What area is your expertise? • The Greater Cincinnati, Ohio metropolitan area — a seven-county area in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky. What trends do you see presently in office development in your area? • Speculative new construction and existing Class A buildings have captured the lion’s share of the nearly 1 million square feet of net positive absorption in 2007. In stark contrast, the Class B office market accounted for only 24 percent of this total. This trend is leading to increasing rental rates for Class A product while the Class B rents remain stagnant or are even on the decline. Who are the active office developers in your area? • Duke Realty Corp., Scott Street Partners, Al. Neyer, Inc., Neyer Properties, Inc. and Miller-Valentine Group Please name one or two significant office developments in your area. What impact will these projects have on the market? • Kenwood Towne Place is a mixed-use development adjacent to the high-end Kenwood Towne Centre regional mall currently under construction in the Kenwood submarket. The retail component will contain a Kroger and the area’s first Crate and Barrel along with a 250,000-square-foot office tower that has signed UBS as its first tenant. Nearby …