As office re-openings get closer, a surprising number of CEOs are looking for a return to pre-pandemic office uses, according to the 2021 CEO Outlook Pulse Survey from KPMG.

Only 17% of respondents said that they will downsize their company's footprint. In KPMG's August 2020 survey, 69% of CEOs said they would reduce their office footprint. On top of that, only 30% said they will have most employees working remotely between two and three days for a week.

Only 14% of respondents said they will examine shared office spaces to increase employee workplace flexibility.

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Leslie Shaver

Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.

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