The number of workers returning to Boston offices in person increased 10 percentage points this year, nearly double the national average, Mayor Michelle Wu announced at a business breakfast Wednesday morning.
Two of the region’s largest owners of office buildings and towers have a bone to pick with Kastle, the company which tracks office building occupancy, saying it’s reporting overly pessimistic data.
Data that tracks the movements of cell phone users tells a stark story of two workplace cultures in the COVID era. Employee and visitor foot traffic at life science building is significantly above that leased to traditional downtown office tenants.
Boston Properties executives are counting on a return to office work rather than a permanent shift to widespread work-from-home policies to stabilize the future of their 51 million square foot commercial real estate portfolio.
Following a shift to work-from-home routines, U.S. office workers are ready to embrace permanent flexible schedules as the new workplace norm.
