Office

Rockefeller Group touts success of new renovations and redevelopment in Midtown.

The office vacancy rate fell nearly 5% in the third quarter as more creative companies are signing leases in the market.

A roundup of recent deals, leases, executive moves, and other news in the Northeast from the past week.

Paced by major projects, such as the $1.2-billion Jacob K. Javits Convention Center expansion and other major initiatives, the total for the first three quarters of 2017 also outpaced the full-year totals from 2010 through 2014 and is on track to surpass the $4.6 billion in construction starts initiated in 2015.

Chicago came in third among 64 cities surveyed, but Atlanta and Boston were numbers one and two.

The latest deals, projects and trends in the Midwest region.