Answer all part 5. Small City currently has 1 million square feet of office space, of which 900,000 square feet isoccupied by 3,000 employees who are mainly involved in professional services such as finance,insurance, and real estate. Small City's economy has been fairly strong in recent years, butemployment growth is expected to be somewhat lower during the next few years, with projec-tions of an increase of just 100 additional employees per year for the next three years. Theamount of space per employee is expected to remain the same. However, a new 50,000 square-foot office building was started before the recession and its space is expected to become avail-able at the end of the current year (one year from now). No more space is expected to becomeavailable after that for quite some time.a. What is the current occupancy rate for office space in Small City?b. How much office space will be absorbed each year for the next three years?c. What will the occupancy rate be at the end of each of the next three years?d. Based on the above analysis, do you think it is more likely that office rental rates will rise orfall over the next three years?

Occupancy rate in Small City is currently 90% and is expected to rise slightly over the next 3 years…

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Essentials Of Investments

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