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by Covzire 1157 days ago
So the per-desk vacancy, if such a thing were tracked, might be much higher than 33%?
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https://www.kastle.com/safety-wellness/getting-america-back-...

Those statistics are probably closer to what you want.

Right. 49% pre-pandemic occupancy, measured by the systems that check people in when they enter the building.
43.2% specifically for San Francisco metro last week.

I find the reports interesting and they change through time and for example the breakdown by day of the week.

The proper way to track it would be traffic in the commute hours and spending on lunches and so on during the work day, I suppose? Isn't that what cities are measuring and looking at with this return to office stuff?
Correct. Those lower-desk-utilization offices still have current leases.