15]]>]]>Office building owners in Birmingham were holding a sale during the first quarter, although the market for better quality office space held its value. The average quoted asking rental rate for available office space, all classes, was $16.65 per square foot per year at the end of the first quarter 2013 in the Birmingham market area. This represented a 1.9% decrease in quoted rental rates from the end of the fourth quarter 2012, when rents were...]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>