More than double the share of commercial real estate tenants are planning to increase rather than decrease their space next year, according to a survey by the Visual Lease Data Institute, a lease optimization software provider.

Seven out of 10 tenants predict they will be looking for more space while three out of 10 are preparing to downsize.

Close to half of the tenants (48 percent) said at least some of the expansion will come in existing spaces, higher than the 41 percent landlords are anticipating.

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