SF return-to-office rate surges ahead of LA's: report

San Francisco-after years of delay behind the other main metro in office prices, San Francisco became in the midst of a “great revival” and rose in Los Angeles on post-birth office visits. These are the latest results Office Index from Place.AI.

After years in the classifications of return to the office, or near it, the city has now exceeded Los Angeles and Denver, according to Los Angeles. Placer.ai’s The office index for the month of July 2025. San Francisco is actually leading the office’s visit on an annual basis when it compared to July 2025 to 2024.

The report says: “In fact, it seems that San Francisco is in the midst of a great revival, with high rents, improving public morale, new restaurant waves, retail, and small breathing holes for a new life to a city that was once rejected as stuck in the” Duchess “episode,” the report says.

The July SF index witnessed a beating in Houston, Washington, DC, Boston, and Atlanta, and office visits at the level of the country compared to the same time last year, which the report called “concrete evidence of progress in San Francisco.”

In general, New York City is still leading the way with a return to the office. Big Apple has seen a 1.3 % increase in office visits compared to July 2019. Miami was second with only 0.1 % decrease since that time.

Despite its rise over the past 12 months, San Francisco is still in third place from the bottom in general, a few percentage of Los Angeles, several more than Denver, and only one percentage behind Chicago.

The factors behind the transformation of San Francisco are likely to include improved perceptions of crime and safety, and major employers such as Uber, their number is more expected in the office. It is also possible that the artificial intelligence industry in the city, with its tendency to work personally, will be a contributing factor.

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