ATLANTA—Office space construction is slowing in Atlanta. There are at least three factors for this, one clear result, and a discussion about solutions to that growing problem.

Tony Bartlett, an executive vice president of Lincoln Property Company in Atlanta who is responsible for the firm's commercial real estate activities in Georgia, tells GliobeSt.com the number of jobs per 1,000 square feet of office space—an industry-standard measure of density—has been increasing steadily since 2009. At its low in 2009, that measure was less than 3.4 jobs per 1,000 square feet. Today, it is nearing the 4 per 1,000 mark.

“Yet it's common these days for companies to fill office space at rates of 5 to 6 per 1,000, or higher,” Bartlett says. “In fact, some co-working companies can achieve office densities of 10 workers per 1,000 square feet of office space, demonstrating what is possible with this new wave of space use.”