The Office’s Mark Twain Moment
In September 2020, a CBRE survey found that 39% of office occupiers expected their office footprint to shrink significantly. At the time, it seemed that a new era of remote work would claim the office as its victim. But as quickly as the doom and gloom for in-person work arrived, it evaporated. Less than a year later, with the pandemic still ongoing, the same survey found only 9% still felt the same way. Channeling Mark Twain, it seems that the office was firmly declaring: “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” As projections for the future of the office continue to evolve, the next 12 months will inevitably be the “Great Test Run of the Post-COVID Office” for pretty much every company reopening (even if early stages take place while COVID persists). In the short term, the office needs to support the needs of employees. That means providing an …
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