The Parus Business Center in Kyiv on April 22, 2020. The vacancy rate in Kyiv doubled to 11% in 2020 as many companies switched to remote work during the pandemic.
Several lockdowns and quarantine measures have pushed many companies to switch to remote work or move to smaller offices to save money.
As a result, the vacancy rate in Kyiv, Ukraine’s busiest city, doubled to 11% by the end of 2020. This is a record high figure since 2014 when almost one-fifth of offices were empty.