IE Business Daily Business news for the Inland Empire.
The Inland Empire office market remained reasonably strong during the fourth quarter of last year, with stable vacancy and a small amount of absorbed space.
The two-county region’s vacancy rate was 5.9 percent, unchanged from the previous quarter, while it added a modest 980 square feet, according to CBRE.
Availability was 8.4 percent. As 2025 ended, the Inland office market remained the tightest U.S. office market, meaning not enough space to meet demand.
On the negative side leasing fell 17 percent, from 198,900 square feet in the third quarter to 163,400 square feet in the fourth quarter. Class A properties accounted for more than half of the leased space.
Investment in office space increased a little more than 500 percent, to $105 million, compared with $17 million during the third quarter, Government entities made more than $37 million worth of those transactions, according to CBRE.
