After a lean couple of years, the outlook for commercial property construction is brightening. While the economic outlook is fairly weak, vacancy rates in some subsectors such as prime offices and residential are low which will support rental growth. Combined with falling interest rates, that should encourage developers to ramp up activity. Indeed, a large rise in lending to commercial developers last month suggests they are now preparing to break more ground.
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