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Tenacious
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Re: Is it really job growth?
Tenacious   5/4/2011 7:24:04 AM
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I think CRE overbuilt in some areas during the early 2000s. A lot of that space was inappropriately leased by dot-com firms, flooding the market when they failed. But there have been gradual improvements and I am starting to believe the vacancy rates will continue to trickle down.

Value Hiker
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Re: Is it rreally job growth?
Value Hiker   5/3/2011 10:55:56 PM
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I agree what Tokyogai pointed out. In my area, many commercial buildings have been converted to residential buildings, which recovered much faster. Without firm job recovery, the commerical building market is still soft, rent has not raised much

AskAsa
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Re: Re : Job Growth Expected to Cut Office Vacancies
AskAsa   5/3/2011 2:11:32 PM
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I know, that's a concern. But it seems like the political events this week are boosting consumer confidence. Maybe that will offset the fact that we're using any "extra" money on fuel,

yalanand
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Re : Job Growth Expected to Cut Office Vacancies
yalanand   5/2/2011 11:26:05 PM
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Good to see vacancy rates decreasing. One of the major threats to this trend right now is "Inflation". With oil above 100$, lets hope this inflaiton doesn't affect the growth.

Tenacious
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Re: Is it rreally job growth?
Tenacious   5/2/2011 11:11:20 AM
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Well, I don't think we're there yet. But companies look to the future. It takes time to complete a build out of office space. They lease today for hiring they anticipate in the relatively near future. So as vacancy rates decline, the prospect of more hiring on the horizon picks up.

tokyogai
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Is it rreally job growth?
tokyogai   5/2/2011 9:51:39 AM
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When you look at the very anemic jobs numbers, it is hard to see that low level of growth having much real impact on office space. I think more likely, that space may be coming off the market and alternate uses are being found. The big real estate companies always say something positive about the market- as if people are so dumb that they will believe it.

When we have real and robust job growth, you will see vanacies come down and rents go up. You will even see construction resume. I just don't think we are there yet.





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