Empty Lobbies, Untouched Doughnuts And Shattered Plans: Offices Stayed Quiet The Day After Labor Day

As Ardent Cos. Managing Director Mike Guynn strolled around the manicured grounds of his firm's Piedmont Center 1 office building in Atlanta Tuesday morning, the property around him was largely quiet.

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the Piedmont Center complex in the city's Buckhead financial district would have been bustling with 8,000 employees from its 225 tenants. But only around 15% of its tenant employees were on campus Tuesday, Guynn said. On a rainy Tuesday morning, most of the outdoor gathering spaces were empty, a few people walked about the hallways and no one was in Arden's indoor lounge.