When we think about how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the real estate industry one, (frankly huge) question comes to mind: Do we really need offices anymore? As many are still working from home, meeting with clients over Zoom and some, like Google, who are extending their work from home periods, life of commuting to and from work seems even farther away than February.

So how will the office sector pivot? Once the pandemic settles, do we resume back to pre-2020 life in the office? And what are the real reasons companies are holding back on sending their employees back to the office? 

We'll be answering all of that in our first ever co-hosted Twitter chat on August 18. Our sister site and legal experts from Law.com will be joining us. 

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How it works

On August 18 at 11 a.m. EST, we'll be sending a series of questions from our Twitter account (follow us @Globestcom) with leading experts weighing in live. The experts will also be answering questions from readers that are sent in as the conversation unfolds. 

And over at @lawdotcom, legal experts will be doing the same. They'll weigh in on what is needed for the legal industry and how law firms are planning to pivot going forward. 

Come join us on Twitter! You can follow us on Twitter here and join the conversation by adding the hashtag #DoWeNeedOffices to your tweet. 

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Carley Beckum

Carley Beckum is part of the social media team at ALM.