2012 Global Market report - NAI Global
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n us Highlights – midwest region<br />
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office<br />
Illinois<br />
Indiana<br />
Iowa<br />
Michigan<br />
Minnesota<br />
Missouri<br />
Nebraska<br />
North Dakota<br />
Ohio<br />
South Dakota<br />
Wisconsin<br />
Conditions in chicago’s downtown office market have been improving for the past year, the beginning<br />
of a modest recovery following a nearly two year period of rising vacancy rates. Asking<br />
rents for Downtown Class A office space have increased to $42/SF and vacancy rates have declined<br />
to 15.4%. Suburban vacancy rates, typically higher and more volatile than downtown, have<br />
not responded as favorably to the recovery as downtown rates have. This is especially true of<br />
Class B and C space, which are still witnessing climbing vacancy rates amid weak demand.<br />
cleveland’s overall office vacancy rate ended the year at 13%. Leasing rates were flat and net<br />
absorption was slightly positive. The completion of the new medical mart and Horseshoe Casino<br />
will help increase activity downtown. The landscape will also change as Eaton Corporation, Ernst<br />
& Young and American Greetings will all move into new facilities.<br />
The leasing environment remains soft throughout the detroit suburbs but has shown improvement<br />
throughout the CBD primarily because Quicken Loans, DTE and Blue Cross Blue Shield have all<br />
completed relocations to Downtown. This momentum is attracting other corporations to follow suit.<br />
The kansas city office market worsened in 2011 as vacancy increased to 19.1% from 18.6% in<br />
2010. Incentives from states and municipalities drove shifts from Missouri to Kansas, and to lesser<br />
extent, vice versa. Flight to quality continued, placing pricing pressure in all classes with larger<br />
submarkets seeing improvements in Class A vacancy, and declines in Class B vacancy and asking rents.<br />
st. louis office vacancy rates rose 1% in 2011 while rental rates are still declining slightly. The<br />
high-end Class A market is the brightest spot in St. Louis’ office market, with positive growth<br />
seen in the delivery of the 100% leased National Records & Archives building (474,690 SF), and<br />
the fully pre-leased BJC Healthcare HQ (300,000 SF) currently under construction.<br />
Industrial<br />
chicago, the second largest industrial market and the most important transportation hub in the<br />
country, has now been in a recovery phase for more than a year, evidenced by the absorption of<br />
vacant space and a declining vacancy rate, improving to 10.5%. The area’s intermodal developments<br />
continue to play an active role in the recovery, and now provide service with both BNSF and Union<br />
Pacific Railroads.<br />
Bolstered by steady improvement across the automotive, construction and transportation<br />
segments, cleveland’s industrial sector was stable in 2011. Rents were slightly softer, overall<br />
vacancy was under 10%, which is relatively unchanged from 2010, and new construction was<br />
limited to a small handful of build-to-suit projects.<br />
Continuing last year’s positive momentum, detroit’s industrial net absorption remained positive<br />
(6 million SF), signaling continued improvement and stability. Well located warehouse and flex<br />
space in Wayne and Oakland counties remains in demand. Michigan’s technology and alternative<br />
energy investments are a catalyst for the industrial markets, with start-up companies finding<br />
favorable tax incentives and a qualified labor pool.<br />
st. louis industrial vacancy rates climbed to 8.8% during 2011. Absorption for the year is negative<br />
912,892S SF. This has placed further downwards pressure on asking rates which have dropped<br />
by nearly 4%.<br />
leading Price class a markets<br />
Downtown Office<br />
Class A<br />
Suburban Office<br />
Class A<br />
leading Price retail markets<br />
Retail<br />
Downtown<br />
Retail<br />
Service Centers<br />
Retail<br />
Power Centers<br />
Retail<br />
Regional Malls<br />
<strong>Market</strong> Effective Avg. High Rent Vacancy<br />
Chicago, Illinois $ 42.00 $ 55.00 15.40%<br />
