Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Amazon Adapting Offices For AI Age

Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Amazon Adapting Offices For AI Age

By Chloe Gallivan, South Florida
Publication Date: 2026-10-28 22:58:00

The use of artificial intelligence is driving the world’s largest companies to reassess their workforce — and workspace — in the pursuit of efficiency.

The technology is reshaping how employees work and collaborate, prompting employers to reevaluate their office layouts to promote more integrated workspaces, workplace and real estate executives for Microsoft, Citadel, Amazon and Coca-Cola Co. said during a panel at the Urban Land Institute‘s fall meeting Tuesday in Miami Beach.

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Citadel Chief Workplace Officer Paul Darrah speaks at ULI’s fall 2026 conference in Miami Beach.

Not only are companies starting to use AI to design their spaces, but they are also reconfiguring their spaces away from isolated workstations and toward a more open and collaborative environment, the executives said.

“I think AI is going to have a big impact on corporate, like our spaces that we use,” said Terri Lasoff, senior director of global real estate portfolio for…