High-end office leasing slide continues

No region of the Manhattan office market was immune to the continued decline in asking rents and increase in vacancy rates in the high-end office market last month.

The vacancy rate for Manhattan Class A properties rose in January to 10.2 percent, cracking through the 10 percent ceiling for the first time since November 2004, according to a new report from real estate services firm Colliers ABR.

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The overall vacancy rate in the borough was 11.3 percent, up from 10.4 percent the month before, and average asking rents dropped by $1.03 to $59.30, the report said.

In Midtown, the Class A vacancy rate jumped sharply to 11.3 percent in January from 9.9 percent in December; in Midtown South the vacancy rate rose a smaller amount to 11.9 percent from 11.4 percent; and Downtown, the average Class A asking rent fell 8.5 percent between December and January to $56.53, the report said.