A new age for office market?

WHEN offices emptied out as businesses moved to remote working as a default over the year, market forecasters wondered if this would spell the end of offices, and a grim future for office space owners. Yet latest data on Singapore offices shows that rents here, which no doubt slipped last year, have started to recover.

Nevertheless, there is a significantly higher-than-normal volume of space that businesses are looking to let go. Many banks have already said their needs have changed. In Brunch this Saturday in The Business Times Weekend, we speak to real estate consultants and occupiers to find out the state of the office market.

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