Colliers Market Report Denmark 2023

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Office - Colliers Market Report 2023

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some the focused concentration of one individual, etc. The office layout beckons the worker to make use of the space that best supports the activities at hand. Businesses have zoomed in mainly on spaces support ing teamworking, because the office has become mainly a venue for knowledge-sharing as homeworking has gained momentum to the detriment of on-the-job inter worker dialogue that used to take place automatically. This typically means that more spaces are used as meet ing rooms and breakout rooms, that is, informal venues for dialogue and the exchange of ideas. Overall, the more widespread utilisation of such spaces points towards higher space consumption. Owners of old-stock rental properties potentially face difficulties when introducing a more flexible layout, due to loadbearing walls, for instance. However, old-stock properties typically feature a building depth that ren ders the building core a “dead zone”, where no perma nent workstations are established due to the absence of daylight inflow. Exactly this “dead zone” may be put to use as breakout and meeting rooms, making it possi ble for the landlord to secure more efficient space utili sation throughout. It is therefore crucial that office prop erties are not assessed based merely on the number of desks they accommodate, but to a larger extent also on

the way they have been modified to meet the require ments that have gained ground over the past 12-24 months. Buildings that were considered ideally suited to the needs of most tenants a few years ago may today turn out to require costly remodelling if they are to meet the demands born of the new trends.

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