Year-to-date ending in May, the Seattle metro area sold the highest dollar value of office spaces in the U.S., recording $2.17 billion in total sales, according to a report released by CommercialEdge, a commercial real estate data service.
Seattle was only one of two national markets to exceed a $2 billion-sale threshold, the other being Manhattan, which recorded $2.146 billion in sales last year.
The report comes as Seattle continues to struggle with enticing workers back into the downtown area. Office vacancy in the central business district remains at roughly 20%, according to data from Cushman and Wakefield, a commercial real estate firm. National office space vacancies linger at
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