IRVINE, CA—Due to maxing out on current space and staff, manycompanies will need to expand their officefootprint in order to accommodate growth this year, PMRealty Group's EVP and managing director Jim Proehl tells GlobeSt.com. We spokeexclusively with Proehl about trends in officeleasing and space needs in 2016.

GlobeSt.com: Which barriers to office leasing do yousee easing up in 2016?

Proehl: Tenants will have fewerchoices, so decisions by tenants will be quicker with lessconcessions. As a result, landlords will be able to negotiate muchmore favorable deals. Most tenants have maxed out on theircurrent space, so all the excess phantom space that had to first beutilized by tenants is now gone, meaning many more tenants willneed additional space as they continue to grow. Also, most tenantshave maxed out their current staff, so they are now in a positionwhere they have to hire additional staff to handle the additionalworkload, which means additional space will now be needed by moretenants.