At 2018’s year end, Chicago’s CBD office market maintained its upward pace with 94,341 sf of positive absorption for the quarter, and over 2 million sf of positive absorption for the year. Similar to last quarter, direct availability dropped from 15.23% to 13.97% and direct vacancy dropped from 12.18% to 11.89%, year over year. From 3Q18 to 4Q18, direct asking rents increased from $40.16psf to $40.51psf, a new record-high asking rate.

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