Robert Gibbs, president and CEO of Gibbs Planning Group Robert Gibbs, president and CEO of Gibbs Planning Group

ATLANTA—Flexible workspaces—from executive office suites to hot desks to coworking office space and beyond—started gaining momentum during the Great Recession. Although some office industry watchers say the demand is waning, most agree the concept is here to say and statistics demonstrate room for growth.

According to globalworkplaceanalytics.com, 3.7 million employees—just under 3% of the workforce—now work from home at least half the time. The employee population as a whole grew by 1.9% from 2013 to 2014, while the telecommuter population grew 5.6%.

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