Research articles

Instant established the Agile CRE ThinkTank (ACT) in March 2020 to explore and develop best practices around Productivity, Health & Safety and Real Estate in the face of the global pandemic. Over the last 6 months we have interviewed over 35 senior Real Estate, Facilities & HR professionals globally about their return to office plans.

Instant's John Williams and James Rankin, alongside special guest Gareth Lewis, Real Estate M&A Director at PwC, discuss the idea of the 'Lifestyle Office', and whether this is feasible in a post-covid world.

The Covid-19 pandemic has driven corporations to rightsize their commercial real estate portfolios, and along with it has come an occasion for a marked shift in real estate's sustainability impact. It has opened a remarkable opportunity to educate occupiers and investors and impact long-term sustainability performance, both within the office environment and at home, while supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy.

While some companies have committed to remote work for the long haul, many others are in a place to rethink office space planning and their commercial real estate needs. Here's what you should be looking at now.

While the retail landscape has experienced a dramatic evolution over the past two decades, commercial real estate, particularly office space, has been notoriously slow to adapt — that was, until March 2020....

Instant's CRE flexperts, John Williams and James Rankin, are joined by director and co-founder of Wordsearch Place, William Murray, to discuss the significance of place-making and the value of a brand, diversity, and flexibility in the post-covid return to workplace.

Will future offices function more like hotel lobbies? John Williams and Caleb Parker, founder of Bold, question how far the office model can go and what the future holds for workspace.

Instant's John Williams and James Rankin Interview Director of Worktech, Professor Jeremy Myerson, and discuss the future of the office after the global pandemic.