In 2021, Essensy undertook to understand current trends in real estate related to flex spaces — and user and landlord expectations and strategies in a post-pandemic world. The findings reported here reflect data collected through an interview format across the UK, North America, and Europe. Building occupant expectations highlighted the importance of technology in buildings, remote working, interior environments that support employee productivity. From the landlord perspective, the most common strategies cited were flexible meeting spaces, premium serviced offices and short lease office spaces. The analysis concludes that demand for flex space will become more common in the market and that a digital ecosystem can unlock new revenue generation opportunities to monetize more building services.
Keywords: Architecture/Engineering, Employee Productivity, Healthy Buildings, Identification Systems, Intelligent Building, Post-COVID-19, Space management, Digital infrastructure