Research articles

In Q4 of 2021, The Instant Group conducted a global survey aimed at flexible office operators to gain insight into the trends and demands of the changing market. This report covers key highlights found in this survey.

As we all wrestle with hybrid ways of working, Instant's 2022 Predictions focus on how we can make this new approach to workspace strategy habitual.

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....

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.