Daily Commercial News
On this week’s episode of The Construction Record podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey interviews Altus Group vice president of data operations Raymond Wong for a discussion on the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on retail and office building development.
Some of the trends accelerated by COVID-19 were present before the pandemic took hold, Wong said, and some will remain long past the pandemic’s end-date as consumers become used to predominantly ordering food and shopping online all of which necessitates structural and logistical changes.
Wong also said while the shift to remote work which has changed the office development landscape after almost two years many are eager to change their immediate surroundings and offices will likely open at least in hybrid form.
You can listen to The Construction Record and TCR Express on the Daily Commercial News and Journal of Commerce websites as well as on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music’s podcast section and you can hear last week’s episode featuring Association of Equipment Manufacturers senior director of government relations Kate Fox Wood here. Thanks for listening and we’ll see you next week.
