ATLANTA (October 18, 2016) 鈥� A new survey comparing the priorities of corporate CEOs and corporate real estate (CRE) executives has identified a strong trend in which corporations are locating facilities and offices away from suburban business parks and to central business districts and creative urban environments.
More than 250 respondents in the survey, conducted in early 2016, represented a spectrum of industries from North America, Europe and Asia. Fifty-six percent of financial services firms and 46 percent of technology, media and telecommunications firms reported they were migrating back toward urban areas. In North America, 40 percent of the firms surveyed preferred a central business district compared to 24 percent that preferred a suburban park. These trends were similar across Europe and Asia.
"In addition to these survey findings, we have learned from talking with end users (occupiers) of corporate real estate that the need for access to talent is driving the return to urban areas/cities. That is where the prized young technology workers prefer to live and work," said Tim Venable, Senior Vice President of 乐竞体育官方入口 Global.
"Corporations have to simultaneously address an increasingly complex talent agenda whilst remaining under sustained cost pressure. The surprisingly high rate of agile workplace adoption is addressing the need of employers to provide more central offices besides a more engaging environment and keeping cost down by better space utilization." Said Tam谩s Polster co-head of Strategic Consulting EMEA Cushman & Wakefield.
Globally, cost is the leading driver of location decision-making, followed by public transportation, and the availability of talent.
In the workplace itself, agile or innovative approaches to work are taking over, with 60 percent of firms in North America, 89 percent of firms in Europe and 78 percent of firms in Asia introducing or testing new concepts, including desk-sharing, collaborative and co-working spaces.
Other conclusions reached in the survey:
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