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Colliers states in its report that Class A vacancy in the suburbs also remained flat at 22.0%. However, when considering high quality, trophy assets in the suburban office market, vacancy was considerably lower at 16.5%, dropping 150 basis points from the same time period two years earlier.

Accenture signed a new lease of 152,454 square feet, increasing its presence at the 1.4-million-square-foot tower to a total of 226,486 square feet.

Specifically, the retail sector experienced the greatest cap rate compression by four basis points to 6.23%. Moreover, this was the first quarter of downward cap rate movement for the retail sector following five consecutive quarters of upward movement.

The firm will occupy 55,988 square feet at 224 South Michigan Ave. SOM has been a tenant in the building for nearly 28 years and will continue to occupy floors 5, 9 and 10 of the 17-story, 378,600-square-foot mixed-use office tower.

"Given the current evolution, shopping malls are going to look different over the next 20 years – likely with smaller anchor stores, more entertainment concepts and restaurants, more experiences for shoppers, and daily service providers such as gyms, grocers, medical offices and even day care providers."

The deal is the largest lease transaction on State Street since 2014, according to building owner The Georgetown Company of New York City.