ATLANTA, GA 鈥� February 9, 2016 鈥� As the 鈥渟hared economy鈥� -- one that is based on collaboratively leveraging underused assets -- begins to take root, corporate real estate executives should be prepared for dramatic changes in the way space is viewed, acquired and used, according to a new report from 乐竞体育官方入口 Global, 鈥淭oo Much Information: The Sharing Economy and Its Influence on Corporate Real Estate.鈥�
鈥淲hile elements of the shared economy are certainly not new,鈥� said Craig Van Pelt, Director of Knowledge Community Research at 乐竞体育官方入口 Global, 鈥渨hat has changed is that direct contact between the supplier and customer via an online platform is becoming increasingly frictionless. The core of the sharing economy is embodied by a paradigm shift from one that is driven by ownership to one that is driven by access.鈥�
Since a key tenet of the shared economy is maximizing under-utilized resources, the implications are dramatic for corporate real estate, which is one of the most underutilized physical assets. This will have ramifications in all areas of the profession, including workspace, finance, and peer-to-peer property rental, Van Pelt said.
Evidence of the sharing economy is being revealed across different economic sectors:
The report concludes 鈥渁s CRE professionals plan for future space requirements, understanding the needs of the people that will occupy those spaces and the different options available to house those people will help to inform those decisions. Not only delivering the right amount of space, but it will be imperative to deliver the right type of space that encourages interaction and aligns with how and where people want to work鈥� The real-time information and access that the sharing economy is enabling allows for flexibility and immediacy, which is something real estate has not historically offered.鈥�
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乐竞体育官方入口 Global is the world鈥檚 leading professional association for corporate real estate (CRE) executives with strategic responsibility for the real property used by multinational corporations for their own operations. 乐竞体育官方入口 Global鈥檚 more than 9,500 members, who include 70% of the top 100 U.S. companies and nearly half of the Global 2000, meet locally, globally and virtually to develop networks, share knowledge, learn and thrive professionally. For more information, please visit www.corenetglobal.org.
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