Let's combine and rearrange their findings:

The trend of downsizing and better space management and efficiency is behind both the move to trophy product and class B space. All companies, no matter how small or how established, want the ability to design offices to accommodate new workforce styles.

However, if a company can have both -- a smaller, more flexible office footprint in a trophy class property –- then it is not difficult to guess which office they will choose.

But if a company can't have both of these worlds, then it will make due with the next tier of office product – the Class Bs or non-core Class As. These companies are okay with this decision because 1) they probably are startups or companies in a high-competitive industry sector and can't afford the higher rents 2) they may very well prefer the open space and cheaper rent, all the better to spend on connectivity and technology 3) the stay at this building is likely to be a short one.

That latter point is a key one. Many tenants occupying Class B buildings now hope or expect to upgrade to a new building some day when they get a more solid footing. If nothing else the workforce they hope to attract -- millennials -- will demand to be in a transit friendly, urban location.

In the big picture -- which in this case is not defined as a time period when we will all be dead -- Class B property will become obsolete.

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