Increasing demands are being placed on our office space. Beyond
the need to be conducive to working, it also needs to attract and
retain talent, provide a range of different styles of space and be
flexible enough to deal with fluctuations in team size and
technological evolution. The office of the future, will need to do
more than just co-locate a group of people and act as a
'defensive' balance sheet.
The connected digital era and the imminent intelligent era
challenge the value chain that has underpinned commercial real
estate. Traditional practices are poorly aligned with future
possibilities. Making infrastructure and design decisions years or
even months before occupancy no longer appears sustainable. Cost,
previously the driver of many building decisions, can no longer be
the premier factor in an era where buildings are being asked to do
more.
