2023 State of the Region

PLACE

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE Inventory of office space in Greater Grand Rapids has remained relatively stable since Q3 2022, increasing approximately a half percent (75,000 square feet). During the same period, total vacancy in the office market (combining direct vacancy and sublease vacancy) rose a percentage point to 14.1% in Q2 2023 and remained the same going into the following quarter. Meanwhile, industrial inventory increased nearly 1.9 million square feet (1.3%) from Q3 2022 to Q3 2023. Industrial vacancies edged down in 2023 compared to the previous year’s rates, reaching a low of 2.7% in Q2 2023. In Q3 2023, industrial vacancies crept up to 3.2%.

INDUSTRIAL INVENTORY BY QUARTER

150,000,000

148,000,000

146,000,000

144,000,000

142,000,000

OFFICE INVENTORY BY QUARTER

140,000,000

14,000,000

13,500,000

138,000,000

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

13,000,000

Source: JLL

12,500,000

VACANCY RATES BY QUARTER

12,000,000

Office

Industrial

16%

11,500,000

14%

11,000,000

12%

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

10%

Source: JLL

8%

6%

4%

2%

0%

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Source: JLL

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