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What is the outlook for the office sector right now?

Allen Matkins on 4/16/2025

“The 'flight to quality' continues. Office building landlords with space available in upscale buildings (with state-of-the-art amenities) located in hot submarkets are very active right now. Most companies have realized...more

Has the Commercial Real Estate Market Hit Bottom Yet?

Tonkon Torp LLP on 8/9/2024

On July 17, 2024 I attended a webinar hosted by First American Title about the commercial real estate (CRE) market in transition. Here are some important takeaways. In the overall economy, inflation peaked in the summer of...more

Tenants’ Market Brings Bargaining Power for Office-Space Buildouts

Tonkon Torp LLP on 7/1/2022

COVID-19 shook nearly every industry to its core, but never more so than for commercial office space. Before the pandemic, downtown office space across the United States favored landlords in virtually all aspects of...more

Downtown vs. Suburban Offices: Commercial Office Space Leasing In A Post-Covid Market

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 6/23/2022

Twenty-seven months ago, we couldn’t begin to comprehend the length or severity of the pandemic, nor its long-term effect on commercial office space. Today it is still not possible to make an accurate prediction, but a few...more

5 Trends in Office Space Utilization

Allen Matkins on 11/18/2021

At the Allen Matkins 14th Annual View From the Top real estate summit, one of the panels discussed landlord and tenant space utilization trends and issues in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation, moderated by...more

Office Developers Signal an Upward Turn in the Market

Allen Matkins on 7/23/2021

While the question, “what is the future of the office building?” is still on the minds of everyone who owns or develops office space, it has become clear that the latest return-to-office activity has our Allen Matkins/UCLA...more

What Should I Be Doing About My Leased Space?

Womble Bond Dickinson on 5/26/2021

Within weeks after COVID-19 resulted in many corporate offices sending workers home to work remotely, many of whom had never done so on such a scale, people started talking about whether working from home was becoming a “new...more

The Buzz, An Economic Development Podcast | Episode 51: David Lockwood, COO, Colliers International South Carolina

Maynard Nexsen on 4/14/2021

Burnie Maybank + Kara Gormley Meador recently sat down with David Lockwood (Colliers International South Carolina) to discuss the status of commercial real estate in South Carolina. What are the major sector trends David is...more

Law Brief®: David Pfeffer and Richard Schoenstein Discuss the Future of Offices

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP on 3/3/2021

On the latest Law Brief® episode, partner and chair of the Construction practice David Pfeffer joins partner and host Richard Schoenstein to discuss the future of office design and construction in New York City and the...more

2020 Allen Matkins View From the Top: Top 10 Commercial Real Estate Trends

Allen Matkins on 11/16/2020

The annual Allen Matkins View From the Top looked a little different this year, having gone virtual for the first time in its 13-year history. But that didn’t stop nearly 1,700 attendees from gathering online to hear panels...more

Envisioning the New Normal: Real Estate + Technology, Part 8: Series Wrap-Up

Goodwin on 9/14/2020

This article is the final piece in a multi-part series examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on select real estate sectors and the considerations around how technologies will shape future operations and accelerate...more

Work-From-Home Environment Fuels Demand Uncertainty in Office Space Market

Allen Matkins on 7/29/2020

Given the continuing pandemic, there is much uncertainty about how the experience of working from home will affect today’s office space market. The panelists' of the latest Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California...more

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