San Antonio multifamily market steady; units coming

SAN ANTONIO – CBRE reports Texas’ occupancy rate hit 91.7 percent third quarter 2014, slightly up from the same time last year. San Antonio’s multifamily occupancy rate is slightly less, at 90.5 percent.

According to CBRE’s research, the Stone Oak/Thousand Oaks/San Pedro community saw the most multifamily growth in 3Q with 416 units built. An additional 433 units are under construction in that neighborhood.

Compared to Austin, Dallas and Houston, San Antonio has the smallest number of multifamily units at about 159,400.

San Antonio touted the highest number of Class A units at 18 percent of its overall offerings. Dallas came in second with 16 percent of its multifamily units being categorized as Class A.

San Antonio had the highest share of Class B units at 36 percent of its 159,400 units. Dallas came in second once again.

The report also predicts that the hottest activity expected next year are on two opposite sides of San Antonio — downtown and the UTSA/La Cantera/Bandera Rd. areas. Those communities are expected to build more than 1,000 units combined over the next several months.

Click here to see CBRE’s Texas multifamily report from December 2014.