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CHICAGO—“In many industries, the square feet per office worker continues to decline,” according to a Colliers International report on the legal sector's office space use. “In contrast, law firms that have recently signed leases averaged 873 square feet per attorney, while law firms nearing the end of their leases averaged 790 square feet per attorney.”
The author of that report, Daniel Arends, serves as chair of the national law firm practice at Colliers from the firm's offices in Chicago. “If there's one thing I know from working closely with clients in the legal industry, it's that efficiency is key for most lawyers,” he writes. “While lawyers are very deliberate about how they use their time in the office, I have noticed that many law firms are still looking for the right way to use their office space efficiently.”
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Paul Bubny
Paul Bubny is managing editor of Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. He has been reporting on business since 1988 and on commercial real estate since 2007. He is based at ALM Real Estate Media Group's offices in New York City.
