North America
2017
Key themes
State of energy markets1
Upstream, midstream, downstream update2
Checking in on small-town America3
Future of clean energy4
State of energy markets
Employment
• All markets saw average 1.4% y-o-y increase in energy employment except Calgary
Office
• Despite this, energy occupancy declined across all markets y-o-y – DFW lowest ratio;
Calgary and Houston highest, markets “bouncing along the bottom”
• Sublease inventory declining overall, but still well above long-term averages – Houston
leads nation with 10.4 m.s.f. available
Industrial
• Faring better than office as trends outside energy are resulting in massive absorption
(eCommerce, etc), MFG space most impacted but a smaller proportion of inventory overall
Source: JLL Research
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-1.0%
-0.7%
-0.7%
-1.3%
-2.2%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
Fort Worth
Dallas
Pittsburgh
Denver
Houston
Calgary
2016 2017
Office markets – energy tenant occupancy
Fort Worth0.8 m.s.f.
Denver1.0 m.s.f.
Pittsburgh1.4 m.s.f.
Dallas2.0 m.s.f.
Calgary3.2 m.s.f.
Houston10.4 m.s.f.
Office markets – sublease magnitude
Upstream, midstream, downstream update
Source: JLL Research
Upstream
• Companies restructuring lease agreements and putting space on sublease market in an
effort to rightsize and streamline operations, though new subleases slowing dramatically
Midstream
• Largely unaffected by downturn, experiencing growth due to rising global demand for
American oil and gas (LNG and petrochem) – affect on CRE not as dramatic
Downstream
• Houston and Pittsburgh major benefactors of investment in the sector, boding well for
market health, especially when factoring other industrial demand
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U.S. crude oil exports by destination
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Checking in on small-town America
Source: JLL Research
• Small towns which grew with shale boom left to deal with aftermath of slumping prices and
limited or consolidating E&P activity
• Ratio of “down” markets to “up” is 3-to-1, with “tenant favorable” cities - or those with
decreasing occupancy and activity - representing 101 out of 133 small towns
• No difference in small-town performance when comparing by shale formation – all hit hard
• With oil and natural gas prices low and technology making process more efficient, net new
employment growth and demand for CRE property in the oil patch unlikely in near-term
Landlord favorable Tenant favorable
PopulationAverage size of
towns:
14,143
residents
PopulationAverage size of
towns:
27,735
residents
101 towns
32 towns
Rents
falling
Rental decline
stabilizing
Rental growthslowing
Rents rising
Peaking
phaseFalling
phase
Rising
phaseBottoming
phase
Landlord favorable Tenant
favorable
Future of clean energy
• In 2016, nearly $60 billion clean energy market in U.S.
• Two-thirds of total electricity supply in Canada from renewable sources in 2016
• More than 65% of Fortune 100 companies now have clean energy targets
• CRE occupiers, owners and operators are seeking innovative and emerging
technologies to reduce energy consumption and in turn boost profit margins
• Continued evolution creating new ways to leverage sector in CRE arena, forging
opportunities for owners, investors and tenants
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