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? And if not, how will the office sector pivot?

The same morning that Amazon revealed it would spend $4.1-billion expanding its office footprint, commercial real estate experts from GlobeSt.com and legal experts from Law.com asked that specific question and more in our first ever co-hosted Twitter chat.

To be sure, GlobeSt.com has been covering the many nuances to this debate ever since the coronavirus upended US life. The beauty of Twitter,  though, is that complex thoughts and arguments are by necessity distilled to their bare essential, streamlining what could be a cumbersome argument into an easy-to-absorb discussion. 

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Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.