Lee Elliott
Partner, Global Head of Occupier Research
Global Headquarters, GB
Prior to joining Knight Frank, Lee was a Regional Director at JLL where he was responsible for the conception, design and delivery of the property industry’s first ever Global Corporate Real Estate Survey.
Lee writes and presents extensively on a range of corporate real estate issues such as workplace strategy, the emergence of data and analytics to inform CRE decision-making, portfolio planning, the real estate implications of M&A activity and increasingly the rise of co-working.
Lee is lead author of Knight Frank’s flagship occupier research report - (Y)OUR SPACE – which launched in November 2018 and has been directly presented to more than 4,000 people around the wold in the last 18 months as well as securing coverage on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme. The research focuses on the 5 trends that will influence the future dynamic of the global workplace. This work has recently been supplemented by a thought leadership piece focusing on the 12 Dynamics of the post COVID-19 workplace.
Latest research
Landlords
Why 2025 is Corporate Real Estate’s defining moment
Corporate real estate is entering a period of unprecedented pressure and profound change. The fourth edition of the (Y)OUR SPACE campaign - drawing on insights from leaders across 268 companies - reveals a sector at a crossroads
25 November 2025
Investment
CRE Sentiment Index
The Knight Frank Corporate Real Estate Sentiment Index is a simple 12 question on-line survey conducted quarterly that gauges sentiment in relation to three areas – growth, portfolio and workplace dynamics.
15 May 2025
Offices
Approach: Momentum, polarisation, volatility
These three dynamics will converge to shape the London office market in 2025
27 February 2025
Occupiers
Unlocking London, Shifting Behaviours & Emerging Opportunities
Evolving occupier strategies amid market shifts hold the key to London's office potential
27 February 2025
Article
Changing Tact
2025 will be a defining year for corporate real estate. This document highlights ten critical trends that will test the ability, agility, and foresight of CRE professionals.
18 December 2024
Offices
Insight 4: Events, expansion, elevation
The fourth insight paper in our London Series, investigating the current occupier mindset and its implications for the London office market.
06 June 2024
Occupiers
Spaces - reoccupy, reimagine, relocate
There has been no shortage of column inches dedicated to the future of the office over the last three years.
07 February 2024
Global
Global office markets: occupancy levels continue to rise
Occupiers seek to upgrade their offices for post-pandemic work styles.
27 November 2023
Occupiers
Corporate real estate sentiment index Q1 2023
The Q1 2023 Global Corporate Real Estate Sentiment Index points to an encouraging upwards turn in sentiment, but medium term plans still in doubt.
08 June 2023
Occupiers
(Y)OUR SPACE
(Y)OUR SPACE is Knight Frank | Cresa’s flagship thought leadership research bringing you data-led insights about the future direction of travel in corporate real estate.
30 May 2023
Offices
Global office markets: Elon Musk, Twitter and shifting workplace dynamics
What the early days of Elon Musk’s time at the social media giant tell us about workstyles, workplace and future office demand.
25 April 2023
Offices
Global office markets: Glastonbury sets the tone
The songs of music legends, old and new, serve to shine some light on changing attitudes to work and workplace.
02 December 2022
ESG
The changing nature of occupier interest in ESG
Do corporates really view their real estate as playing a strong part in their carbon reduction strategies?
27 September 2022
Offices
From FLUX to FLEX
The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic ushered in a great – if unsettling – global workplace experiment, challenging traditional notions of workstyle and workplace. This was evident both in a first phase of enforced lockdown (where working from home was the only option) and then in a second phase which saw the splitting of working time between the office and other settings, including home.
09 May 2022
Global
Occupier Markets: Ready, Steady, Go!
2022 will be the year when the rubber truly starts to hit the road in global occupational markets. An emergent, urgent business transformation agenda puts real estate firmly in the spotlight, generating depth and diversity in demand across global real estate markets.
11 January 2022
Global
Global Occupier Dashboard
Global office markets favour occupiers, as the brakes start to come off 67% of global markets covered in our latest Global Occupier Dashboard are viewed as tenant favourable in 2021
08 November 2021
Build-to-rent and Multifamily
Climate crisis: why corporate real estate needs to do more
As corporate carbon reduction targets increase, the role of real estate in their attainment will need to be better recognised and realised.
02 November 2021
Build-to-rent and Multifamily
Cultural connections
The views of almost 400 global occupiers confirm that the office continues to matter, but its form, function, quantum and qualities are set for transformation. Central to this transformation will be the use of the office as a device to galvanise corporate culture and generate stronger connections between employees.
14 May 2021
Occupiers
(Y)our Space Webinar: Discover Your New World of Work
Your office space has the strategic power to drive business performance.
28 April 2021
Build-to-rent and Multifamily
Where next for the flexible office market?
The Covid-19 pandemic has taught us all that we need to re-think the way we live and work; but a clear message has emerged: the office still has a central role to play. As new hybrid working models start to emerge, we asked six providers of flexible working space to share their thoughts on the key trends that they see shaping the future of provision
11 March 2021
Build-to-rent and Multifamily
Case Study: Go west to White City
Once home to BBC Television Centre, White City, developed by Stanhope, Mitsui Fudosan and AIMCo, has embraced innovation and community as its core raison d’être and has delivered a legacy.
04 March 2021
Build-to-rent and Multifamily
Defining the future of London’s office leasing market
The days of the office being a self-contained space, impervious to outside influence are numbered. The future is about creating destinations – both physical and virtual.
04 March 2021
Middle East
Case Study: Look east to Here East
In taking on 1.2 million sq ft of legacy real estate from the 2012 London Olympics, Delancey would have been forgiven for simply targeting large-scale corporate requirements for their Here East scheme.
04 March 2021
Build-to-rent and Multifamily
Landlord lessons for the ‘20s
London’s post-referendum occupational market has remained very active, just as we anticipated, with 47.8 million sq ft let since June 2016. We look at three lessons from this recent market experience that will be critical to the occupational market’s success in the ’20s.
04 March 2021
