Miami continues to be a top-ranked commercial real estate market in the Southeast United States. As the economy gears up to enter its longest expansion period in U.S. history, Miami has shown more resiliency than other South Florida markets, recording steady gains in absorption, robust leasing activity and modest rent growth. Economic fundamentals remain strong as job growth continues to fuel Miami’s office market with the unemployment rate trending down to 3.2 percent. Miami’s unemployment rate reached the lowest point in its history, falling to 3 percent in April 2019. The fundamentals in economic growth continue to support corporate expansion in nearly every industry as well as new-to-market growth from other U.S. markets and globally. While in the past, most of Miami’s growth came from Latin America, 60 percent of new-to-market growth now comes from Europe, with Spain being a frontrunner. High demand amid deliveries Miami-Dade County’s overall office vacancy rate rose slightly by 1 percent in the past 12 months, during which time 937,919 square feet of new office space was delivered to the market. More than 500,000 square feet was absorbed during that time. Because of the strong absorption, the vacancy rate was impacted only slightly, bringing it …
