4Q’16
Long Island Market Report
Long Island Office 4Q 2016
Office
Long Island 4Q16 Office Report The Long Island Office market ended the fourth quarter 2016 with a vacancy rate of 7.2%. The vacancy rate was up over the previous quarter, with net absorption totaling negative (166,975) square feet in the fourth quarter. Net absorption for the overall Long Island office market was negative (166,975) square feet in the fourth quarter 2016. That compares to positive 435,654 square feet in the third quarter 2016, positive 260,341 square feet in the second quarter 2016, and negative The Long Island office market (12,401) square feet in the first quarter 2016. ended the 1st quarter 2015 with an increased vacancy During the fourth quarter 2016, eight buildings totaling 338,648 square feet were rate of 8.4%. The vacancy rate completed in the Long Island market area. This compares to six buildings totaling 75,428 was 8.2% at the end of the 4th square feet that were completed in the third quarter 2016, one building totaling 165,000 quarter 2014, 8.0% at the end square feet completed in the second quarter 2016, and 211,172 square feet in six of the 3rd quarter, and 7.7% buildings completed in the first quarter 2016. at the end of the 2nd quarter 2014. The average quoted asking rental rate for available office space, all classes, was $28.78 per square foot per year at the end of the fourth quarter 2016 in the Long Island market area. This represented a 0.8% increase in quoted rental rates from the end of the third quarter 2016, when rents were reported at $28.55 per square foot. Tallying office building sales of 15,000 square feet or larger, Long Island (New York) office sales figures fell during the third quarter 2016 in terms of dollar volume compared to the second quarter of 2016. One of the largest transactions that occurred within the last four quarters in the Long Island (New York) market is the sale of Falchi Building in Long Island City. This 711,194-square-foot office building sold for $255,000,000, or $358.55 per square foot. The property sold on 12/23/2016, at a 5.50% cap rate.
Trends for 4Q16
VACANCY RATE
NET ABSORPTION
CONSTRUCTION
ASKING RATES
SALES ACTIVITY
Total office building sales activity in 2016 was down compared to 2015. In the first nine months of 2016, the market saw 39 office sales transactions with a total volume of $456,563,981. The price per square foot averaged $165.44. In the same first nine months of 2015, the market posted 53 transactions with a total volume of $683,802,153. The price per square foot averaged $263.73.
Significant Lease Transactions: Tenant
Building
Size
Submarket
New York City Fire Department
Metrotech Center - North Bldg.
339,993 SF
Downtown Brooklyn
WeWork
Three Gotham Center
250,000 SF
Northwest Queens
Honeywell
2 Corporate Center Dr.
133,884 SF
Western Suffolk
Market Overview Report - 4Q 2016 Total Office Submarket Statistics SUBMARKET
TOTAL RBA (SF)
# BLDGS.
TOTAL AVAILABLE (SF)
TOTAL VACANT AVAILABLE (%)
TOTAL NET ABSORPTION (SF)
TOTAL AVG. UNDER RATE ($/SF/YR) CONSTRUCTION (SF)
Central Nassau
558
15,075,849
1,075,192
7.1%
89,736
$28.46
255,000
Central Queens
243
4,265,120
145,173
3.4%
(29,334)
$30.06
0
1,060
10,140,445
729,405
7.2%
14,757
$20.21
11,169
Downtown Brooklyn
197
22,917,003
1,305,701
5.7%
311,779
$53.90
435,500
Eastern Nassau
539
14,018,209
1,110,002
7.9%
143,997
$26.77
47,964
Eastern Suffolk
674
3,752,727
177,577
4.7%
72,982
$24.66
23,141
North Brooklyn
642
11,468,280
1,870,867
16.3%
(127,402)
$33.80
1,188,142
Northeast Queens
672
11,094,430
258,386
2.3%
66,834
$40.55
235,785
Northern Nassau
212
1,534,034
110,471
7.2%
(2,783)
$24.53
0
Northwest Queens
403
14,105,554
1,170,111
8.3%
