When the COVID-19 pandemic forced a temporary shutdown of the economy in the spring of 2020, GMFS, like so many other employers, sent its workers home to do their jobs remotely. Nearly 18 months later, the mortgage lending company’s approximately 35,000-square-foot operations center in the Bon Carre Business Park remains mostly empty, though the company
Commercial concerns
Office occupancy rates, already soft, have held fairly steady throughout the pandemic but some fear that will end when long-term leases come up for renewal.
