For the past several years, office vacancies in Downtown San Jose have been astronomical. I remember the Sobrato tower sitting empty waiting for an owner for what seemed like ages. Even today, one of the River Park Towers is still empty.
The good news is that a huge dent has been made towards reducing these vacancies in the last year. During Q3 2011, the vacancy rate of office space Downtown was an abysmal 27.1%. That has since dropped to 21.5% in Q3 2012, a 5.6% reduction. Still not fantastic, but substantially better than the year before. I think in 2013 we'll finally see this number drop below 20%.
Source: SJBJ
Guess what? Muji, a major Japanese department store, is opening in Downtown San Jose in April 2013 at the Fairmont Annex.
ReplyDeleteApple is going to have their rumored iPad mini reveal at the California Theatre here in downtown San Jose on Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteAre the above posts about Muji and the iPad mini cruel jokes?
ReplyDeleteNope, in fact those are my planned topics for tomorrow and Tuesday's posts.
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ReplyDeleteLooking at that picture, I really wish someone would design a building that stands out. Even if they are not even 300 ft. Too much open space
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