Overall for the year, the change in total occupied space (net absorption) increased 2.4 million square feet. In addition, approximately 3.0 million square feet of deals have been completed at projects that are under construction or waiting to be built.
Jeff Fredericks, SIOR, managing partner of Colliers’ Silicon Valley office, commented, “Our region remains one of the country’s bright spots and it was a good year for the commercial real estate market overall.”
Colliers International's full market report will be released at Trends2013, its annual commercial real estate forecast, scheduled for February 13.
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