The glossy brochure is loaded with photos and doubles as a year-end report on OKC’s office market − the supply and demand for office space for lease − and how it’s overcoming the smackdown dealt by COVID-19. Downtown was hit hard, but is resilient, and recovering better than most.
CBRE has done similar brochures for Tulsa a few times. This is the first for OKC.
We’ll show some of the coolest spaces in OKC below, but first the news.
CBRE Group’s 2024 outlook for the Oklahoma City office market
This could be as good as it gets for office use for some time, said Bob Pielsticker, CBRE senior vice president and director for Oklahoma and Arkansas.
“While many companies allowed a remote working option during the COVID pandemic, most are encouraging workers back into the office or at minimum a hybrid schedule. Overall, we believe the OKC market will continue to experience space reduction by most companies,” he wrote on LinkedIn.
Companies and other office users in OKC market still want space that fosters collaboration and the kind of dynamics to attract the “new workforce” of 2024, Pielsticker said.
The brochure “showcases some of the coolest and best designed office spaces delivered in OKC in the past few years. We dive into each space to find out how it came to be, what makes it special, and how it fulfills the needs of the company,” he said.
And now, some office eye candy.
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Echo Investment Capital, Ziggurat Building, 120 Robert S. Kerr Ave.
- Architect: Northwest Studio LLC.
- Contractor: Lingo Construction.
- Location: Ziggurat Building, 120 Robert S. Kerr Ave., seven stories, 74,992 square feet, built in 2016.