Part of an ongoing longitudinal study, this article provides evidence on the emerging impacts of Covid-19 on the demand for, configuration and role of offices in cities, drawing on primary data from semi-structured interviews with UK-based corporate real estate managers. The research is grounded on a ‘theory of change’ framework combining real estate, institutional economics and economic geography literature. Our findings confirm an acceleration towards hybrid working patterns. While some changes in the current use of offices may be temporary or more dynamic, other adjustments may be permanent (for example working from home, portfolio rationalisations) and trigger structural changes across cities.

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公司办公室的未来？后Covid城市的新兴趋势

作为一项正在进行的纵向研究的一部分，本文利用对英国企业房地产经理的半结构化访谈的主要数据，提供了关于 Covid-19 对城市办公室的需求、配置和角色的新兴影响的证据。该研究基于结合房地产、制度经济学和经济地理学文献的“变革理论”框架。我们的研究结果证实了向混合工作模式的加速。虽然当前办公室使用的一些变化可能是暂时的或更动态的，但其他调整可能是永久性的（例如在家工作、投资组合合理化）并引发跨城市的结构变化。