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CBRE has made a $100-million investment in flexible workspace leader Industrious

Manhattan’s Flex Office Market: Number One and Growing

The flexible office space footprint in Manhattan has tripled to 15 million square feet over the past five years, as providers’ offerings have evolved, new players entered the market and new flexible space models have arisen, CBRE says in a new report. The inventory in the borough, the nation’s largest flex office market, is nearly triple that of second-ranked Los Angeles.

Manhattan flex space inventory grew by 9.5% in the first half of 2019. Driving this was the pursuit of medium-sized and large corporate and enterprise users, according to CBRE. The firm predicts that flexible space operators will continue to be active in the market through year-end 2019.

“Rather than remaining completely independent, flex space providers are also looking to expand by forming various partnership and/or management agreements with landlords to offer flexible space and other amenities to tenants,” said Nicole LaRusso, CBRE’s tri-state director of research & analysis.

Pictured: An Industrious office space in Manhattan.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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