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Office Space Demand Forecast, Fourth Quarter 2025

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Office market at pivotal 'normalization' point as macroeconomic factors weigh on economy.

Office Space Demand Forecast, Second Quarter 2024

Thursday, June 6, 2024

The office market performed worse in the first quarter of 2024 than previously forecast, with national office net absorption totaling a negative 13.4 million square feet.

COVID-19 Creates a Downshift in Parking Demand

Monday, March 22, 2021

Large revenue shortfalls will accelerate technological advances, conversions and design innovations.

Demand Remains High for Construction Workers

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Firms with openings for craft workers report challenges in filling those positions.

Office Space Demand Forecast, Fourth Quarter 2020

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

A new office space demand forecast published by the NAIOP Research Foundation projects a period of negative absorption through late 2020 and early 2021, but total net absorption from Q2 2021 to Q3

Office Space Demand Forecast, Second Quarter 2021

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates and strong economic growth will help demand for office space rebound, with a return to positive net absorption forecast for the fourth quarter of 2021. Quarterly

Office Space Demand Forecast, Fourth Quarter 2022

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Net office space absorption in the fourth quarter of 2022 is forecast to be 7.1 million square feet, with absorption in 2023 forecast to slow to 8.1 million square feet for the entire year. Moving

Office Space Demand Forecast, Fourth Quarter 2017

With two consecutive quarters of annualized U.S. GDP growth exceeding 3.0 percent — as well as general strength in most other economic indicators, such as the U.S. unemployment rate as measured by

Office Space Demand Forecast, Second Quarter 2023

Thursday, June 1, 2023

The national office market experienced total negative net absorption of 21.3 million square feet through the fourth quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, bringing the vacancy rate to 17.8

Office Space Demand Forecast, Fourth Quarter 2023

Thursday, November 30, 2023

The office market continues to face stiff headwinds as office utilization has remained relatively flat over the last year, as evidenced by mobile-phone location data and building-access records.

Office Space Demand Forecast, Second Quarter 2022

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

The U.S. office market absorbed 21.6 million square feet across the last quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022. Office market vacancy rates increased for the 10th straight quarter to start

Office Space Demand Forecast, Second Quarter 2026

Thursday, May 28, 2026

The U.S. office market recorded three consecutive quarters of positive net absorption through the first quarter of 2026 – its longest stretch of demand growth since mid-2022.

Industrial Space Demand Forecast, First Quarter 2017

Thursday, February 23, 2017

The forecast for 2017 calls for quarterly net absorption to average approximately 64 million square feet, a level similar to that realized in 2016. The model, run quarterly by Dr. Hany Guirguis,

Industrial Space Demand Forecast, Third Quarter 2016

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

The U.S. economy in the first half of 2016 can be characterized as slowing but still growing, as GDP registered a revised 0.8 percent annualized growth rate in the first quarter and 1.2 percent in

Industrial Space Demand Forecast, Third Quarter 2024

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Total net absorption for the second half of 2024 is forecast to be approximately 114 million square feet, full-year absorption in 2025 is forecast to be around 249 million square feet, and