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The Boston multifamily market strengthened in the second quarter of 2026 as the local job market returned to annual growth for the first time in two years, Northmarq reported. The stronger footing showed up quickly in leasing activity, with tenants absorbing apartments at a faster pace than developers completed…
JLL research identifies significant shifts in life sciences laboratory space demand across the Greater Boston market.
Following SCOTUS' ruling allowing the termination of temporary protected status, senior care staffing shortages are set to intensify as demand rises.
Boston's commercial real estate market exhibits mixed conditions with sustained demand in office and industrial segments.
Austin’s Office Market Ranked Second for Development Steven Sharp Thu, 04/17/2025 - 08:00 Office development in Austin retained strong momentum at the beginning of this year, which highlighted the metro’s resilience. The market ranked second nationwide in terms of new office space underway, behind Boston,…
Unwavering population growth coincides with sparse speculative office development.
Multi-tenant strength adds a stabilizing anchor, particularly in the urban core.
Boston recorded its strongest net absorption since 2021, driving vacancy lower despite 8,000 unit deliveries metrowide, with Class C and downtown vacancy expected below 4% in 2026.
This is a strategic white paper published by CBRE in April 2025 that addresses market selection frameworks within the self-storage sector. The analysis covers multiple U.S. markets including Houston, Atlanta, Boston, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, as well as national-level considerations.
This is a market report published by CBRE in April 2025 covering the life sciences sector in the Boston-Cambridge area. The report appears to be part of a broader global atlas examining life sciences real estate markets.
This is a market report published by Newmark in the fourth quarter of 2025 providing an overview of the life sciences sector in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Greater Boston lab market posted its first quarter of positive net absorption in nearly a year for the second quarter of 2026, representing what CBRE called “a tentative sign of stabilization amid persistent headwinds.” Total market availability edged up 10 basis points from Q1 and 60 bps from Q2 2025 to 32.8%,…
The life sciences real estate sector in Greater Boston still has a deep hole to dig out of, with millions of square feet of lab buildings sitting vacant, but a new report shines a positive light on the future of the market’s demand.
Asking Rents Improve, Occupancy Slips Boston advertised asking rents rose 0.2%, on a trailing three-month basis through April, to $2,876. The rate matched the U.S. pace, with national rents improving to an average of $1,758. This was the metro’s first T3 rate uptick since August 2025. The increase followed a softer…
This is a data-figures report published by CBRE on March 31, 2026, presenting first-quarter 2026 industrial sector figures for the Boston metropolitan area.
This is a data and figures report published by CBRE on March 31, 2026, presenting office market metrics for downtown Boston in the first quarter of 2026.
Greater Boston's industrial market experienced its third consecutive quarter of negative net absorption, though leasing activity surged 68.9% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2026. Vacancy rose to 10.8% as new construction remained active, but the construction pipeline has fallen to a four-year low, suggesting near-term supply moderation. Asking rents returned to positive annual growth of 1.7%, driven by advanced manufacturing buildings and a flight-to-quality trend among tenants seeking modern industrial space.
This is a first-quarter 2026 market data report from CBRE covering the office sector in the Boston suburban area.
This is a quarterly market data report published by CBRE in March 2026 covering the life sciences sector in the Boston metropolitan area.
Greater Boston's office market posted negative net absorption of nearly 140,000 square feet in the first quarter of 2026, pushing the vacancy rate to a historic high of 23.2 percent. Class A assets posted positive absorption for the second consecutive quarter, while Class B properties logged their eleventh consecutive quarter of negative absorption. Development has slowed sharply, with new office construction falling to a 15-year low, and only one project remaining underway in the region.
Boston's industrial market recorded an 11.6% vacancy rate in Q1 2026, up 60 basis points from the prior quarter and 130 basis points year-over-year, with the North and South submarkets experiencing the largest increases while three warehouse/distribution projects totaling 972,000 square feet delivered in the quarter. New leasing activity surged to over 2.0 million square feet—the highest quarterly volume since Q3 2022—and direct average asking rents increased $0.86 per square foot to $15.42 psf, marking a three-year high largely driven by the North market commanding $19.62 psf.
The Cushman & Wakefield Boston Office Q1 2026 MarketBeat report analyzes the Greater Boston office market, finding vacancy rose 40 basis points quarter-over-quarter to 18.5% while net absorption declined 735,100 square feet year-to-date, with overall asking rent decreasing 2.3% to $47.74 per square foot. Downtown Boston submarkets led demand with 1.0 million square feet of new leasing (64.3% of total market volume), driven largely by JP Morgan's 251,000-square-foot commitment at South Station Tower, while Class A assets commanded 76.6% of downtown deal volume as tenants demonstrated a "flight to quality" away from functionally obsolete Class B inventory.
This is a first-quarter 2026 market report published by Colliers covering the office sector in the Greater Boston area. The report provides analysis of office market conditions as of March 31, 2026.
This is a first-quarter 2026 market report published by Colliers covering the multifamily sector in the Greater Boston area.
This is a market report published by JLL in March 2026 covering office sector dynamics in the Boston market during the first quarter of 2026.
This is a market report published by Berkadia in September 2025 covering the multifamily sector in the Boston market.
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Boston-Cambridge vacancy up 860 bps YoY to 25.5%; 4.4M sq ft under construction, down from 8.3M a year earlier as the pipeline decelerates.
Quarterly Greater Boston lab market metrics covering vacancy, absorption, rents and the construction pipeline.
Greater Boston life sciences vacancy at a record 33.9% while H1 2025 leasing surged to 95.6% of 2024's full-year total, led by Biogen's 585,000 sq ft Cambridge HQ deal.
CBRE talent trends: US life sciences employment hit a record 2.1M in March 2025; Boston-Cambridge and SF Bay Area lead talent rankings. Substantial data shown free on page.
JLL reports the U.S. lab market now exceeds 200 million square feet with a supply-to-demand ratio near 6 to 1, as AI and tough-tech firms take a growing share of leasing, including 30% of Boston signings in 2025.
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Life sciences venture capital funding reached 20.8 billion dollars in the first half of 2025, equal to 44.9 percent of the 2024 total. High rents in Boston-Cambridge, the Bay Area and San Diego pushed companies toward lower-cost markets.