Manhattan office leasing slowed by 23 percent over the past two months compared with the same period a year earlier, and is down 39 percent from 2014, an analysis of CoStar Group data revealed.
Tenants inked 476 deals covering 3.4 million square feet between July 1 and August 24 in Manhattan, down from 5 million square feet during that same period last year and 6.2 million square feet in July and August of 2014.
Leasing has slowed overall, but some said smaller tenants are tightening the purse strings more than others. “We are seeing a lot more reticence to [make] decisions on new space for smaller companies,” Douglas Linde, president of office landlord Boston Properties, said during a second-quarter earnings call in late July.
