Who'da thunk it? Of course there is still plenty of room in non-prime spaces like the Michigan Building where DetroitYES "World Headquarters" holds out and places like the Book and Stott where renovations are in the works. But, wow, this is more good news for Detroit.

According to the new Skyline report from Jones Lang LaSalle, a Chicago-based international real estate company with its local office in Royal Oak, vacancy rates in those 20 properties [[see box) was 9.4 percent at the end of the first quarter.

It was 26 percent in 2010, according to the report.
FYI, Here are the stats on each of the 20 buildings Jones Lang LaSalle surveyed for its 2016 Skyline report.

211 West Fort St.
Square feet: 450,000.
Occupancy: 78 percent.
Rent: $20 per square foot.

150 W. Jefferson
Square feet: 493,000.
Occupancy: 92.4 percent.
Rent: $22.50 per square foot.

Fifth Third Bank at One Woodward
Square feet: 360,000.
Occupancy: 100 percent.
Rent: $23.25 per square foot.

Ally Detroit Center
Square feet: 957,000.
Occupancy: 100 percent.
Rent: $23.25 per square foot.

Guardian Building
Square feet: 643,000.
Occupancy: 88.6 percent.
Rent: $19.25 per square foot.

Chase Tower
Square feet: 505,000.
Occupancy: 100 percent.
Rent: N/A.

First National Building
Square feet: 800,000.
Occupancy: 97.9 percent.
Rent: $23.75 per square foot.

Chrysler House
Square feet: 416,000.
Occupancy: 99.4 percent.
Rent: $23.75 per square foot.

One Kennedy Square
Square feet: 247,000.
Occupancy: 100 percent.
Rent: N/A.

1001 Woodward
Square feet: 283,000.
Occupancy: 97.5 percent.
Rent: $23.75 per square foot.

One Campus Martius
Square feet: 1 million.
Occupancy: 100 percent.
Rent: N/A.

Renaissance Center, Tower 100
Square feet: 577,000.
Occupancy: 84.4 percent.
Rent: $23.25 per square foot.

Renaissance Center, Tower 200
Square feet: 582,000.
Occupancy: 87.3 percent.
Rent: $23.25 per square foot.

Renaissance Center, Tower 300
Square feet: 585,000.
Occupancy: 100 percent.
Rent: N/A.

Renaissance Center, Tower 400
Square feet: 576,000.
Occupancy: 89.9 percent.
Rent: $23.25 per square foot.

Renaissance Center, Tower 500
Square feet: 307,000.
Occupancy: 100 percent.
Rent: N/A.

Renaissance Center, Tower 600
Square feet: 307,000.
Occupancy: 76 percent.
Rent: $23.25 per square foot.

Ford Field
Square feet: 331,000.
Occupancy: 50.5 percent.
Rent: $23.25 per square foot.

1900 Saint Antoine
Square feet: 99,000.
Occupancy: 100 percent*
Rent: $21.75 per square foot.

Brewery Park
Square feet: 371,000.
Occupancy: 94.8 percent.
Rent: $21.25 per square foot.

* Dan Gilbert purchased the building, currently almost entirely vacant, earlier this year and plans to move 400-plus of his Rock Connections employees there this summer.

Full Crain's Article here: http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...s-prime-office