So Many Different Return-to-Office Strategies!

In my 43 years of representing corporate office tenants I have never seen the immense variety of how companies plan to use or not use office space. In the old old days there were rows of desks, then we had private offices and workstations, then more open offices other than lawyers and CPA ‘s who still utilized private offices. Tech began to pack employees in, having work benches with laptop after laptop next to each other at a 10 per 1,000 square foot ratio. Last March, 2020 when the pandemic struck most corporations sent their employees home to work. Now, with vaccinations shining the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, Corporate America is deciding what to do with its workforce.  There are companies that sold off headquarters and have gone to multiple, smaller office locations. Others are encouraging employees to return at least a few days a week. Some are going 100% remote, permanently. Others are redesigning their existing office space to emphasize collaboration, with both indoor and outdoor meeting spaces of all types. It seems we are embarking on a major office-usage experiment and over the next few years we may learn what works and what doesn’t!