NEW YORK CITY—Newmark Grubb Knight Frankreports that Manhattan's office availability rate fell to 11.3% atthe end of the first quarter, the lowest rate since the fourthquarter of 2008 when the rate stood at 11.2%.
The Manhattan office availability rate was 12.2% at the end ofthe fourth quarter of 2013. Direct availability, which had stayedat around 44 million square feet for four years, fell by 2.7million square feet in the first quarter.
The brokerage firm in its First Quarter Manhattan Office Marketreport states that the average asking rent in Manhattan was flat ascompared to three months ago, standing at $62.46 per-square-foot. Ayear ago, the average asking rent in Manhattan was $59.55per-square-foot.
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John Jordan
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