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Significant construction completions and weak demand pushed the average downtown office vacancy rate to 176 percent at the period of 1990, up from 169 percent in the third quarter, according to a scrutinize by real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield.

While a inspect by real estate firm Coldwell Banker indicated a lower average year-end rate (171 percent) one as well as the other firms identified the same unmistakable trend: rising vacancy rates in Eastern and Northeastern cities and substantially declining rates in the Southwest and West.

According to the couple surveys, the cities of Atlanta,