How the Flex Space Business Model Will Change Next Year
Flex space will play an increasingly important role in the future of the office sector as occupiers demand more agility from
physical office space, according to a new analysis from Yardi Matrix. Flex space is becoming increasingly en vogue among office occupiers: a CBRE survey of 77 global companies earlier this year reveals that 86% will include flex space as part of their real estate strategies.
At the same time, only 5.6% of office buildings have a flex space within their properties, according to Yardi Matrix, and most of those buildings are “highly clustered” in just five markets: Manhattan, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Dallas and Boston https://pcre.xyz/1ez.
Private Equity Sitting On $288B War Chest For CRE Deals Private equity investors now have a total of $287.8B to invest in commercial real estate, up 11% from a year ago and up a whopping 57% compared with the end of 2019, Bloomberg reports, citing Preqin data. “Investors view real estate as a safe place to be in an inflationary and low-rate environment,” Blackstone Head of Real Estate Americas Nadeem Meghji told Bloomberg.
As of November, U.S. inflation measured by the consumer price index was running at 6.8%, the highest in about 40 years. https://pcre.xyz/s8q
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