Office landlords looking for tomorrow's sales team might look for people who have been at the front lines of the fast-food industry. They already know how to say, "Do you want fries with that?"
Not that office buildings plan to add burger grills and deep fryers to common floor space. But according to JLL, bundled packages are on their way to the industry. Combining utilities, Internet access, and tech services like network, cybersecurity, and telephone, the assumption is that generational changes in tenant businesses' management will push for increased convenience demands.
"At some point, a tenant is going to walk into a building and say, 'Look, if I go across the street, I get a full bundled package of everything I need, that's also cheaper and ready to go day one,'" said Jason Lund, JLL Tech Infrastructure real estate expert in the analysis. "That day is coming; mark my words."
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