A modern hub and spoke model is slowly emerging through flexible office providers as companies reconsider their optimal CRE footprint, according to one industry expert. 

"Most of our clients are telling us that they are actually looking to consolidate into locations – partly for efficiency reasons, but also because if people are going to be expected to come together when they're in the office, then coming all into the same office as much as possible is probably the best way forward down the line," said Julie Whelan, Global Lead of Occupier Thought Leadership at CBRE, on the firm's Weekly Take podcast.

And Whelan says some of those large organizations are engaging with flex office providers that are scaled across the US and globally to create on-demand models or all-access subscription passes for their space.

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