SAN FRANCISCO—Despite the issues surrounding COVID resulting in decreased office vacancies, the Bay Area office market has a long history of performing well, especially with tech companies. In fact, CBRE just named the Bay Area number one for tech talent in the nation for 2020.

Brent Carroll, co-director, senior vice president and asset manager for KBS, recently discussed the Bay Area office market impacts of COVID, office trends accelerated by the pandemic, anticipated changes and how office footprints will be affected.

GlobeSt.com: How has the Bay Area office market been impacted by the current environment? Are there particular submarkets that are faring better than others?

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Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.