COVID-19  

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) website has outlined several measures it has taken to enhance safety and health in federally occupied spaces in response to COVID-19. It website addresses topics such as: what to do if COVID-19 is suspected in a GSA-owned building, recommended cleaning services and who pays for them, child-care centers, and recommendations to tenants and lessors. The website also includes a link that allows users to get answers to additional questions they may have.

Commercial Observer magazine's "Class A Meet Plan B: How the Coronavirus Could Impact NYC's Newly Built Office Space" explains that the post-COVID 19 pain for the Big Apple's office space market goes deeper than construction; it includes absorbing the space that failed businesses will leave behind. Compounding the problem will be a post-disaster historically cautious survivor's market, which will tend toward renewing existing space rather than upgrading to bigger and better space.