Copenhagen Property Market Report 2020

Copenhagen Property Market Report 2020

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Space efficiency and flexible lease terms Demand increasingly centres on what you may call space-efficient leases. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, businesses focus not only on growth, but also costs as exemplified by optimum space utilisation, among other measures. Many businesses have discarded the ‘one employee, one desk’ tradition. One novel approach is free seating, where e.g. ten office workers share eight workstations, because some are calling on clients, attending training programmes, working from home or have time off from work. This and other approaches may be supported by technological knowhow and the layout of the premises. Open-plan offices have become the norm, often with supplementary small offices, where staff members can talk on the phone or carry out tasks that require particular concentration. The higher ratio of workers in the same space increases the demands of indoor climate, with businesses becoming more aware of the need for e.g. ventilation, cooling and sun/heating blocking blinds. The composition of today’s labour market features a prevalence of project staff and temporary assignments, meaning that businesses need to be agile, e.g. in terms of an up- or downscaling of their premises. Businesses are therefore increasingly opting for flexible lease terms, enabling them to e.g. relatively quickly reduce premises in the event of reduced work assignments and/or staffing. Traditionally, landlords have not “taken back” excess areas until after expiry of an often long non-terminability period. However, in recent years, many landlords have started to be more open-minded to tenants wanting to assign space, for instance – in order to retain the tenants and to have happy and, by extension, more long-term tenants. Some landlords even use their offer of flexible lease terms as part of their marketing.

Effektive kvadratmeter og fleksible kontrakter En stigende del af efterspørgslen retter sig mod, hvad der kan betegnes som effektive kvadratmeter. I skyggen af finanskrisen har virksomhederne ikke kun fokus på vækst, men også på omkostninger, herunder at udnytte arealer optimalt. Mange virksomheder har brudt med traditionen ”én ansat, ét skrivebord”. En metode er free seating, hvor fx ti ansatte deler otte pladser, fordi nogle er på kundebesøg, på kursus, arbejder hjemme eller har fri. Denne og andre metoder kan understøttes af teknologiske muligheder og indretningen af lokalerne. Storrumskontorer er blevet normen, ofte suppleret af små arbejdsrum, hvor medarbejdere kan tale i telefon eller udføre opgaver, som kræver særlig stor koncentration. Med flere medarbejdere på samme areal skærpes kravene til indeklima, og virksomhederne er mere opmærksomme på fx ventilation, køling og afskærmning mod sol/varme. Dagens arbejdsmarked er præget af projektansættelser og midlertidige ansættelser, så virksomhederne har behov for at være agile, blandt andet i forhold til at kunne skalere arealet op og ned. Virksomheder foretrækker derfor i stigende grad at indgå fleksible lejeaftaler, så de fx relativt hurtigt kan afvikle arealer, hvis opgavemængden og/eller bemandingen falder. Traditionelt har udlejerne først ”taget imod” overflødige arealer efter udløbet af det ofte lange opsigelsesvarsel. De senere år er mange udlejere imidlertid begyndt at være mere fleksible over for lejerønsker om fx at afgive areal – for at fastholde lejere og for at have tilfredse og dermed mere langsigtede lejere. Nogle udlejere markedsfører ligefrem, at de tilbyder fleksible lejeaftaler.