The commercial property rental business may have suffered a lot during the housing market crash but it has recovered quite well as the economy recovered. Commercial property rentals in some areas in the US and Canada have steadily gone up meaning businesses have recovered enough to begin adding space for their existing units.
Companies used to be in a cut-throat battle for the best places to rent downtown and in the many other prime rental areas but the housing market crash started a trend that left developers in the dust, most of their properties either vacant or with their owners leaving soon due to bankruptcy issues.