There is no blueprint for how law offices will tackle their space needs coming out of the pandemic.

"There is not a true sense of exactly what working from home or remote working is going to look like in terms of headcount or percentage," said Stephen Bay, vice chairman, CBRE on "The Weekly Take" podcast. "There isn't a sense of where those people are going to sit when they come into the office."

Bay says that a number of his clients have decided to provide less space. "If they have 100 lawyers there, maybe they'll have 70 offices," he says.

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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.