Even before covid, the Southeast was rapidly growing, but the trend accelerated during covid, and still continues. The population of Atlanta, for example, is projected to multiply three times in the next thirty years to over 15 million. Currently, office leasing activity in Atlanta is 80% of the volume of 2019, which was robust. As recently as 2022, however, companies were still questioning whether they would return to the office, now they’re focusing on the best way to outfit offices to best serve their employees. Joey Kline, a commercial Real Estate broker and Executive Vice President at JLL in Atlanta, helps tenants find new space or renew in downtown Atlanta and surrounding suburbs, plus other markets in the country.