Q3 2025 Office Market Report

OFFICE MARKET OVERVIEW

The Puget Sound office market posted its strongest quarter of leasing activity since 2019, signaling renewed confidence among tenants even as vacancy held at 17.2%. Average asking rents rose to $40.33/SF Full Service, while sales averaged $425/SF with cap rates up to 7.2%. Notably, the sale of 15550 NE Turing Street was the largest stabilized office trade of the year, and the recent $77/SF sale of 2601 Elliott Avenue could become the largest office-to-residential conversion in the Seattle market, underscoring how investors are pursuing both stability and adaptive reuse opportunities.

MARKET INDICATORS Q3 2025 Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q4 2024 Q2 2024
↓  12 Mo. Net Absorption (SF) (2,158,452) (935,892) (98,114) (1,108,479) (3,377,793)
↑  Vacancy Rate (%) 17.20% 17.10% 16.20% 15.81% 15.40%
↑  Avg FS Asking Rate PSF $37.19 $36.51 $37.28 $36.87 $36.84
↑  Sale Price PSF $424.85 $500.44 $379.00 $374.92 $380.54
↑  Cap Rate (%) 7.20% 6.30% 7.50% 7.66% 7.48%
↑  Under Construction (SF) 4,835,532 4,806,240 5,796,633 5,438,739 6,347,748
↑  Inventory (SF) 237,094,384 234,943,243 236,868,599 238,161,997 237,252,988