University Office Space Survey

• 67 Buildings surveyed• Includes MHMP, IBC, South Campus, RCC, RGA, RVA

• 3,144 offices confirmed• 566,119 total assignable square feet (ASF)

• 47,147 ASF of offices vacant = 8.33%• 12,000+ ASF is indicated “to be occupied”

Process

Of the 3,144 offices evaluated:

• Average overall room condition rating is 2.08

• 528 offices rated below average

(1.00-1.66)

• 1,898 offices rated average

(1.67-2.33)

• 718 offices rated above average

(2.34-3.00)

General Condition of Office Space

Building Numberof Rooms

Overall Room Factor

Average

MEDIA CENTER 9 1.69

RYON ENGINEERING LAB 24 1.70

MECHANICAL LAB 31 1.77

MD ANDERSON HALL 36 1.77

HERZSTEIN HALL 36 1.81

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 31 1.83

GEORGE R. BROWN HALL 61 1.83

SEWALL HALL 96 1.83

MD ANDERSON BIOLOGICAL LAB 91 1.84

ALICE PRATT BROWN HALL 80 1.84

Lowest Overall Room Ratings by Building

Average utilization (using Rice standards) = 86.7%

Position type weighted averages that are 10% over or under an average utilization of 100% are considered to be in a reasonable range.

PositionType

RiceGuidelineLow ASF

RiceGuidelineHigh ASF

Qty Total ASF Average Size

UtilizationWeighted Average

Tenure-Track Faculty 150 165 558 103,083 185 91.90%Graduate Assistant 35 50 1,841 85,583 46 93.68%

Staff 60 100 859 120,234 140 72.73%

Campus-Wide Utilization by Position Type

BuildingTotalOfficeASF

OccupiedOfficeASF

VacantOfficeASF

PercentVacant

UtilizationWeighted Average

MD ANDERSON HALL 6,836 6,836 0 0.00% 61.04%

SPACE SCIENCE 12,880 10,807 2,073 16.09% 61.63%

ALLEN CENTER 29,814 26,877 2,937 9.85% 67.15%

FONDREN LIBRARY 23,228 20,584 2,644 11.38% 71.44%

RMC/LEY STUDENT CENTER 10,242 9,643 599 5.85% 71.96%

LOVETT HALL 12,845 12,237 608 4.73% 74.15%

DELL BUTCHER HALL 6,985 6,796 189 2.71% 74.87%

RYON ENGINEERING LAB 6,792 6,518 274 4.03% 75.09%

HERZSTEIN HALL 7,528 6,762 766 10.18% 75.90%

JAMES A. BAKER III HALL 17,621 16,515 1,106 6.28% 76.66%

Average utilization (using Rice standards) = 82.9%

Lowest Office Utilization by Building

BuildingTotalOfficeASF

OccupiedOfficeASF

VacantOfficeASF

PercentVacant

BRC 64,056 55,241 8,815 13.76%

MCNAIR HALL 40,339 36,699 3,640 9.02%

GREENBRIAR 11,808 8,431 3,377 28.60%

MD ANDERSON BIOLOGICAL LAB 14,925 11,557 3,368 22.57%

TUDOR FIELDHOUSE 14,710 11,539 3,171 21.56%

ALLEN CENTER 29,814 26,877 2,937 9.85%

FONDREN LIBRARY 23,228 20,584 2,644 11.38%

SPACE SCIENCE 12,880 10,807 2,073 16.09%

SEWALL HALL 14,944 13,289 1,655 11.07%

GEORGE R. BROWN HALL 10,428 8,849 1,579 15.14%

Vacant Office Space by Building

Academic/Administrative UnitTotalOfficeASF

OccupiedOfficeASF

VacantOfficeASF

PercentVacant

NATURAL SCIENCES 105,239 100,886 4,353 4.14%

HATRC 8,461 4,261 4,200 49.64%

JONES GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 39,753 36,113 3,640 9.16%

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 15,592 11,960 3,632 23.29%

ADMINISTRATION 42,249 38,704 3,545 8.34%

ATHLETICS 22,930 19,639 3,291 14.35%

SOCIAL SCIENCES 33,570 30,914 2,656 7.91%

RESEARCH 18,990 17,039 1,951 10.27%

ENGINEERING 75,434 73,560 1,874 2.48%

LIBRARY 15,319 13,509 1,810 11.82%

Most Vacant Office Space by Organization

Multiple Offices• 45 people assigned 2 offices

• 2 people assigned 3 offices

• Total area = 18,211 ASF

Emeritus Offices• 35 offices assigned to Emeritus Faculty = 5,680 ASF

Multiple & Emeritus Offices

• Target buildings with lowest utilization rates for focused renovation to improve efficiency

• Incentive program for departments/units to compete for annual capital funds to renovate their office areas bringing them into alignment with space guidelines

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