{"id":3000023188,"date":"2020-11-09T12:57:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T17:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/?p=3000023188"},"modified":"2020-11-09T17:00:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T22:00:06","slug":"how-to-build-a-flexible-real-estate-portfolio-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/research-insights\/expert-insights\/how-to-build-a-flexible-real-estate-portfolio-of-the-future","title":{"rendered":"How to build a flexible real estate portfolio of the future"},"content":{"rendered":"
IN THIS STORY<\/div>Business challenges are more acute due to the pandemic<\/a>A new solution to business challenges<\/a>Real estate of the future<\/a>How businesses can successfully rebuild their portfolios<\/a><\/div>\n

The global pandemic has accelerated a structural change happening in the corporate real estate industry<\/a>. This change is similar to shifts that other industries, such as cloud computing, have experienced in the past decade. Business leaders are wondering how they can get more flexibility, optionality, and cost efficiency with the products (or real estate) they procure, without sacrificing experience and quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The transition to cloud computing has clear parallels to what is happening now in corporate real estate. Cloud computing really took off after the global financial crisis of 2008, as businesses were looking for less cumbersome, less costly ways of storing data. The value propositions of cloud computing are akin to those of flexible real estate. According to cloud computing provider Amazon Web Services<\/a>, users of cloud computing are able to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n