Charleston sets the bar: lowest office availability in the Southeast

- The Charleston, SC office market holds the lowest availability in the Southeast, currently at 14.2%—a full 9% below the national average and 7.6% below the Southeast average.
- Over the past four years, Charleston has experienced a 4.4 percentage point drop in office availability—the steepest decline among Southeast markets. This is due to Charleston’s office market lacking incoming supply, which has allowed existing inventory to absorb, tightening availability and sharply contrasting the national trend, which saw a 1.8 percentage point increase over the same period.
- Charleston, SC is ranked fifth nationally among 47 major U.S. office markets for lowest availability—trailing only Las Vegas, Cleveland, Long Island, and Honolulu.
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