ECONOMY
San Francisco Peninsuli’s unemployment «
atthe end of 2009 is Forecasted
to tise to 9.4% by the end of 2010. With demand for their products and services still
clown, employers do not have any incentives to increase thei full time employee
Venture Capital (VC) funding was led by Menlo Patk based Pacific Biosciences Inc. a
life sciences company, with $109 million. ‘This was followed by the investment of
$106 millon into the Redwood City based clean technology company Teilian, In
San Mateo County isthe Bay Area's largest life sciences submmarket and recorded
zillion in venture eapital funding forthe quater.
OVERVIEW
The region's industrial inventory totals 64.2 million square feet (msf) and is primarily
comprised of warehouse/disteibution space, with 64.2%, high-technology space, with a
35.1% share, and manufacturing space, with 3.6%,
At 88% overall vacancy, the San Francisco Peninsula’s industrial market is up from
8.1% at year-end 2009 primarily due to Roche vacating its former Hillview Avenue
headquarters campus in Palo Alto, The campus consists of eighteen high-technology
ings totaling 85844
strong enough; averagin
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square feet sf. New leasing activity so far this year has been
plas 700,000 sf per quarter, and helped to offset some of the
negative effect on the market by Roche placing its former campus on the marker.
There are no new speculative develop
nent projects in the pipeline for 2010, which
should help to prevent any further vacaney spikes for the rest of year.
Life science companies led by Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Ine. recorded 246,641 sf of new
Tease transactions for the quartet. Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. leased two high
technology spaces in South San Francisco; sublease of 68,738 sf and direct on 63,25:
sf, The other life science lease transactions were Arstass's sublease of 60,862 sf of
high-technology space in Redwood City and Haleyon Moleculae‘s sublease of 48,787
sf of high-technology space aso in Redwood City. ‘The top non-life science ease
transactions for the quarter was recorded by Lucille Packard Children’s Hospitals
further expansion into Menlo Pack by leasing 10 k
109,534 sf in the Menlo Oaks Corporate Center.
technology spaces totaling
Thete were no significant lease renewals for the quarter and sale activity was
highlighted by Terreno Realty Corporation purchasing two warehouse/ distribution
building totaling 80,524 sf in South San Francisco and Northwestern Mutual Life
in Palo Alu
purchase of a 76,500-sf high technology build
FORECAST
Vacancy, asking rental rates and leasing activity are expected to remain stable the rest
ofyear. It is projected that forth quarter leasing activity will be strong enough to push
2010 leasing activity ahead of 2009 leasing activity.
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA INDUSTRIAL REPORT 3010
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“The leasing activity of large blocks of
warehouse space has been lackluster at best
for the San Francisco Peninsula Industrial
market. We anticipate thatthe economic
recovery, although far from robust, will sur
demand and the large blocks will bein short
supply:
‘Scott Ennis, Senior Director
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GOP Grown 26% 27% 31%
PI Growth 03% 16% 1.6%
Resional
Unemployment 8.7% 9.4% 8.8%
Employment 54% 27% 03%
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LEASING ACTIVITY has increased
consecutively his year buts expected
tolevet offing te foun gare ot
2010.
DIRECT ABSORPTION is negative
1,220,095 s and is expected to
remain negative for the remainder of Z
2010 as companies continue to put
‘major expansion plans onhol,
CONSTRUCTION: No speculative
aaecam ere erway
Scheduled to break ground during
2010.
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