The office is not what it used to be, and facilities managers are increasingly in the middle of that transformation. After years of compressed leases, space reductions, and the slow burn of return-to-office negotiations, the physical workplace is coming back into focus, not as the default container of work, but as a deliberate instrument of it. That shift is changing what facilities teams are responsible for, what they need to measure, and how quickly they are expected to adapt.The most recent market report from OfficeSpace Software offers a data-grounded view of where things stand. The company analyzed behavioral and operational data from 954 organizations representing 3.9 million in-office employees, 116 million square feet, and 27,000 spaces across 2025. The dataset included more than 20 million desk bookings, 12.8 million room bookings, over 6 million seat assignment records, and approximately 267,000 inspections and work orders. The survey is one of the more comprehensive looks at how the built world workplace is actually functioning in the post-mandate era, as opposed to how companies say it is...
RSK: This is a great shift in thinking about what the office means for employees and for the company itself. This may solve the problem between work from home and back to the office. Room for both.
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