The age of the tenant’s market is upon us, and it does not appear the pendulum will swing back to the landlord’s side any time soon. This seems especially true with Generation Y poised to make its mark on the world of work and an economy that’s yet to fully recover.

Even if the tide does shift to support fewer concessions and greater rent increases over the next few years, 21st-century office design is rapidly evolving. Workplace blueprints indeed must evolve to keep up with current and predicted trends like green building, mobile technology and impending demographic shifts in the workforce.

Consider the changing officing landscape: Alternative workplace strategies are gaining the attention of Fortune 500 companies and bootstrapping entrepreneurs alike. The long-prophesied and once-criticized green building has finally gone mainstream. And an emerging mobile workforce—and the technologies that are empowering it—are transforming how, when and where work is accomplished.