Engineering firm signs one of the largest office leases in metro Atlanta this year

Office landlords are having to count their blessings, especially when tenants are considering whether to leave or renew their leases. Competition is cutthroat. At the end of last year, nearly a third of all office space in metro Atlanta was either vacant or being shopped around as “sublease” space by tenants with more room than they need. Steve Berman, founder of real estate firm OA Development, said his firm recently signed a nearly 102,000 square-foot renewal in an office building the company owns in Gwinnett County, one of metro Atlanta’s...