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Shared Office Tenants, Developers, and Urban Sustainability Goals—A Method for Assessing the Sustainable Location of Office Buildings Using GIS

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  • Agnieszka Telega

    (Department of Real Estate and Investment Economics, Krakow University of Economics, 31-510 Krakow, Poland)

  • Ivan Telega

    (Department of Mathematics, Krakow University of Economics, 31-510 Krakow, Poland)

Abstract

This study analyzes the links between urban sustainability goals and the location of office buildings. We propose a concept of a sustainable location of office buildings, one that meets the needs of real estate investors and users and is consistent with the goals of sustainable urban development. The main goal of this study is to develop a method for mapping location potential, which can be used as a tool in the decision-making process of selecting the location of new office buildings. A location with high potential is consistent with the sustainability goals that meet the needs of investors and users with minimal environmental burden. The literature studies on sustainable urban development as well as the analysis of the results of the survey of office space user preferences allow for the determination of the essential characteristics of sustainable office locations: public transportation accessibility, mixed land use, walkability and clean transportation accessibility, parking space, and land reuse. Using these metrics in GIS, a spatial analysis was conducted to map different location potentials in Krakow and to answer the question of whether and to what extent existing office buildings meet these criteria.

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  • Agnieszka Telega & Ivan Telega, 2025. "Shared Office Tenants, Developers, and Urban Sustainability Goals—A Method for Assessing the Sustainable Location of Office Buildings Using GIS," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(16), pages 1-14, August.
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