1、!www.BOMA.org!1!Decoding)Densification)Insights(and(opportunities(for(CRE(professionals(By!Phil!Mobley,!Principal,!Koine!Communications!January!2016!Densification!has!become!a!watchword!in!the!commercial!real!estate!industry.!Dozens!of!articles,!whitepapers!and!research!reports!addressing!highFdensi

2、ty!work!environments!have!appeared!in!recent!months.!At!the!2015!BOMA!International!Annual!Convention!&!Expo!in!Los!Angeles,!a!panel!of!experts!discussed!the!topic!in!an!education!session!entitled!“Densification!and!the!Office!of!the!Future.”!Hosting!more!people!in!the!same!amount!of!space!has!impor

3、tant!implications!for!how!real!estate!professionals!operate!buildings!and!deliver!highFquality!work!environments!for!space!users.!This!report!briefly!summarizes!recent!research!on!the!subject!and!suggests!opportunities!for!real!estate!professionals!to!develop!further!capabilities!to!serve!their!cust

4、omers.!Major!Themes!in!Densification!1.(Densification(is(happening,(but(unevenly.(!There!is!a!great!deal!of!empirical!evidence!that!space!occupiers!are!targeting!more!efficient!layouts.!For!example:!CoreNet!Global!has!projected!that!the!average!square!footage!per!office!worker!will!drop!to!151!by!20

5、17,!down!from!176!in!2013!and!225!in!2010.1!According!to!construction!and!engineering!consulting!firm!Jacobs,!usable!square!feet!per!person!trended!downward!from!218!in!2010!to!192!in!2014.2!A!Delta!Associates!survey!of!the!Washington,!DC!metro!area!suggested!a!decline!in!rented!square!footage!per!o

6、ffice!worker!from!197!in!2000!to!178!in!2017.3!Architecture!and!design!firm!Gensler!has!estimated!that!office!space!needs!could!decrease!as!much!as!50!percent!by!2022.4!1!Benchmark!survey,!CoreNet!Global!(2012)!2!Presentation!to!National!Advisory!Council,!Jacobs!(April!2015)!3!trendlines(TWENTYFOURT