US Offices Reach 50% Occupancy for First Time Since Pandemic Hit
- Most of 10 cities tracked saw RTO hold steady or rise
- New York office attendance increased, yet still below 50%
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More than half of workers in major US cities went to the office last week, the first time that return-to-office rates crossed 50% of their pre-pandemic levels.
An index of building occupancies in 10 major metro areas increased 0.9 percentage points to 50.4% in the week ended Jan. 25, according to security firm Kastle Systems. All of the cities tracked by the company — including San Francisco, Chicago and Austin, Texas — reached return-to-office levels of 40% or above, which was also a post-pandemic first.