Is there life after death? Judging by the commercial office sector, maybe there is. After several years in an advanced stage of morbidity, propped up largely by tenant fitouts and renovations, the office sector may be starting to show signs of life.
The ULI Center for Capital Markets and Real Estate recently stated (based on data from CBRE) that the sector is expected to show “steady and substantial three-year improvements,” with vacancy rates declining from 15.4% this year, to 14.4% in 2013 and 12.3% by year-end 2014.
Rental rates should be up 3.7% in ’13, says the ULI. +
TOP 25 OFFICE SECTOR ARCHITECTURE FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 Office Revenue ($) |
1 | Gensler | 432,000,000 |
2 | HOK | 144,865,720 |
3 | Perkins+Will | 103,737,646 |
4 | HDR Architecture | 40,800,000 |
5 | Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates | 40,030,000 |
6 | Hammel, Green and Abrahamson | 39,600,000 |
7 | NBBJ | 38,830,000 |
8 | RTKL Associates | 38,055,565 |
9 | Nelson | 36,223,716 |
10 | SmithGroupJJR | 30,700,000 |
11 | Heery International | 29,004,000 |
12 | PageSoutherlandPage | 28,130,000 |
13 | HLW International | 26,750,000 |
14 | HNTB Architecture | 25,231,479 |
15 | Cannon Design | 23,000,000 |
16 | IBI Group | 22,391,853 |
17 | EYP Architecture & Engineering | 20,000,000 |
18 | Little | 19,739,500 |
19 | LEO A DALY | 16,832,770 |
20 | Ware Malcomb | 16,762,000 |
21 | DLR Group | 14,000,000 |
22 | ZGF Architects | 13,227,504 |
23 | RSP Architects | 13,151,000 |
24 | HKS | 12,227,874 |
25 | Corgan Associates | 12,109,000 |
TOP 25 OFFICE SECTOR ENGINEERING FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 Office Revenue ($) |
1 | AECOM Technology Corp. | 1,291,000,000 |
2 | Jacobs | 261,100,000 |
3 | Parsons Brinckerhoff | 127,900,000 |
4 | Science Applications International Corp. | 116,240,000 |
5 | URS Corp. | 58,000,000 |
6 | Burns & McDonnell | 43,493,660 |
7 | Michael Baker Jr., Inc. | 42,890,000 |
8 | Stantec | 42,300,000 |
9 | Dewberry | 41,215,530 |
10 | Thornton Tomasetti | 34,780,000 |
11 | WSP USA | 34,500,000 |
12 | ESD/Environmental Systems Design | 22,900,000 |
13 | Arup | 19,146,849 |
14 | Syska Hennessy Group | 18,504,074 |
15 | AKF Group | 15,500,000 |
16 | Sebesta Blomberg | 14,590,000 |
17 | GHT Limited | 13,891,000 |
18 | Clark Nexsen | 13,029,482 |
19 | Glumac | 11,736,618 |
20 | KPFF Consulting Engineers | 10,000,000 |
21 | R.G. Vanderweil Engineers | 9,354,500 |
22 | Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates | 8,967,000 |
23 | RDK Engineers | 8,835,000 |
24 | H&A Architects & Engineers | 7,757,000 |
25 | Interface Engineering | 7,290,488 |
TOP 25 OFFICE SECTOR CONSTRUCTION FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 Office Revenue ($) |
1 | Turner Corporation, The | 1,489,944,482 |
2 | Clark Group | 1,148,992,603 |
3 | Structure Tone | 1,004,320,000 |
4 | Balfour Beatty US | 825,948,471 |
5 | Hensel Phelps Construction | 619,660,000 |
6 | Gilbane Building Co. | 617,058,000 |
7 | PCL Construction Enterprises | 594,444,509 |
8 | BL Harbert International | 589,000,000 |
9 | James G. Davis Construction Corp. | 450,000,000 |
10 | Clayco | 426,000,000 |
11 | Suffolk Construction | 388,644,645 |
12 | Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The | 386,520,693 |
13 | Holder Construction | 327,000,000 |
14 | Tutor Perini Corp. | 312,940,000 |
15 | Weitz Company, The | 302,418,397 |
16 | Ryan Companies US | 288,463,756 |
17 | DPR Construction | 261,922,722 |
18 | Jacobs | 261,100,000 |
19 | Webcor Builders | 229,121,806 |
20 | Mortenson | 221,980,000 |
21 | Walsh Group, The | 211,738,006 |
22 | JE Dunn Construction | 203,050,158 |
23 | Pepper Construction Group | 197,357,000 |
24 | Jones Lang LaSalle | 180,000,000 |
25 | Lend Lease | 173,228,092 |
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