SAN FRANCISCO-Tenants are now looking for additional “elbow room” in their offices, according to Hans Hanssen, president of Starboard TCN Worldwide Real Estate.

As commercial real estates drop, tenants are reconsidering the amount of space they need, says Hanssen. During the dot-com era, strictly open-plan layouts were the norm and were good choices to create space efficiency. However, businesses are finding that these plans, while economically sound, are less practical for running a business.

“Open-plan layouts, particularly in high ceiling environments, tend to be very noisy,” reports Hanssen. “For firms consistently working on computers this problem is minimized, but with more traditional type office users that are on the phone or need to communicate with their fellow workers more often, open-plan layouts can cut down on productivity.

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