Activity in the office sector is mo...

Activity in the office sector is more vibrant than it has been in years. During the first five month of 1997 spending in succession private office buildings surg 225 percent ahead of its year-ago rate, after gaining 78 percent in all of 1996 Other market indicators, as it is as net absorption and vacancy rates, also showed significant improvement. CB Commercial/Torto Wheaton Research reported that unadulterated absorption reached 16.3 million square feet in 1997's first quarter -- a rate that, if it is sustained for the remainder of 1997 will proceed in an annual total of 652 million square feet