Economic News

The Cleveland 2nd Quarter 2023 Office Market Report compiled by CoStar tracks approximately 146 million square feet of office space in 8 counties (Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Portage, Medina, and Summit). The 2nd Quarter 2023 vacancy rate is 8.8%.

The Lake County market contains approximately 5 million square feet in 472 buildings of which Mentor accounts for approximately 1.4 million square feet (or 28% of the total). The Lake County market vacancy rate is 3.7%, decreasing 0.1% from 1st Quarter 2023; and 0.9% from the 4.6% rate of the 2nd Quarter of 2022.

According to the CoStar data, 5.5% of the office space in the City of Mentor is vacant, which is an increase of 1.1% from the 1st Quarter 2023 vacancy rate and 1.7% from the 2nd Quarter 2022 adjusted vacancy rate. The largest available spaces are 7541-7547 Mentor Ave., 13,336 square feet, 7314-7352 Industrial Park Blvd., 12,701 square feet, and 7325 Production Dr., 12,000 square feet.

Prepared by the City of Mentor, Planning & Development Department, July 2023