Occupiers are intending to up their tech investment budgets, as more companies plan to expand their working from home offerings post-lockdown, new research shows.
According to CBRE’s EMEA Occupier Flash Survey, 88% of tenants are looking to increase tech spending to support a greater demand for home working.
This is up 5 percentage points compared with pre-Covid-19 levels, when 83% of occupiers were planning to boost their tech investment.
Nearly all (92%) of occupiers surveyed said that they were expecting to increase the adoption of remote working.
Nearly half (45%) said they were looking to have touch-free technology in buildings, and 41% said that they had an increased interest in WELL certified buildings or sustainable features.
Richard Holberton, EMEA head of occupier research at CBRE, said: “Amid the disruption triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, occupiers’ emphasis on technology investment persists.
“While the focus is now on supporting remote working and using tech to allow for social distancing and enhanced hygiene measures, in the long term we expect the thinking behind pre-Covid plans centred around using tech to improve employee experience to be reincorporated into business strategies.”
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