| Tim Mustin Research Analyst IBouncing Along the Bottom San Joaquin County’s office market seems to have bottomed, but predicting the climb out will be challenging. Office leases are being executed, albeit not enough to show significant positive net absorption. Generally speaking, active tenants are moving into similar size space from their previous locations. There are two motivating factors contributing to the leases that are being executed: (1) lease rates are favorable for tenants (2) landlords are offering tenant improvement allowances on new space. With some positive net absorption and only a few new office spaces becoming available, we see a trend developing that indicates we may be bouncing along the bottom of the recession. The positive sign is that we are near the bottom and future activity will turn the market in a growth direction. Click here for the full report. |