{"id":1004803886,"date":"2026-07-10T02:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004803886"},"modified":"2026-07-10T03:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:56:35","slug":"dallas-office-market-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/dallas-office-market-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas-Fort Worth Remains a Top-Tier Office Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The recently completed building at 1035 Texan Trail in Grapevine, Texas, is part of a five-building office campus. Image courtesy of Yardi Matrix<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The Dallas-Fort Worth office sector continued to rank high among the nation’s leading markets, according to Yardi Matrix data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the development side, despite the contraction seen nationally in office building trends<\/a>, The Metroplex maintained a larger pipeline than most gateway cities, with an out-of-stock share more than double the national average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for sales, the metro saw investor appetite surge following the strong momentum recorded a year ago, placing it among the nation’s top-performing markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The market’s occupancy rate also showed significant improvement on a trailing 12-month basis. While remaining well above the national average, the rate declined by 320 basis points, signaling a long-awaited recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DFW’s pipeline among the nation’s largest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As of May, Dallas-Fort Worth\u2019s office development pipeline included 2.6 million square feet, ranking third nationally. Boston led with 3.9 million square feet and Manhattan followed with 3.1 million square feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Metroplex’s pipeline size accounted for 0.9 percent of the total stock\u2014more than double the 0.4 percent national average. When also taking into account planned projects, the share reached 2.8 percent of stock, ranking sixth nationwide. Austin\u2019s 2.9 percent was slightly above the metro\u2019s, while other peers lagged behind, including San Diego (2.2 percent), Atlanta (1.7 percent) and Houston (1 percent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n