Chase Lopez: Don’t Count the Office Out The assumption that office real estate will go the way of the dinosaurs is premature says the Stream Realty DFW office leasing VP. By Chase Lopez Published in Commercial Real Estate February 24, 2021 3:00 pm Little more than a month into 2021, most companies’ primary goal remains the same as 2020—the health and safety of their employees. The uncertainty and economic downturn caused by COVID-19 resulted in companies switching focus from the pre-pandemic mindset of profit generation. Across the Dallas-Fort Worth area, more employees work from home instead of their company’s office space. According to a recent study by Kastle Systems, 60-65 percent of DFW employees are working from home. Kastle System analyzed app to access keycard activity data from 3,600 buildings across 47 states to draw these conclusions.