Since the pandemic, the optimistic take on the battered office market around Seattle has been pretty straightforward: vacancies will fade once employers get those remote workers back in.
But as vacancies persist despite widespread return-to-office mandates — more than a third of downtown Seattle offices are still empty — it’s clear the market faces another barrier: one of its main drivers is running in reverse.
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