Yardi Matrix Special Report Spotlights Shared Space’s Steady Growth

Segment tops 93 million square feet in U.S.; suburban markets present new
opportunities

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.,
Nov. 8, 2019 – Shared space
is on the rise, driven by the gig economy, burgeoning technology-sector
employment, corporations seeking lease flexibility and other factors. This segment
is the subject of a new Yardi®
Matrix special report based on leases for 5.5 billion square feet of office space in the top 50
U.S. markets.

The report shows
that coworking accounted for one-third of office leases over the last 18 months.
The top 50 markets contain 93.2 million square feet of space, representing 1.7%
of total office space. The metros having the most shared space as a percentage
of stock are New York City boroughs Manhattan and Brooklyn with 3.9% and 3.7%,
respectively; Miami is close behind with 3.5%.

Manhattan, with
17.3 million square feet, is the top metro for coworking space, followed by Los
Angeles, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Boston. Manhattan has added 4.1 million
square feet of working space since the fourth quarter of 2018, followed by Los
Angeles (2.7 million square feet), San Francisco and Dallas (1.2 million square
feet each), and Atlanta and Miami (1.1 million square feet each).

While highly visible
turmoil surrounding industry leader WeWork fosters the impression that the
entire business model is at risk, “most signs point to coworking as a growth
industry that remains in the early stages of development,” the report says, noting
that the practice “is expanding especially rapidly within large markets [and] is
also gaining steam in the suburbs. As the industry matures, we expect that
coworking will rise in suburban office markets.” New business models, such as establishing
coworking properties in shopping malls and other non-traditional settings, are
emerging as well.

Get up to date on
this dynamic industry with the Yardi Matrix special report, titled “Shared
Space: Coworking’s Rapid Growth Set to be Tested.”

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