COVID-19 has accelerated companies' acceptance of remote work, but social-distancing measures mean that they will continue to require roughly the same amount of office space.

"For investors looking for exposure, we continue to favor stable, grocer anchored portfolios with positively trending rent collection statistics rather than trying to push further out the risk curve."

While COVID-19 has led to social distancing, communication should bring people together in an informed, unified approach to reopening workspaces.

This conversation between Anjee Solanki, national director of retail services at Colliers International, and Neil Saunders, managing director at GlobalData Retail, will look at what the pandemic has done to retail globally.