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The Global Digital Workplace Market Finds New Momentum

The office is a continuously evolving space. Over past decades we have seen the slow transition of layout from cubicles to open plan and of design from formal to comfortable, as well as the rise of health and wellbeing features. We have also seen a steady increase in the amount of technology in offices, with the emergence of computers and printers, security and surveillance, HVAC and improved lighting. In the last decade, workplaces began to chase the smart building dream, where all these systems could be joined together to create unprecedented efficiency and limitless new applications. Then, there was COVID, which disrupted the commercial building landscape and set a new and accelerated course for digital workplace evolution. “The digital workplace sector is a rapidly evolving market opportunity within commercial real estate. The market is in the early stages of maturity, having seen considerable activity over the past two years accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Companies need […]

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