The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating a new trend of turning commercial real estate graveyards into actual housing.
“The demand for office space is continuing to change. I would say it has accelerated what we’re already beginning to see in terms of you don’t need… as much space per person, and especially as there is more opportunity to telework,” The D.C. Office of Planning director Andrew Trueblood told FOX Business’ Edward Lawrence on Wednesday.
Trueblood’s comments come on the heels of many people working remotely since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, leading to empty hotels and office buildings. The trend, Lawrence pointed out, has been to convert commercial spaces into apartment buildings in order to get more affordable living in inner cities.
Many companies, including Twitter and Facebook, in response to the pandemic, have even created a permanent work-from-home policy as Americans expressed the desire to remain remote. A new study conducted by Robert Half found that roughly 1 in 3 professionals working remotely said they would quit if companies required them to return to the office full-time.
Even so, Trueblood believes “there will still be a presence and still be the need for office space” in the future.
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