NEW YORK CITY—Cushman & Wakefield onTuesday released its thirdquarter office report for Manhattan, which indicated that in thefirst nine months of this year the borough has generated 24.4million square feet of leasing activity.

Officials with the brokerage firm say that Manhattan's officeleasing market is on pace to surpass 2011 levels and thereforebecome the busiest market in more than a decade. Another positivefor the market was that September 's 2.9 million square feet ofleasing activity was the 13th consecutive month that leasing inManhattan scored at least 2 million square feet or higher. Thestreak is now the longest period on record, according to C&W.Strong employment, the brokerage firm states in its report, hasfueled 5.3 million square feet of positive space absorption throughthree quarters in Manhattan.

The technology, advertising, media and information (TAMI) sectorwas a key driver in the third quarter, particularly in deals ofmore than 100,000 square feet. There were a total of 36transactions in excess of 100,000 square feet completed inManhattan through the third quarter, including new leases, renewalsand renewal expansions. Of those transactions, 14 were completed bythe TAMI sector. An additional seven of those transactions werecompleted by the financial services sector. In total, 27 of the 36transactions were new leases.