Offices are dependent on accessible location for employees, bright and inviting lobby, and office layout geared to the type of office required. Law firms desire perimeter office with interior support cubicles and conference rooms. Accounting firms need a few perimeter offices with the rest cubicles for computation, tech companies require open layout and collaborative exchange areas. The more light to an office the more expensive the office space and usually the happier the employees. Light matters in office space and a sun filled office leads to sunny employee dispositions. In this transaction for a tenant of 11,000 s.f. the tenant was able to get a build out for a kitchen , HVAC Ducting, Window Treatments, and Signage off the Elevator. A key point in any office deal is the elevator capacity. The President of Otis Elevator/ East Coast once explained elevators capacity to me as follows: Every Employee generates 10 elevator trips daily broken down as 2 trips daily per: 1) Employee coming and going to work (Two Trips); 2) Employee out and in for errand/ lunch ( Two Trips) ; 3) Guest visiting the employee for meeting in and out ( Two Trips) ; 4) Deliveries of supplies, meals, and materials for the employee ( Two Trips) ; and 5) Service personnel performing repairs, maintenance (Two Trips).
One stands at the lobby at 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. to watch the cue of people waiting for the elevator. Those elevators that have cue lines are a key as to if access would be lengthy or short every day. Eventually the office space will be filled and so while during the post pandemic period lines are short... this will change as people filter back to the office.
