
(Updated Oct. 10 to add additional analysis in the seventh paragraph.)
What a Difference a Year Makes in Boston’s Office Market
Heightened Leasing and Investment Activity Reflect Recent Rebound in Demand
The turnaround in Boston’s office market has been impressive through the first three quarters of 2021, and if current trends hold it may turn out to be one of the area’s most pivot...
Boston’s Apartment Market on Pace To Shatter Records
Historic Demand From Recovering Office, University Landscapes Push Rents to New Highs
Boston’s apartment market is on the precipice of a landmark year by several statistical measures. Regardless of how the final quarter’s data breaks, 2021 will be remembered as a re...
Tishman Speyer Bets Less (Retail) Is More With Mazza Gallerie Purchase
Apartments to Replace Most of Hollowed Out Regional Mall in DC's Friendship Heights Neighborhood
With its acquisition of the Mazza Gallerie in Friendship Heights, a New York developer closed one book and started another on one of Washington D.C.’s oldest regional malls.
Signs of Recovery, Ongoing Headwinds Abound in DC Retail Market
Reopenings, Vaccinations, Leasing Clash With Vacancy, Oversupply and Labor Shortages
Like most major metropolitan areas nationwide, Washington, D.C. is seeing clear signs of a retail recovery unfolding. Similarly, and perhaps to a more acute degree in the nation's ...