Good question.  In my honest opinion I would say yes.  All indications across the country point to an improvement for the National Office Market.  Vacancy rates are finally holding steady, and in some markets even starting to decrease.  Net Absorption across the country is continuing to improve as well.  However, rental rates haven’t increased at...
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I know that I do this a lot, but I can’t help myself….  Duke Long inspired, yet, another idea for a blog post.  The idea comes from his most recent blog post Commercial Real Estate Must Kill the PDF!.  Love this post, and it got me thinking of something that annoys me here in Atlanta with...
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Unfortunate news coming form the CMBS markets, the delinquencies are still on the raise for CMBS loans in commercial real estate.  Now, 9.05% of all CMBS loans are delinquent, but the rate at which these delinquencies are increasing is starting to go down.  So what does this mean to office space here in Atlanta?  In...
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Kudos is in order to Cousins Properties who at the beginning of the year had an empty office building in Atlanta’s Buckhead Office Market.  Now, Terminus 200 is 60% leased with the signing of another office tenant, Cedar Street Advisors.  The leasing team for Cousins deserves a lot of credit for landing several big...
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I must admit, I think that the iPad is one of the coolest things going right now.  I’ve been to Best Buy on several occasions looking at them.  I’ve taken my nephew’s iPad for a day, and loved it.  However, I’ve been struggling to purchase one because I couldn’t find a real use for...
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Want to know if we are in a true recovery, then check with the companies that sell equipment that build office space.  The Global Dirt Indicator – The frontlines of the economy can be seen through the eyes of construction equipment company execs. Insight with Olof Persson, Volvo Construction CEO.  Airtime: // Fri. Sept....
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