Population and employment growth are providing a substantial boost to the Austin apartment market. Metro-wide vacancy is hovering in the mid-4 percent range and is 150 basis points below the average historical rate. Rents also increased measurably. In addition to rising job and resident totals, limited new apartment product in recent years supported an average quarterly rent growth of 1.2 percent, compared to three-month gains of roughly 1 percent in the year prior to the recession.
The most notable economic news in the metro is Apple Inc.’s substantial expansion. Over the next eight years, the company will construct and staff a 1 million-square-foot, 39-acre development in Austin’s Far Northwest submarket. Day-to-day operations will yield more than 3,600 new hires, doubling the metro’s number of Apple employees.
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