commercial and industrial built space or land. For example, some <br />construction contractors may work out of their homes, with no <br />need for a shop or office space on non-residential land. <br />In 2006,15% of employment was located in residential plan <br />designations.65 About 10% of this employment was businesses <br />located in non-employment plan designations (such as a corner <br />store in a neighborhood) and about 5% was people working from <br />home.66 This estimate excludes workers that are not covered by <br />unemployment insurance, such as sole proprietors. Although <br />these workers may be more likely than covered employees to <br />locate on land with non-employment designation, we do not <br />have information about where non-covered workers are located. <br />This analysis assumes that 15% of new employment will occur <br />outside of commercial and industrial built space or land, <br />consistent with the historical trend. <br />Some employment growth will not require new commercial or <br />industrial built space or land. As firms add employees, they may <br />fit many of them into existing office spaces. That would occur if <br />current vacancy rates were much higher than average (because <br />future employment growth could then be partially <br />accommodated in existing built space until the natural, frictional <br />vacancy rate were reached). It could also occur in occupied <br />buildings through filling vacant cubicles or offices or increasing <br />the density of use in existing workspaces (e.g., by adding new <br />cubicles). There is no study that quantifies how much <br />employment is commonly accommodated in existing built space <br />over a 20-year period in a city. <br />There is no data that documents the amount of employment <br />located in existing built space. The loss of jobs in the recent <br />recession resulted in capacity in existing commercial and <br />industrial buildings, which will decrease the demand for new <br />building in the immediate future. Clearly some employment is <br />accommodated through this type of intensification of existing <br />65 This information is based on analysis of employment located in residential plan designations using <br />Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data from the Oregon Employment Department. <br />Residential plan designations include: High Density Residential, Medium Density Residential, and <br />Low Density Residential. <br />66 This information is based on analysis of employment located in residential plan designations using <br />Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data from the Oregon Employment Department. <br />Page 106 ECONorthwest Part 11 - Eugene Economic Opportunities Analysis <br />