(379,298)
$34.96
125,227
South Brooklyn
922
15,136,693
957,526
6.3%
(88,677)
$31.19
434,294
South Queens
371
6,030,890
353,258
5.9%
76,739
$29.56
39,401
Southeast Nassau
210
1,372,205
55,204
4.0%
(1,943)
$25.11
13,013
Southern Nassau
569
5,623,501
401,252
7.1%
2,699
$24.94
0
Southwestern Suffolk
514
3,173,234
200,597
6.3%
(46,463)
$18.02
24,635
Staten Island
888
6,616,368
275,171
4.2%
121,413
$27.40
71,400
Western Nassau
466
12,993,069
773,998
6.0%
212,561
$31.73
346,062
Western Suffolk
1,278
23,866,882
2,193,098
9.2%
79,022
$24.30
12,541
7.2%
516,619
Central Suffolk
TOTALS
10,418
183,184,493 13,162,989
$28.78
3,263,274
Construction Activity | Markets Ranked by Under Construction SF Under Construction Inventory
Average Bldg Size
MARKET
# Bldgs
Total RBA
Preleased SF
Preleased %
All Existing
U/C
Brooklyn
19
2,057,936
379,951
18.5%
28,122
108,312
Nassau
8
662,039
594,971
89.9%
19,819
82,755
Queens
11
400,413
295,787
73.9%
21,016
36,401
Suffolk
6
71,486
47,550
66.5%
11,609
11,914
Staten Island
2
71,400
24,700
34.6%
7,451
35,700
Long Island Retail 4Q 2016
Retail
Long Island 4Q16 Retail Report The Long Island retail market did not experience much change in market conditions in the fourth quarter 2016. The vacancy rate went remained at 3.3% from the previous quarter.
Trends for 4Q16
Retail net absorption was strong in Long Island fourth quarter 2016, with positive 830,982 square feet absorbed in the quarter. In third quarter 2016, net absorption was positive 542,644 square feet; while in second quarter 2016, absorption came in at positive 554,609 square feet. In first quarter 2016, positive 552,220 square feet was absorbed in the market. During the fourth quarter 2016, 18 buildings totaling 881,639 square feet were completed in the Long Island retail market. Over the past four quarters, a total of 1,346,126 square feet of retail space has been built in Long Island. In addition to the current quarter, 15 buildings with 145,537 square feet were completed in third quarter 2016, nine buildings totaling 64,682 square feet completed in second quarter 2016, and 254,268 square feet in 13 buildings completed in first quarter 2016. Average quoted asking rental rates in the Long Island retail market are up over previous quarter levels, and up from their levels four quarters ago. Quoted rents ended the fourth quarter 2016 at $33.24 per square foot per year. That compares to $32.56 per square foot in both the first and third quarters 2016. This represents a 2.1% increase in rental rates over both the current quarter and four quarters ago. Tallying retail building sales of 15,000 square feet or larger, Long Island (New York) retail sales figures fell during the third quarter 2016 in terms of dollar volume compared to the second quarter of 2016. One of the largest transactions that occurred within the last four quarters in the Long Island (New York) market is the sale of RKO Keith-Albee Theatre in Flushing. This 77,348 square foot retail center sold for $65,775,000, or $850.38 per square foot. The property sold on 7/29/2016.
VACANCY RATE
NET ABSORPTION
CONSTRUCTION
ASKING RATES
SALES ACTIVITY
Total retail center sales activity in 2016 was down compared to 2015. In the first nine months of 2016, the market saw 55 retail sales transactions with a total volume of $575,689,042. The price per square foot averaged $284.16.
Significant Lease Transactions: Tenant
Building
Size
Submarket
Audi
30-35 College Point Blvd.
81,532 SF
Northeast Queens
Stew Leonard’s Marketplace
1897 Front St
70,000 SF
Central Nassau
Dick’s Sporting Goods: Field & Stream
834 Walt Whitman Rd.
50,174 SF
Western Suffolk
Market Overview Report - 4Q 2016 Total Retail Submarket Statistics # BLDGS.
