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That office park in Tampa changed how I look at parking ratios
I was out at a 1980s office park near the Tampa airport last month doing an HVAC check on a vacant unit. Place had been empty for two years because the owner refused to update anything. While I was up on the roof, I saw the parking lot was half empty even at 10 AM on a Tuesday. The tenant next door told me they lost a big lease because a law firm wanted 5 spots per 1,000 square feet and the building only had 3. Everyone I talk to says parking is the number one thing tenants ask about now, way more than ceiling height or window lines. That old park was stuck in the 90s and nobody told them the market moved on. Has anyone else seen a building sit empty just because of a bad parking layout?
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nancy_green7d ago
Wait, they let a whole lease fall through over parking spots? That's crazy.
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