Milwaukee, Wisconsin $ 30.00 $ 32.00 10.00%<br />
Detroit, Michigan $ 21.00 $ 23.00 18.00%<br />
St. Louis, Missouri $ 19.25 $ 23.00 14.40%<br />
Indianapolis, Indiana $ 19.06 $ 27.00 17.00%<br />
<strong>Market</strong> Effective Avg. High Rent Vacancy<br />
Chicago, Illinois $ 26.00 $ 33.00 21.30%<br />
Omaha, Nebraska $ 24.80 $ 30.81 6.50%<br />
St. Louis, Missouri $ 23.25 $ 30.00 10.50%<br />
Kansas City, Missouri $ 21.80 $ 32.00 15.20%<br />
Lincoln, Nebraska $ 20.64 $ 23.00 7.20%<br />
<strong>Market</strong> Effective Avg. High Rent Vacancy<br />
Madison, Wisconsin $ 20.00 $ 35.00 11.50%<br />
Detroit, Michigan $ 17.00 $ 35.00 14.00%<br />
Kansas City, Missouri $ 13.59 $ 24.25 5.80%<br />
Indianapolis, Indiana $ 13.40 $ 24.25 32.00%<br />
Omaha, Nebraska $ 10.27 $ 25.00 5.00%<br />
<strong>Market</strong> Effective Avg. High Rent Vacancy<br />
Milwaukee, Wisconsin $ 15.00 $ 25.00 8.00%<br />
Davenport, Iowa $ 14.50 $ 16.50 7.00%<br />
Akron, Ohio $ 13.50 $ 30.00 14.00%<br />
St. Louis, Missouri $ 12.60 $ 22.00 10.70%<br />
Grand Rapids, Michigan $ 8.50 $ 10.00 15.00%<br />
<strong>Market</strong> Effective Avg. High Rent Vacancy<br />
Kansas City, Missouri $ 17.35 $ 23.65 6.80%<br />
Milwaukee, Wisconsin $ 16.00 $ 24.00 7.00%<br />
Sioux City, Iowa $ 16.00 $ 22.00 11.00%<br />
Indianapolis, Indiana $ 13.76 $ 28.00 17.00%<br />
St. Louis, Missouri $ 13.40 $ 20.00 8.90%<br />
<strong>Market</strong> Effective Avg. High Rent Vacancy<br />
Milwaukee, Wisconsin $ 32.00 $ 60.00 5.00%<br />
Sioux City, Iowa $ 30.00 $ 40.00 7.50%<br />
Madison, Wisconsin $ 27.00 $ 50.00 1.00%<br />
Kansas City, Missouri $ 25.75 $ 35.00 6.60%<br />
Cedar Rapids, Iowa $ 17.00 $ 18.00 5.00%<br />
leading Price Industrial markets<br />
retail<br />
The cleveland retail sector’s leasing activity showed some improvement amid flat rents and<br />
limited new construction. The market has both good news and bad news. The good: large-scale<br />
retail development projects announced by First Interstate in Cleveland Heights and South Euclid,<br />
and by the Jacobs Group in Avon. The bad: continuing struggles among many retailers headlined<br />
by the bankruptcy filings of Borders Books and Blockbuster Video.<br />
Retail asking rents in columbus remain stagnant with the exception of several newly announced<br />
boutique centers that are asking and getting net effective rents in the mid $20/SF range.<br />
Retail leasing in detroit remains slow, with many power and strip centers suffering from the<br />
continued reduction in consumer spending. Average retail rents remained flat in the $15/SF to<br />
$20/SF range across the region.<br />
The kansas city retail market has improved, somewhat buoyed by continued repositioning of<br />
several centers and arrival of new retailers. The Legends Center near the Kansas Speedway was<br />
converted to an outlet format. New retailers to the area include Trader Joe’s, Nordstrom Rack,<br />
and Buy Buy Baby.<br />
The milwaukee retail market has had a slow, steady decline in vacancy rates with lease rates<br />
remaining relatively flat. Walmart and Target remains on a very aggressive expansion pace and<br />
is working through approvals for numerous new sites throughout the market. Traditional grocers<br />
are also continuing to expand their operations.<br />
Industrial<br />
Bulk Warehouse<br />
Industrial<br />
Manufacturing<br />
Industrial<br />
High Tech/R&D<br />
<strong>Market</strong> Effective Avg. High Rent Vacancy<br />
Fargo, North Dakota $ 5.40 $ 6.25 8.50%<br />
Detroit, Michigan $ 4.50 $ 9.00 13.00%<br />
Chicago, Illinois $ 4.10 $ 6.00 10.50%<br />
Milwaukee, Wisconsin $ 3.50 $ 3.50 7.90%<br />
Omaha, Nebraska $ 3.00 $ 4.66 7.30%<br />
<strong>Market</strong> Effective Avg. High Rent Vacancy<br />
Fargo, North Dakota $ 6.50 $ 7.00 7.00%<br />
Madison, Wisconsin $ 5.85 $ 9.50 1.40%<br />
Lansing, Michigan $ 4.50 $ 5.50 15.00%<br />
Chicago, Illinois $ 4.40 $ 6.25 10.50%<br />
Detroit, Michigan $ 3.25 $ 6.00 20.00%<br />
<strong>Market</strong> Effective Avg. High Rent Vacancy<br />
Fargo, North Dakota $ 6.50 $ 7.00 7.00%<br />
Madison, Wisconsin $ 5.85 $ 9.50 1.40%<br />
Lansing, Michigan $ 4.50 $ 5.50 15.00%<br />
Chicago, Illinois $ 4.40 $ 6.25 10.50%<br />
Detroit, Michigan $ 3.25 $ 6.00 20.00%<br />
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