Pandemic has Twin Cities law firms stepping up efforts to downsize offices As leases expire, they seek smaller sites as COVID-fueled remote working takes hold. February 2, 2021 12:47pm Text size Copy shortlink:
With the lease expiring in a year, Fredrikson & Byron President John Koneck set out to find a new headquarters, but knew he would need less office space than the current spot in U.S. Bank Plaza in Minneapolis.
Earlier this month, Koneck signed a lease for 178,000 square feet of space in the RBC Plaza on Sixth Street. The nine floors have 27,000 fewer square feet than the firm s current offices, which now largely sits empty because of the pandemic.