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Survey: Most Office Occupiers Plan to Maintain or Expand Their Footprints
U.S. companies made significant progress in the past year in achieving their office attendance goals and enforcing attendance policies, CBRE reported Monday. The firm’s 2025 Americas Office Occupier Sentiment Survey found that 72% of the 184 companies canvassed have met their attendance goals, up from 61% last year. The share of companies monitoring attendance rose to 69% this year from 45% last year, while those enforcing attendance policies rose to 37% from 17%.
“These increases show that companies have made significant progress on establishing a new baseline for work habits and office attendance after five years of adapting to hybrid work,” said Manish Kashyap, CBRE’s Global President of Leasing. “Having employers and employees closer to being on the same page now than in the previous couple of years gives both more clarity. That benefits operational efficiency and space planning.”
The improved clarity on office attendance has many companies anticipating expansion, CBRE said. Sixty-seven percent of companies plan to either maintain their current office footprints or expand them within the next three years, up from 64% last year. Thirty-three percent anticipate contraction, down from 36% last year and 53% in 2023.
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