SAN JOSE, CA-Silicon Valley's commercial real estate sector maintained steady absorption activity in the fourth quarter with over 5 million square feet of office, R&D, industrial and warehouse transactions measured during the period. So says a new report from Colliers International. “Although it was 2012's lowest quarterly gross absorption, all four quarters consistently produced over 5 million square feet of new leases and user sales, totaling 22.2 million square feet for the year.”
According to the report, office and R&D buildings represented the lion's share of the activity with more than 16.3 million square feet of activity for 2012. Jeff Fredericks, managing partner of Colliers' Silicon Valley office, explains that “Our region remains one of the country's bright spots and it was a good year for the commercial real estate market overall.”
Overall for the year, the change in total occupied space increased 2.4 million square feet, according to the report. In addition, approximately 3 million square feet of deals have been completed at projects that are under construction or waiting to be built, says the report.
Once Colliers releases its full market report on February 13, we will have more information including graphs and will update this story, so please check back.
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