How One Manhattan Firm’s Office Reflects Big Changes in the Legal Industry

One could be forgiven for thinking the workplace of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP was a restaurant rather than a law office.

The 140,000-square-foot space — all of the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and 10th floors, and about two-thirds of the ninth at 50 Rockefeller Plaza — boasts a warming kitchen, where one can get everything from a cup of coffee to a full meal, not to mention plenty of places to sit down and eat with your food, both inside and out, plus grab-and-go pantries on each practice floor  The offices, designed to serve the needs of some 160 attorneys as well as staff, represent corporate legal representation at its most up to date.

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Big Tech’s Downsizing Spells Office Market Retreat

Some of the sector’s biggest names have been shedding office space across the country, subletting unwanted floors, and pausing construction on developments they spearheaded, the Wall Street Journal reported. The much-feared culprit of work-from-home policies has been replaced with another frightening omen: downsizing.

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Meta, Lyft, Salesforce, and Other Tech Firms Dump Office Space as They Downsize

The big technology companies that drove U.S. office demand for years as they expanded their empires are now canceling leases and flooding business districts with office space as they downsize.

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc., Lyft Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., and other tech companies are shedding millions of square feet of office space in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, Austin, Texas, and elsewhere. Amazon.com Inc. stopped construction on new office buildings in July amid a hiring freeze and is now preparing to lay off thousands of workers.

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