2022: The office market in transition

According to Bartłomiej Zagrodnik, Managing Partner/CEO of Walter Herz, in the upcoming time, modern workplaces, full of new technologies and creating a friendly environment for users, will gain more and more importance. Office buildings operating by ESG principles, new environmental, social, and corporate governance, especially those located in the city centers will take the leading position.

“Further changes in the office market will be largely determined by the pace of adaptation of the hybrid work model in companies. If we look at today's market, we can see that hybrid work is slowly becoming the norm. Companies are open to this model, which is related to the preferences of employees, who more and more often expect employers to be more flexible in the choice of the form of work and working hours. Many young people base their interest in the job offer and the willingness to take part in the recruitment on it. Therefore, in the upcoming years, offices will evolve into spaces adapted to the rotational work model,” Bartłomiej Zagrodnik said.

He stressed it is not possible to introduce a division into remote and office work in all sectors. However, for example, in the area of IT, finance, administration, and accounting, or services for business, marketing, customer service, and HR, we can expect a gradual spread of the hybrid work model.

“Certainly, tenants will also look for increasingly flexible solutions, thanks to which they will be able to use office space in many ways, adapting it on an ongoing basis to the changing needs of the company. The number of companies that will decide on the core & flex option, assuming a combination of traditional space and the use of flexible space, will increase,” he added.

(WBJ)