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Legal Sector Leasing Insights

Latest legal sector occupancy trends and national leasing activity

Legal sector leasing continued its strong performance in Q1 2025 following three years of record-setting activity, with leasing equaling 4.6 msf to start the year. Legal leasing activity over the past four quarters (Q2 2024-Q1 2025) has totaled 19.2 msf, an increase of 18% YOY and 35% from 2019 levels. Law firm demand was also robust in the top 10 major markets in Q1, with 2.8 msf of activity. This was 61% of the sector's total activity, in line with the historical share.

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