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Latest Jul 15, 2026

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A survey of industrial brokers capturing market insights and practitioner perspectives on sector conditions and trends.

For the first time in years, the office market has headline numbers that genuinely look better. The U.S. posted a modest annual net absorption gain in 2025, the first since 2019. Leasing picked up. Activity in top-tier buildings improved in several major markets. But the rebound is narrower than it looks. The…

OVERVIEW 10-Year, 16,125 RSF Lease of Functionally Obsolete School Building Religious non-profit owner in the San Francisco Bay Area Lee & Associates represented the owner-landlord For more information regarding this case study, please contact: DAVID KLEIN Executive Vice President | Managing Principal (415)…

January 27, 2026 (GAINESVILLE, FL) – Lee & Associates, the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firm in North America, announces the opening of a new office in Gainesville, FL, led by Dan Drotos as founding President and Managing Principal. The office will specialize in office, industrial, land, and retail…

Quarterly multifamily market analysis for Bakersfield, California covering first-quarter 2026 conditions and trends.

Annual net absorption fell from 20.5 million sq ft in 2024 to 852,722 sq ft in 2025 despite more than 12 million sq ft of tenant growth in the fourth quarter. Deliveries in 2025 totaled 253.6 million sq ft, down 52 percent from the 526 million sq ft record set in 2023.

Quarterly market analysis of retail real estate conditions and trends in the Bakersfield, California region.

Quarterly analysis of the Bakersfield office real estate market conditions and trends.

A first-quarter 2026 multifamily market report for the Boise, Idaho region covering rental trends, occupancy, supply, and demand dynamics.

Lee & Associates quarterly analysis of industrial real estate market conditions, inventory, and activity in the Charlotte, North Carolina region.

Lee & Associates Q1 2026 retail market analysis for the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area.

Q1 2026 industrial market analysis for Bakersfield, California covering vacancy rates, lease rates, supply, and tenant activity in the region.

Quarterly industrial real estate market analysis for the Boise metropolitan area.

South Florida's office market posted an 8.6% vacancy rate in Q4 2025 with asking rents rising year-over-year from $37.37 to $39.81 per square foot NNN, while industrial vacancies increased to 5.7%, retail remained stable at 3.3% vacancy, and multifamily vacancies edged up to 6.7%. Lee & Associates attributed office resilience to wealth management firm activity and upcoming hedge fund investment events, while noting industrial market recalibration with negative net absorption and retail strength driven by grocery-anchored assets and Publix expansion.

The report records 12 million sq ft of net absorption in the US and 5.4 million sq ft in Canada in the third quarter. It describes a landscape pausing as tariffs, legal uncertainty, high costs and AI considerations produced mixed results across property types.

South Florida's industrial market experienced vacancy rate increases from 6.6% to 7.7% year-over-year in Q3 2025, while average asking rents rose modestly from $17.09 to $17.35 per square foot NNN. The retail sector remained resilient with a 3.4% vacancy rate and asking rents of $36.36 per square foot, office vacancies held steady at 8.3% with rents climbing to $39.19 per square foot, and multifamily maintained a 6.5% vacancy rate with asking rents increasing to $2,264 per month.

September 23, 2025 (NEW ORLEANS, LA) – Lee & Associates, the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firm in North America, announces the opening of an office in New Orleans, Louisiana. The office will specialize in Office, Industrial, Retail, Self-Storage, and Land. Evan Scroggs, SIOR, CCIM, President and…

OVERVIEW 45,035 SF Sale-Leaseback of Converted Warehouse to Social Service Center Catholic Charities of the East Bay ("CCEB") is the seller-tenant LEC Advisors is the buyer-landlord For more information regarding this case study, please contact: DAVID KLEIN Executive Vice President | Managing Principal O (415)…

Retail demand turned negative for the first time since the Covid lockdown, with net absorption of negative 8.9 million sq ft in the second quarter. Overall office vacancy fell 10 basis points to 8.1 percent as Class A demand exceeded supply.

OVERVIEW 24-Unit Apartment with Views of Lake Union Sale Price: $8M Current Cap Rate: 3.66% Represented Seller & Buyer “Candice, Dea and team Lee & Associates did an excellent job keeping the transaction on track. They were great at problem solving, tracking down information and ensuring effective communications…

OVERVIEW 21-Unit Apartment in Lower Queen Anne Sale Price: $7.3M Current Cap Rate: 4.23% Represented Seller & Buyer Coordinated 1031 Exchanges for both parties For more information regarding this case study, please contact: CANDICE CHEVAILLER Principal O: (206) 773-2694 cchevaillier@lee-associates.com DANIEL LIM…

OVERVIEW 14 tours, 40 signed CA 21-Unit with views of Salmon Bay & Olympic Mountains Sale Price: $4.85M Current Cap Rate: 4.93% Represented Seller & Buyer For more information regarding this case study, please contact: CANDICE CHEVAILLIER, CCIM Principal O (206) 773-2694 cchevaillier@lee-associates.com DANIEL LIM…

OVERVIEW True Mixed-Use building with 17 apartments, office, retail and restaurant Quarter Block in Fremont Sale Price: $17,415,000 Loan Assumption For more information regarding this case study, please contact: CANDICE CHEVAILLIER, CCIM Principal O (206) 773-2694 cchevaillier@lee-associates.com DANIEL LIM Senior…

US retailers shuttered roughly 7.1 million sq ft of space in the first quarter following one of the weakest annual absorption totals in a decade. Canada posted negative net absorption of 5.2 million sq ft in retail over the same period.

Lee & Associates quarterly market analysis of office real estate conditions and trends in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area.

Quarterly market analysis of the multifamily sector in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

Lee & Associates provides market analysis and data on office property conditions in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Quarterly industrial real estate market analysis for the Austin, Texas metropolitan area.

Commercial real estate analysis of the office market in Boise, Idaho for the first quarter of 2026.

Quarterly industrial real estate market analysis for Calgary, Alberta covering market conditions, vacancy, pricing, and transaction activity.

A first-quarter 2026 industrial market analysis covering conditions, trends, and metrics for the Boston, Massachusetts metropolitan area.

Quarterly market analysis of office conditions in the Boston metropolitan area.

Quarterly market analysis of industrial real estate conditions and dynamics in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

Quarterly market analysis of industrial real estate activity and conditions in the Baltimore, Maryland metropolitan area.
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