Are skyscrapers in the US mostly fully occupied or are many floors empty?
There are many skyscrapers in the US, especially in cities like New York, Chicago, or Miami. Many of them feature the logos of large corporations, suggesting they serve as headquarters. But I wonder: Are these buildings really almost fully occupied, or are many floors empty?
Besides, when I imagine how many people could theoretically work there, the streets around these skyscrapers should be much busier in the evenings. For example, in New York City – even though the city is already bustling, it doesn't seem as if all the skyscrapers are so densely occupied that the streets are bursting at the seams. Could this be because offices in such high-rise buildings are designed with a lot of space per employee and aren't so densely packed?
What about other cities like Chicago or Downtown Miami? Are these skyscrapers truly fully utilized, or are some floors often empty?
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From the World Trade Center I had heard that many offices were empty.
When I was living in NYC, the streets were very busy in the evenings and at night, even though it would have to be assumed that people are going home after office. And the people who live in the high-rises, why should they walk through the concrete desert every day?
Very different.
Some companies have the whole tower, either avoided or as property. Then it depends on the number of staff, some have too little space and then rent other places in addition. Others just leave parts empty.
If the tower is not completely used by a company, this is entirely due to the control of the owner or its administration, whether there are permanently empty spaces or not.
Even if a lot of space is planned per employee or they are sitting in small boxes like the dogs on the bar, it is quite different. Most of the offices I saw there were tightly occupied.
The crowds of workers lead to the fact that it is always full on the streets, especially in Lower Manhattan. The trains are also very full, although they often drive. Some buildings have direct access to the next underground station or even below "in the basement" have a station, the people you see only on the track and not on the road.
We must not forget that many there have office jobs and therefore different working hours. The one "9 to 5", the next 8:30-16:30, another 6-14, plus then still fluctuations due to sliding time, different break lengths and also overtime. I've got a fix, the rush hour for NYC is given at 3:30-8 p.m., tomorrow 6:30-9:30 a.m. If you remember that many are going out at lunchtime, you know why it's always so full and conscious there.
A generally speaking, the real estate market in the USA is extremely large.
There are the following factors, to be said to be very simple. Home office, increasing small crime, changing leisure behavior and saturation.
In the Corona pandemic, many office people have migrated to the home office and companies have found that they simply no longer need this huge office space. A return to the office is also desirable by many well paid employees no more.
At the foot of the skyscrapers there are publicly accessible objects such as starbucks, pharmacies, subways etc.
The inner cities of San Francisco and Detroit are also "Lost Places" where all roads are empty.
People are increasingly moving back to the wealthy suburbs.
Depending on which economic strategy investors operate.
You know that many of the large office buildings in NY have their own subway connection?