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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ariana Baio

It could take San Francisco 18 years to recover from flood of empty office space after tenants fled the city

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San Francisco’s empty office space crisis has become so deep that it could take almost two decades for the market to recover to its pre-pandemic levels, data suggests.

In 2019, San Francisco’s vacancy rate was under 10 percent but pandemic restrictions combined with work-from-home trends, massive layoffs, and soaring prices have landed the city with the largest vacancy rate in the country at more than 30 percent.

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