As vaccinations become more widespread, executives are beginning to target a return to office later this year.
But some professions are moving faster than others. According to Kastle's Back to Work Barometer, which tracks the return to office in ten major cities, the occupancy rates for law firms are 10 percentage points higher than the average.
"In talking with our law firm clients, we are hearing many factors that have made remote work more challenging for this sector, including paper-heavy office systems and generally being slower to adopt new technologies," Kastle CEO Haniel Lynn said in a prepared statement. "In looking at a return to the office, these and other workplace or cultural factors could also come into play for greater in person activity."
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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.
