Office Vacancies Creep Up, Apartments Stabilize

There's more empty space in U.S. office buildings, shopping malls and industrial parks, says CBRE Econometric Advisors. The good news the rate of increase is slowing.

"Like with job losses, the worst period of vacancy increases is behind us," says Jon Southard, Director of Forecasting at CBRE. "Still, this is of little comfort when 'less bad' only adds to record high vacancy rates in many ma...