New York Market Overview
- Total Manhattan Class A Office vacancies decreased from 9.9 % vacant to 9.8 % vacant
- Total New York City Office vacancy decreased from 8.4 % vacant to 8.3 % vacant
Retail rents in the Financial District on Broadway have area increased 69 percent, over the last six months. The asking retail rents on Broadway between Battery Park and Chambers Street reached $257 per square foot.
Tech companies usually get the credit for keeping the Manhattan office leasing market strong while financial and legal services are shrinking. However, the larger office deals in Manhattan signed over the past year have been in other industries altogether.
The Manhattan office leasing market continued to get stronger in the third quarter, the number of large deals fell considerably. Only two deals were valued north of $100 million, compared to seven in the previous quarter.
Manhattan office landlords raked in slightly more per square foot from their leases last quarter. Effective rents remain below their 2008 peak. The effective rent in Midtown was $58.15 per square foot, while the rate in Midtown South was $47.37 per foot and $38.10 per foot Downtown.
