Nashville, Tenn.
Like Salt Lake City, Nashville is enjoying new status as an emerging office market, in part thanks to the tech boom. “Here, it’s the education of the talent pool, where 34 percent of the workforce has at least a bachelor’s degree or higher,” Schiada says. “Lyft recently announced that it is coming downtown into about 36,000 sq. ft.; that’s created a buzz in the market.” Also, the market has gained federal incentives to grow its tech industry, with the Nashville Technology Council using funds from the President’s $100 million TechHire program to fill roughly 1,300 technology positions in the city.