Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Office Optimism

Clip from Office Optimism Article from Commercial Real Estate Magazine

Energy Is Hot

Further north in Oklahoma City, which historically has struggled with high office vacancy rates, oil and gas corporations are fueling the market and keeping vacancy to a low 5 percent for class A space, says Susan Davis Jordan, CCIM, office specialist with NAI Sullivan Group in Oklahoma City. International corporations such as Devon Energy, which pioneered efforts to tap into the Barnett Shale formation in north Texas, are very active in the market. Devon recently announced plans to construct a high-rise tower in downtown Oklahoma City. "The new building will cause some vacancy in the next few years, but it will be a huge part of revitalizing our downtown," Davis Jordan says.

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