Office

Atlanta’s office market hit a 12-year high at 19.1% vacant at the end of Q2 2023. This time last year, companies absorbed 1.3 MSF, in stark contrast to this quarter’s -1.6 MSF. While leasing activity increased from last quarter, tenants continue to evaluate current footprints and determine future space requirements. AT&T, a major player in Atlanta’s office market, shed almost 500,000 SF in Q2 2023 as it announced consolidation, but in early July committed to…

Despite an overall slowing of office fundamentals nationally, Atlanta’s office market has posted positive overall activity for four consecutive quarters. Vacancy ended Q1 at 18.4%, a 10-basis point decrease from the previous quarter. Net absorption, while not as robust as quarters past, was in the positive thanks to major tenant move ins from Zaxby’s (51,493 SF) and TSA (44,000 SF) in the Central Perimeter and South Atlanta submarkets. Increasing interest rates and macroeconomic concerns placed…

The Atlanta office market experienced some highs and lows in the final quarter of 2022. Vacancy ended Q4 at 18.5%, a 50 basis point decrease from the previous quarter. Net absorption, while not as robust as quarters past, was in the positive thanks to major tenant move-ins from Emory Healthcare (112,000 SF) and Novelis (89,553 SF) in the Northlake and Buckhead submarkets. However, as developers pushed forward with new groundbreakings at 4.6M SF actively under…