SAN JOSE — The office vacancy rate in downtown San Jose has improved over the first half of 2025, while the same benchmark has worsened in both San Francisco and Oakland, new real estate reports show.

Along with improvements throughout the year, downtown San Jose’s office vacancy level in the April-through-June second quarter was well below its Bay Area counterparts, according to reports produced by commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield.

Downtown San Jose’s office vacancy rate was 28.9% in the second quarter, an improvement from 30.9% in the first quarter.

Downtown Oakland’s office vacancy rate was 37.2% in the second quarter, up from 34.9% in the first quarter. San Francisco’s vacancy rate was 34.8% in the second quarter, slightly higher than the 34.7% rate in the first quart

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