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Overall Vacancy

Overall Net Absorption/Overall Asking Rent 4-QTR TRAILING AVERAGE

Market IndicatorsQ3 15 Q3 16 12-Month

Forecast

Overall Vacancy 6.9% 4.7%

Direct Net Absorption 457K 390K

Under Construction 2.3M 3.7M

Average Asking Rent* $21.35 $23.59

*All Classes

Economic IndicatorsQ3 15 Q3 16 12-Month

Forecast

Nashville Employment 919K 949K

Nashville Unemployment 4.5% 3.5%

U.S. Unemployment 5.2% 4.9%

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15-Year Historical Average = 11.6%

EconomyNashville’s office market is on the cusp of a significant growth spurt. Expansion has surpassed supply and driven rental rates to all-time highs. Some of Nashville’s largest businesses have recently announced expansions: Bridgestone for 450 jobs in 80,000 SF and Smith Seckman Reid for 59,000 SF, both in Airport South; Schneider Electric with 250 additional jobs and 900 existing jobs in Cool Springs; and Hankook Tire America with 200 jobs in 40,000 SF in the CBD. Construction underway will bring relief from vacancy rates that have fallen so low as to constrain growth.

Market OverviewThe last year Nashville built more office space than it absorbed was in 2009, which was 14% vacant at that time. Since then, 2.9 million square feet (MSF) have been built and 5.6 MSF have been absorbed. Absorption through the first three quarters of 2016 totaled 883,000 square feet (SF), below the 1.2 MSF in the same period in 2015. Absorption was split between Class A space (408,000 SF), Class B (455,000 SF), and Class C (19,000 SF). The Brentwood submarket absorbed 225,000 SF of the total, as the Seven Springs West building came online (203,000 SF) in the third quarter 85% pre-leased. Significant Class A absorption was also recorded in Midtown (119,000 SF) where 35 Music Square East was completed in first quarter, and Cool Springs (86,000 SF) where Mallory Park Phase I was completed in first quarter.

The office vacancy rate has fallen steadily over the last three years, ending the third quarter at 4.7%, down from 6.2% at the beginning of 2016. Class A vacancy, at 2.6%, has been below 5% for three years, a level considered optimal for providing opportunities for growth. Cool Springs, a submarket with over 4 MSF of Class A space, has less than 5,000 SF vacant. Brentwood, currently the fastest growing submarket, has 2% vacancy in Class A space while Midtown has 1.6% vacancy. CBD Class A vacancy ended the quarter at 4.6%; Class B space in the CBD was 15.2% vacant and accounted for nearly all of the CBD’s absorption.

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Developers are working hard to address the undersupply. The three buildings completed year-to-date added 379,000 SF to the inventory but only 48,000 SF remains available. Four buildings due for completion in the fourth quarter of 2016 will add 1 MSF of inventory. HCA’s 498,000 SF building in Midtown is a build-to-suit while the other three are speculative. Hill Center Brentwood-Building B, is fully pre-leased, and the other two, 1201 Demonbreun in Midtown and Two Greenway in Cool Springs, have only 229,000 SF available between them. To be completed in first quarter 2017 are Two Franklin Park (279,000 SF) in Cool Springs with 50,000 SF available and Brentwood Commons III (130,000 SF) with 65,000 SF available. Second quarter 2017 is to bring online Seven Springs II (130,000 SF) and Hill Center Brentwood-Building A (60,000 SF) in Brentwood and The Wasbash (20,000 SF) in North Nashville. Five buildings are scheduled for completion third quarter 2017 totaling 1.4 MSF. Five more buildings are scheduled to come online in fourth quarter 2017 totaling 431,000 SF, rounding out to a total of 20 buildings currently under construction. Two developers have announced a $270 million mixed-use project in Cool Springs that will include 750,000 SF of office space, which aims for a mid-2018 completion.

Class A weighted average full service asking rates for the Metro area for third quarter are $26.42 PSF, up from $24.76 at the beginning of the year. Highest Class A rates are in Midtown at $34.94 PSF, followed by $30.39 in Green Hills and $27.91 in CBD. Class B rates average $23.55 PSF, up from $21.29. In Midtown Class B rates average $27.20 PSF, followed by $25.32 in CBD.

