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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 19 J U LY 2 7 , 2 0 2 0 F O C U S R E A L E S T A T E / C O N S T R U C T I O N / E N G I N E E R I N G "Regardless of whether or not we slide into another recession as a result of COVID-19, the experience will likely cause employers to rethink the 'where' and 'how' of work," according to Kate Lister, president of San Diego- based Global Workplace Analytics, on her website. at's backed by her own research, including a survey of close to 3,000 global office workers during COVID-19. A separate report, published in June by McKinsey & Co., found that while flexible office space solutions held about 3% of the U.S. office mar- ket before the crisis, that share had been growing at 25% annually for the past three years. at's expected to increase signifi- cantly in the wake of COVID, with more than 800 so-called office-space decision makers at large companies surveyed by McKinsey predicting the percentage of time worked in main offices to go down by 12% and satellite offices by 9%, while so-called flexible office space will hold steady and work from home will increase from 20% of work time to 27%. ose changes, the authors con- clude, may not only improve how C O N T I N U E D O N F O L L OW I N G PA G E ยป CLASS A OFFICE SPACE OVER 10,000 SQ. FT. IN PORTLAND'S PENINSULA, JULY 2, 2020 0 Thompson's Point 1 Portland Square 3 Portland Square 170 Fore St. 35 Commercial St 465 Congress St. 1 Canal Plaza 100 Middle St. 511 Congress St. 144 Fore St. 300 Fore St. 9 7 5 4 3 1 2 6,8 12 11 10 M A P A N D P H O T O S / N A I T H E D U N H A M G RO U P 9 12 10 11 1 3 4 2,5,7 6,8