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Q1 2024 North America Market Report
INDUSTRIAL OVERVIEW: POLICY AND MARKET PRESSURES SHAPE INDUSTRIAL GROWTH Interest rate hikes by central banks aiming to tame inflation and tenants battling supply-chain and other issues continue to slow industrial demand across the United States and Canada. One difference between the two neighbors, though, is consumer behavior on discretionary spending. When Canadians shut their wallets as the Bank of Canada began raising rates in 2022, the buying habits of U.S. households hardly changed. The Commerce…
Q1 2023 Boston Office Market Report
OFFICE MARKET OVERVIEW ERIC SOLEM, Managing Principal | President Q1 2023 was a bummer for Boston’s office market. COVID and layoffs teamed up to deliver a one-two punch that knocked the vacancy rate up to 10.5%. Nobody was renting and the rental rates were dropping faster than the temperature is rising. The downtown market got the worst of it, with a whopping 12% vacancy rate, while the suburbs weren’t far behind with 9.5%. And even…