Among recent transactions, Bridgestone leased 80,000 SF at Global Mall. CKE Restaurants leased 59,882 SF at Two Franklin Park. Burr & Forman leased 26,450 SF at 222 Second Avenue South. Qualifacts leased 24,144SF at UBS Tower. Avison Young leased 16,250 SF at Terrazzo. MyNexus expanded their space by 15,197 SF at Harpeth on the Green II.

The largest office sale transaction year-to-date was the $164 million sale of Corporate Centre, a 700,000 SF, five office building portfolio in Cool Springs, by Stockbridge Capital Group.

Vacant Space by Submarket% OF TOTAL VACANT SPACE Q3 16

New SupplyNEW SUPPLY WILL BE WELL ABOVE HISTORIC AVERAGES

Net Absorption – Deliveries - VacancyVACANCY CONTINUES TO DECLINE AND DELIVERIES

CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE ABSORPTION

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Key Under Construction Projects Q3 2016

Key Lease Transactions Q3 2016

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PROPERTY SF TARGET QUARTER TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION SUBMARKET

Bridgestone Tower 514,000 Q3 17 Build-to-Suit CBD

HCA Capitol View 498,000 Q4 16 Build-to-Suit Midtown

222 Second Avenue 362,000 Q3 17 Speculative CBD

Two Franklin Park 279,151 Q1 17 Speculative Cool Springs

1201 Demonbreun 286,000 Q4 16 Speculative Midtown

PROPERTY SF TENANT TRANSACTION TYPE SUBMARKET

5244 Hickory Holllow 80,000 Bridgestone New Lease Airport South

6100 Tower Cir 59,882 CKE Resturants New Lease Cool Springs/Franklin

222 Second Ave. 26,450 Burr & Forman New Lease CBD

UBS Tower 25,144 Qualifacts New Lease CBD

Terrazzo 16,250 Avison Young New Lease Midtown

Harpeth on the Green II 15,197 MyNexus Expansion Brentwood

INVENTORY DIRECT VACANT

DIRECT VACANCY

RATE

Q3 16ABSORPTION

YTD NET ABSORPTION

YTD DELIVERIES

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

OVERALL AVERAGE

ASKING RENT (ALL CLASSES)*

OVERALL AVERAGE

ASKING RENT (CLASS A)

Submarket

Airport North 4,294,474 215,613 5.0% -13,543 120,388 0 0 $22.11 $22.78

Airport South 3,114,229 256,102 8.2% 47,738 97,387 0 240,000 $13.98 $15.80

Brentwood 5,123,549 85,929 1.7% 207,934 224,939 203,000 420,000 $26.40 $27.53

CBD 7,013,075 693,715 9.9% 37,156 124,155 0 1,251,000 $25.39 $27.91

Cool Springs 6,663,880 59,764 0.9% 6,181 81,533 80,000 884,803 $28.01 $31.52

Green Hills/West Nashville 1,962,553 75,368 3.8% 15,069 14,732 0 68,655 $28.47 $30.39

MetroCenter 1,737,693 61,812 3.6% 60,997 115,262 0 0 $19.30 $20.00

Midtown 4,671,889 155,241 3.3% 30,527 116,200 96,210 784,000 $27.92 $34.94

North Nashville 419,800 24,655 5.9% -3,093 -11,822 0 20,000 $20.10 $22.05

TOTALS 35,001,142 1,628,199 4.7% 389,603 882,774 379,210 3,668,458 $23.59 $26.42

*Office Asking Rents converted to Full Service

INVENTORY DIRECT VACANT

DIRECT VACANCY

RATE

Q3 16ABSORPTION

YTD NET ABSORPTION

YTD DELIVERIES

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

OVERALL AVERAGE

ASKING RENT

By Class

Class A 15,803,570 406,077 2.6% 222,738 407,798 299,210 3,605,132 $26.42

Class B 16,119,957 956,190 5.9% 157,344 455,572 80,000 63,326 $23.55

Class C 3,077,615 265,932 8.6% 9,521 19,404 0 0 $15.39

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