10,000 Federal Workers Could Be Headed Back To DTLA Offices After Trump Order
President Donald Trump's day-one executive order that federal workers return to full-time, in-person work could give a boost to Downtown Los Angeles foot traffic.
There are an estimated 10,000 federal workers based in Downtown and if they were to come back into the office every day, their presence could help build momentum for a wider, private sector return to Downtown's office towers, The Real Deal reported.
Some of the federal government's office space is at Deka Immobilien’s 915 Wilshire Boulevard, where it occupies roughly 140K SF or approximately one-third of the property. The government occupies another 94K SF at EY Plaza.
“The president is following in the footsteps of J.P. Morgan and Amazon,” Newmark co-Head of Capital Markets Kevin Shannon told TRD.
“The trend is clearly headed in this direction," Shannon said. "Three days per week will become four days and then five.”
The American Federation of Government Employees, the nation's largest federal employee union, pushed back against the executive order in a statement almost immediately, Bisnow reported. The union called the move a “backward action," pointing to a nearly decade-long tradition of hybrid work.
Some unions reached agreements with former President Joe Biden, securing the rights of their members to work remotely, and some labor attorneys say that not even an executive order can override a labor contract.
