Bristol office market predictions for 2025

As with regional office markets across the country, a theme we’re predicting for Bristol in 2025 is a period of undersupply of quality stock. A total of 705,021 sq ft of new and refurbished space is expected to complete by the end of the year across developments including The Welcome Building, 3 Rivergate and The Crescent, leaving the city’s grade A availability rate standing at 2.5%.

There is a further 81,000 sq ft of refurbishment projects currently under way and due to complete in 2026, but we need to see more new office development in the pipeline if the city is to continue to be an attractive place to do business in the longer term.

Following the immediate switch to home working during the pandemic, businesses are now starting to adjust closer to pre-Covid working practices, and although hybrid working is a trend that s