Offices/efficient buildings
The volatility of the office and real estate market to financial ad economic turmoil is well known. Perceptions of investment risk as well as property asset prices mean that decisions about office space focus on the medium to long term. The recent shift to more agile, homeworking has added further uncertainty, resulting in a new wave of office vacancies as 'downsizing' and new collaborative workspaces are created. Positive opportunities to reconsider and repurpose office real estate towards more energy efficient and lower carbon footprints exist to counterbalance negative economic impacts. But to make this sustainable, new business models around yield and pricing may be necessary to ensure a sustainable future for this element of the city centre.
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