NASHVILLE—Tired of hearing how Millennials want social spaces and foosball tables in their work environments? Tough. It's only just begun. And right behind them are the Gamer Generation, expecting, one might suppose, Grand Theft Auto in the break room.
But the changing shape of office, whatever the driver, was front and center here last week at SIOR's Fall World Conference, where Colliers International's Craig Robinson led a discussion hard-charging into the new shape of the office.
In all, the foosball tables and nap rooms, whether those are trappings of a new age or “toys and fads,” as Robinson labeled them, are signs of a market less “focused on the cost of real estate and more focused on value.”
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John Salustri
John Salustri has covered the commercial real estate industry for nearly 25 years. He was the founding editor of GlobeSt.com, and is a four-time recipient of the Excellence in Journalism award from the National Association of Real Estate Editors.
