{"id":1004781589,"date":"2025-12-16T04:42:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004781589"},"modified":"2025-12-16T04:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:43:58","slug":"office-visits-hold-firm-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/office-visits-hold-firm-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Office Visits Hold Firm in November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The rate of employees working in the office, down everywhere since the pandemic, was robust in November, with average visits to the office per working day for that month at the highest level since 2019, according to the latest Placer.ai report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average number of visits to the office per working day in the 11 major U.S. cities that Placer.ai tracks was 32.9 percent less in November 2025 than in November 2019, reaching a five-year record. In November 2024, visits per working day were 41 percent less, and in November 2020 they were 81.9 percent less.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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November ’25 marks the strongest November office occupancy per working day since ’19. Chart courtesy of Placer.ai<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Miami widened its lead<\/a> over New York City as the market saw the highest level of office visits, the report found. In Miami, office visits were only 15.9 percent lower than in 2019, while in New York City, the rate was 23.2 percent lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report posited that for November at least, seasonal weather and longer transit-heavy commutes increasingly dampened office attendance in the Northeast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dallas came in third (26.2 percent lower than in 2019) and Atlanta was fourth, at 33 percent lower. Miami, New York City, Dallas and Atlanta were the markets above the 36.3 percent monthly national average, while Houston, Los Angeles, Boston, Denver, Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Chicago were below the national average, in that order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Miami widens its office recovery lead. Chart courtesy of Placer.ai<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tech hubs see office visit surge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The company chalks the return-to-office momentum up in significant part to the tech industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tech hubs, including San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Boston, turned in strong gains in office visits in November 2025 compared with the same month a year earlier, the report found<\/a>. San Francisco\u2019s recovery has been a story of a comeback, with office visits in November 2025 at 47 percent of those in the same month in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is still the second-lowest rate of visitation among the 11 cities, after Chicago at 48.3 percent compared with 2019, but San Francisco\u2019s rate has increased by 13.7 percentage points since a year ago, by far the most robust increase nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AI-fueled boom in San Francisco<\/a> is propelling the rate of return-to-office in that\u00a0market, Caroline Wu, director of Research at Placer.ai, told Commercial Property Executive<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile tech hubs were among the first to jump on the remote work bandwagon during the pandemic, they\u2019re now leading the charge for in-person collaboration,\u201d Wu said. \u201cThat allows for speedier ideation and cross-pollination, as well as fostering camaraderie and mentorship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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San Francisco continues to lead in YoY office visit trends. Chart courtesy of Placer.ai<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another tech hub pushing for an in-office revival is Denver, Wu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cColorado has seen office visits increase, at a rate of 3.7 percent year-over-year in November 2025,\u201d she noted. \u201cThat is driven by its tech strengths in aerospace and cybersecurity, coupled with a burgeoning startup culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other places, not generally thought of as tech hubs but which have strong tech sectors, are on the return-to-office bandwagon as well. Such as Chicago, Wu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cChicago, with office visits up 3.6 percent compared with last year, is historically a financial hub and continues to lead in the fintech space,\u201d Wu added.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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