Offices, stop or not?

The question is no longer open to debate: the Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly transformed the way companies use office space. According to CBRE 's most recent "European Occupier Sentiment Survey" of over 130 companies, 48% reported attendance rates of 40% or less last year, compared with just 15% who observed employee presence of over 60%. "Getting workers back to the office in large numbers is proving to be more of a challenge than many thought," thus notes the consultancy, adding that 56% of respondents had accepted these attendance reductions as a new state of affairs.