2012 OCCUPANCY REPORT

For the Occupancy Study, Downtown Kalamazoo Inc. contacts building owners and brokers to determine the occupancy rate based on square footage of office, retail and residential space.  The study is done during the summer months.  It does not include institutional, undeveloped or Pfizer/MPI properties.  Otherwise, it includes both owner-occupied and for-lease space.

In 2012, there was a total of 3,442,652 square feet of space in dowtown Kalamazoo, of which 372,364 square feet was undeveloped.  Retail accounts for 26%, office 57%, and residential 17%.

  # Buildings Total Space Vacant Space Vacancy
Retail 118 888,493 73,490 8.3%
Office 100 1,973,660 329,887 16.7%
Residential 39 580,449 8,282 1.4%

 

The Occupancy Report is available to download and print.