Recent Articles
Rauzia Ally Featured in Washington Business Journal Special Edition
The Managing Principal of the Washington, D.C. studio is featured in the Women’s History Month edition of WBJ’s People on the Move.
LEO A DALY promotes Christy Coleman to lead luxury hospitality design
LEO A DALY promotes Christy Coleman to Design Director – Interiors to lead luxury, lifestyle and boutique hospitality design.
AIA Minnesota awards design of Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s facility
The Minnesota Chapter of the AIA has awarded LEO A DALY’s design of the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office with a Framework for Design Excellence Commendation, one of six commendation awards culled from 46 entries.
Data Scientist Joshua Fritz joins the Leo A. Daly Company to enhance data-informed design
The new role strengthens project outcomes through analytics and data discovery.
Omaha police precinct recognized for design excellence
The Nebraska chapter of the American Institute of Architects has honored LEO A DALY’s City of Omaha Police Department, West Precinct, with a Citation Award
“The Activity-Focused Office” published in Development
In NAIOP’s quarterly magazine, National Interiors Director Pablo Quintana shares fresh insights into the evolving post-pandemic workplace
The following is excerpted from the Fall 2022 Development magazine article by Pablo Quintana, “The Activity-Focused Office.”
The modern office is in the midst of a transformation. With most knowledge workers opting out of the traditional five-day-in-office workweek in search of flexibility and hybrid work solutions, the shape, size and focus of the future office is rapidly changing.
CBRE’s Spring 2022 Office Occupier Sentiment Survey provides a snapshot of these changes and their impact on commercial real estate. In a survey of 185 tenant companies, 39% of respondents said they plan to expand their office portfolios over the next three years. That’s up from 29% the previous year, suggesting that fears about the “death of the office” have been exaggerated. Fifty-two percent said they plan to reduce their office space holdings, but only 8% say they will become fully remote. Seventy-three percent — the vast majority — plan to support hybrid work.
As of now, office occupancy is slowly beginning to rebound from the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic. NAIOP’s Office Space Demand Forecast, released in May, reports that vacancy rates have increased across the country for 10 straight quarters. However, Class A buildings with amenities designed to attract skilled workers are helping to stabilize the office market. Net office space absorption in the remaining three quarters of 2022 is forecasted to reach 46.9 million square feet and total 47.3 million square feet for all of 2023.
“While the office isn’t going away, traditional ways of working are.”
In April, JLL research showed that leasing activity across the U.S. climbed by 5.4%, the fifth quarter in a row of rising demand. The report cited “improved clarity surrounding return-to-office timelines.” Additionally, Moody’s Analytics indicates that the U.S. office vacancy rate in the first quarter of 2022 fell 18 basis points from the previous year to 18.1%.
While data shows that the office isn’t going away, traditional ways of working are. Hybrid work as the new normal means that tenant companies are coming to market with a new set of needs. From property developers and occupants alike, the most popular question seems to be: “How can I bring people back to the office?”
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