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    "body_md": "Anchorage’s commercial real estate market is tightening across every sector. Industrial vacancy has fallen below 1 percent citywide, retail leasing is accelerating in Midtown and South Anchorage, office vacancy sits around 12 to 13 percent, and the $300 million Block 41 development is moving forward downtown, according to a Q2 2025 market report from Ingram Alaska.\n\nThe industrial squeeze is hitting businesses directly. With vacancy under 1 percent, brokers are managing waitlists for warehouse space, and companies that need room to grow are finding few options available anywhere in the city.\n\nRetail demand is pushing new tenants into corridors that had been quiet, with Midtown and South Anchorage drawing the strongest interest. Office space remains softer by comparison, but even that market is tightening as companies move to lock in space before rates rise again.\n\nDowntown, the Block 41 project continues to advance, adding to a market that investors say is seeing its strongest momentum in years.",
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