Office Vacancy Rates Hold Steady at 9.7 Percent in U.S.

According to Transwestern`s recently released national office report reflects resilience in U.S. market fundamentals, even in the face of the moderating pace of U.S. economic growth demonstrated by net job creation averaging 172,000 per month for the first half of the year. In this environment, the national vacancy rate held steady at 9.7% in the second quarter thanks to healthy preleasing levels of newly delivered office assets...