ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC : 10 Years Ago Today . . .
. . . A fifth of Orange County office space was vacant, according to a commercial real estate survey that blamed new construction and the move by larger firms to research and development buildings.
Vacant office space totaled 6 million square feet, while new space under construction reached a record 7.1 million square feet.
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