Q2 Sees Demand Uptick Across the Board

For commercial real estate, the numbers finally reflect the long-discussed promise of gathering strength in the economy. CBRE Group reported Monday that demand picked up strongly across the major property sectors in the second quarter. “Commercial real estate leasing activity in Q2 2014 picked up from the weather-affected levels of the prior quarter,”says Jon Southard, managing director of CBRE’s Econometric Advisors group. “The pace of demand can finally be described as good—without the caveat of ‘for this recovery.’ ”

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