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Improving Economies to Drive Falling Vacancy and Rising Rents in European Office Markets in Next Five Years

Europe’s prime office market vacancy rate is expected to fall back to its 2009 level by the end of 2016 and then to continue declining over the rest of the decade, according to global real estate advisor, CBRE. In Europe’s major cities, office development is not keeping pace with growing demand driven by improving employment trends and almost all key office markets are expected to show falling vacancy rates and accelerated rental growth over the next five years.

London remains world’s most expensive office market

London’s West End continued to be the world’s highest-priced office market but Asia dominated the world’s most expensive office locations, accounting for four of the top five markets, according to CBRE Research’s semi-annual Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs survey.

LONDON CEMENTS POSITION AS WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE OFFICE MARKET

London’s West End is the world’s most expensive office market for the third consecutive year, retaining its title ahead of runner-up Hong Kong, according to research published today in Cushman & Wakefield’s annual Office Space Across the World global ranking.

London remains world’s most expensive office market

Three of Five Priciest Markets are in Asia, five of 10 Fastest Growing Occupancy Cost Markets are in U.S. London’s West End remained the world’s highest-priced office market but Asia continued to dominate the world’s most expensive office locations, accounting for three of the top five markets, according to CBRE Research’s semi-annual Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs survey.

Energy Dependent Cities See Prime Office Rents Accelerate

Average prime office rental growth is up by a quarter, at 25.2%, for energy dependent cities - a city which is driven by the energy sector (oil and gas) for economic and real estate activity - this year. This far outstrips the average of 4.5% for other established office locations according to the latest research from global property advisor CBRE, which covers 33 cities.