Retail (Absorption)

Year-over-year, vacancy rates for retail markets decreased in almost all the regions, with the largest change coming from the Midwest, from 6 percent to 5.6 percent in the second quarter of 2017.

Forecasts show that net absorption is expected to rise in the first quarter of 2018 only in the West region (33.5 percent) and is expected to decrease in the rest of the regions.

Forecasts show that net absorptions are expected to rise in the fourth quarter of 2017 in the West region and to decrease by approximately 20 percent in the South. Vacancy rates are expected to remain almost the same in the fourth quarter of this year.

U.S. retail market conditions from Q3 2014 to Q3 2017*

U.S. retail market conditions from Q1 2014 to Q1 2017*

U.S. retail market conditions from Q4 2013 to Q4 2016*

U.S. retail market conditions from Q3 2013 to Q3 2016*

(U.S. retail market conditions*)