TOTAL GLA (SF)
TOTAL AVAILABLE (SF)
TOTAL VACANT AVAILABLE (%)
TOTAL NET ABSORPTION (SF)
Central Nassau
1,151
15,355,498
616,088
4.0%
(34,026)
$28.01
994
Central Queens
1,880
14,223,563
404,091
2.8%
162,340
$41.58
72,400
Central Suffolk
2,311
26,000,994
1,032,373
4.0%
37,509
$22.34
177,350
Downtown Brooklyn
516
6,539,637
366,205
5.6%
558,761
$90.87
0
Eastern Nassau
966
13,564,101
381,403
2.8%
85,037
$28.80
254,443
Eastern Suffolk
1,850
13,486,196
534,650
4.0%
(75,626)
$29.89
15,296
North Brooklyn
7,745
43,215,757
1,173,542
2.7%
372,430
$51.95
281,520
Northeast Queens
2,861
21,887,232
465,123
2.1%
263,173
$63.45
199,428
479
3,130,590
89,159
2.8%
29,806
$36.47
21,000
Northwest Queens
1,535
12,139,945
247,892
2.0%
48,039
$42.60
6,544
South Brooklyn
7,003
38,854,385
939,930
2.4%
603,597
$41.83
142,146
South Queens
2,647
17,423,764
760,512
4.4%
180,327
$30.64
463,964
707
7,348,910
258,580
3.5%
(21,875)
$22.11
8,600
Southern Nassau
1,848
16,061,882
727,489
4.5%
132,855
$24.21
3,000
Southwestern Suffolk
1,187
11,600,882
402,094
3.5%
49,752
$24.90
2,520
Staten Island
2,370
17,404,653
661,762
3.8%
(86,053)
$32.83
844,350
Western Nassau
960
8,839,222
290,081
3.3%
22,599
$42.72
13,757
Western Suffolk
2,537
24,691,598
837,990
3.4%
151,810
$27.23
48,954
SUBMARKET
Northern Nassau
Southeast Nassau
TOTALS
40,553
311,768,809 10,188,964
3.3%
2,480,455
TOTAL AVG. UNDER RATE ($/SF/YR) CONSTRUCTION (SF)
$33.24
2,556,266
Construction Activity | Markets Ranked by Under Construction SF MARKET
Under Construction Inventory
Average Bldg Size
# Bldgs
Total GLA
Preleased SF
Preleased %
5
844,350
838,775
99.3%
7,344
168,870
Queens
24
742,336
570,863
76.9%
7,360
30,931
Brooklyn
18
423,666
232,204
54.8%
5,805
23,537
Nassau
11
301,794
44,954
14.9%
10,522
27,436
Suffolk
14
244,120
196,496
80.5%
9,611
17,437
Staten Island
All Existing
U/C
Long Island Industrial 4Q 2016
Industrial
Long Island 4Q16 Industrial Report The Long Island Industrial market ended the fourth quarter 2016 with a vacancy rate of 3.4%. The vacancy rate was unchanged over the previous quarter, with net absorption totaling negative (226,561) square feet in the fourth quarter. Vacant sublease space increased in the quarter, ending the quarter at 503,789 square feet. Rental rates ended the fourth quarter at $15.22, an increase over the previous quarter. A total of five buildings delivered to the market in the quarter totaling 16,826 square feet, with 584,938 square feet still under construction at the end of the quarter. Net absorption for the overall Long Island Industrial market was negative (226,561) square feet in the fourth quarter 2016. That compares to positive 164,612 square feet in the third quarter 2016, positive 103,722 square feet in the second quarter 2016, and negative (278,193) square feet in the first quarter 2016.
Trends for 4Q16
VACANCY RATE
NET ABSORPTION
During the fourth quarter 2016, five buildings totaling 16,826 square feet were completed in the Long Island market area. This compares to three buildings totaling 53,350 square feet that were completed in the third quarter 2016, five buildings totaling 192,586 square feet completed in the second quarter 2016, and nothing completed in the first quarter 2016. The average quoted asking rental rate for available Industrial space was $15.22 per square foot per year at the end of the fourth quarter 2016 in the Long Island market area. This represented a 3.0% increase in quoted rental rates from the end of the third quarter 2016, when rents were reported at $14.77 per square foot. Tallying industrial building sales of 15,000 square feet or larger, Long Island (New York) industrial sales figures rose during the third quarter 2016 in terms of dollar volume compared to the second quarter of 2016. In the third quarter, 40 industrial transactions closed with a total volume of $610,776,030. The 40 buildings totaled 2,631,873 square feet and the average price per square foot equated to $232.07. That compares to 37 transactions totaling $225,622,175 in the second quarter. The total square footage was 1,814,448 for an average price per square foot of $124.35.
