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Cushman Realty Reports Downtown L.A. Vacancy Spikes to 27 Percent; Impact Caused by Availability of Former Bank/Oil Space.


LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 1999--

Cushman Realty Corp., an internationally recognized real estate brokerage firm, Thursday reported a negative net absorption of approximately 880,000 RSF RSF RSF (Rudolph Steiner Foundation) Social Finance
RSF Reporters Sans Frontières (French: Reporters Without Borders)
RSF Reporteros Sin Fronteras (Spanish: Reporters Without Borders) 
 for the second quarter in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or .

Year-to-date absorption for downtown Los Angeles increased the downtown Los Angeles vacancy rate from 24.4 percent to 27.1 percent during the second quarter of 1999.

"The vacancy rate in downtown Los Angeles is an outcome of the consolidation of accounting firms followed by banking industry and oil industry mergers," said Mitchell Russ, manager, real estate services, in Cushman Realty's downtown Los Angeles office. "Although the market in downtown Los Angeles for class A space has been relatively tight, vacancy rates have steadily increased during the last three quarters."

Contributing to this rise is the fact that Wells Fargo Wells Fargo

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 have recently placed space on the market. Likewise, Arco Oil has announced the marketing of space for sublease sublease n. the lease of all or a portion of premises by a tenant who has leased the premises from the owner. A sublease may be prohibited by the original lease, or require written permission from the owner. .

Further information on these statistics will be available with the issuance of Cushman Realty's second-quarter market report due out in mid-July.

The increase in vacancy also occurred as a result of lease expirations of more than 580,000 RSF of class B and C space last quarter.

Although some of this space has been unoccupied for quite some time, it is now on the market. An additional 405,000 SF of class A direct and sublease space also hit the market in the second quarter.

With headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, Cushman Realty is an internationally recognized real estate brokerage firm specializing in office leasing, investment services and consulting.

Founded in 1978, the firm also maintains offices in West Los Angeles
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. The firm's corporate headquarters are located at 601 S. Figueroa St., 47th floor, Los Angeles, Calif. 90017; 213/627-4700.
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