Office Attendance Hits Postpandemic High

Office attendance last week was at its highest levels since the pandemic, according to Kastle Systems. Weekly average occupancy reached 54.2% of foot traffic levels before the pandemic sent workers to their home offices. 

The weekly average attendance rate has climbed 6.5 percentage points in the last month, with all 10 cities tracked by Kastle seeing occupancy tick up.

Houston leads the pack, with occupancy levels at 65% of prepandemic levels, followed by Austin at 61%. The Washington, D.C., metro saw a 7.5-percentage-point week-over-week increase in office attendance to claim the third spot, with 51.5% of 2019 office usage. 

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RSK: Good news for downtown retail and restaurant establishments. In fact, the best way to measure if this is true is to check the restaurants at lunch hours and see if their patronage has increased.