CONSTRUCTION
ASKING RATES
SALES ACTIVITY
Significant Lease Transactions: Tenant
Building
Size
Submarket
Best Market
1724 Fifth Ave
292,000 SF
Hauppauge Ind.
N/A
85 Nicon Ct
104,000 SF
Hauppauge Ind.
N/A
960 Alabama Ave
76,800 SF
South Brooklyn Ind.
Market Overview Report - 4Q 2016 Total Industrial Submarket Statistics SUBMARKET
TOTAL RBA (SF)
# BLDGS.
TOTAL AVAILABLE (SF)
TOTAL VACANT AVAILABLE (%)
TOTAL NET ABSORPTION (SF)
TOTAL AVG. UNDER RATE ($/SF/YR) CONSTRUCTION (SF)
Central Nassau Ind.
459
9,429,416
388,159
4.1%
34,924
$13.24
0
Central Queens Ind.
698
20,573,889
440,527
2.1%
(169,970)
$17.44
48,742
Deer Park Ind.
722
17,260,745
399,667
2.3%
(22,367)
$8.58
0
East Farmingdale Ind.
614
19,378,575
398,791
2.1%
(37,827)
$11.26
0
Eastern Nassau Ind.
715
24,196,648
1,070,267
4.4%
(116,368)
$12.10
0
Eastern Suffolk Ind.
444
5,500,544
250,524
4.6%
139,854
$10.37
0
Hauppauge Ind.
649
26,352,870
540,717
2.1%
202,871
$8.51
292,000
3,162
60,251,419
1,967,276
3.3%
(410,217)
$25.40
0
North Central Suffolk Ind.
201
3,276,855
70,123
2.1%
(1,935)
$12.11
0
Northeast Queens Ind.
584
11,860,177
205,525
1.7%
14,019
$19.30
55,062
Northern Nassau Ind.
104
2,359,876
477,996
20.3%
2,415
$11.94
0
1,464
34,908,681
1,441,330
4.1%
(451,203)
$19.90
42,131
Northwest Suffolk Ind.
222
3,387,191
95,801
2.8%
339,675
$10.48
0
Ronkonkoma/Bohemia Ind.
731
18,163,545
408,959
2.3%
(31,111)
$9.66
24,000
1,505
34,378,744
2,284,091
6.6%
36,848
$19.64
48,000
South Central Suffolk Ind.
386
9,960,517
362,212
3.6%
(30,479)
$10.95
36,261
South Queens Ind.
628
13,301,695
426,042
3.2%
49,534
$14.49
0
Southeast Nassau Ind.
77
930,787
38,000
4.1%
(34,400)
$11.85
0
Southern Nassau Ind.
777
11,793,217
355,660
3.0%
177,856
$12.14
0
Southwest Suffolk Ind.
627
10,684,818
144,507
1.4%
34,058
$9.04
0
Staten Island Ind.
334
6,161,257
205,384
3.3%
22,300
$13.46
12,742
Western Nassau Ind,
325
8,054,332
75,482
0.9%
15,103
$13.61
26,000
15,428
352,165,798
12,047,040
3.4%
(236,420)
$15.22
584,938
North Brooklyn Ind.
Northwest Queens Ind.
South Brooklyn Ind.
TOTALS
Construction Activity | Markets Ranked by Under Construction RBA MARKET
Under Construction Inventory
All Existing
U/C
32,000
11.0%
27,193
146,000
145,935
127,935
87.7%
23,902
12,161
4
60,261
36,148
60.0%
23,825
15,065
Brooklyn Ind.
1
48,000
0
0.0%
20,276
48,000
Nassau Ind.
1
26,000
0
0.0%
23,103
26,000
Staten Island Ind.
1
12,742
12,742
100.0%
18,447
12,742
Eastern Suffolk Ind.
0
0
0
0.0%
12,389
0
Total RBA
Western Suffolk Ind.
2
292,000
Queens Ind.
12
Central Suffolk Ind.
Preleased SF
Average Bldg Size
Preleased %
# Bldgs
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