Episode 11: Ben Munn and Future of Flexible Portfolios

Investors and building owners: How will the business model of buildings evolve?   Ben Munn, JLL's leader of Flex joins me to discuss how flexibility can manifest in so many different ways in a corporate real estate portfolio for a company thru to flexibility and operating buildings as an owner and investor. 

The future of Flex isn't only co-working, but it is a piece of it so we talk about that too.   

A few links:

LINK to JLL's Report:  COVID Impact Flexible Space:  https://www.linkedin.com/smart-links/AQHq5sgxabURww   

LINK to blog post that started co-working :    http://codinginparadise.org/weblog/2005/08/coworking-community-for-developers-who.html   

LINK to NYT article in 2008 describing a new phenomenon called co-working:

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/business/businessspecial2/20cowork.html 

LINK to one of the world's largest Flexible space operators, IWG: IWG.com