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Rise in Central London vacancy to hurt office rents

A reasonable proportion of the Central London office completions for this year are likely to be pushed into 2021, but a fall in employment will hit demand for office space and lead to a pick-up in vacancy. This will put downward pressure on rental values, which we forecast to fall by 3-3.5% in 2020.

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