The office market is in trouble. Here's what real estate experts say all that space could be used for instead.

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An empty, unfinished office floor compared to the kinds of offices that landlords are offering as spec space.
An empty, unfinished office floor compared to the kinds of offices that landlords are offering as spec space.

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Even Best Buy's CEO thinks laptops haven't seen enough innovation recently to convince you to replace your aging one yet

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A man shops at a Best Buy store.
Best Buy's sluggish sales in recent years stems in part from the fact that a lot of people bought electronics during the pandemic, and don't need to buy new ones each year.

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The US housing market added $2 trillion in value last year, boosted by a nationwide shortage of homes for sale

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The typical US homebuyer’s monthly mortgage payment soared to a record high in April, according to Redfin.

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Tulsa offered remote workers $10,000 to move there. The results show how the program shook up the local economy — and what the future of smaller cities could look like.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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We moved from the suburbs to our vacation home. I save at least 10 hours a week not commuting, and my kids have a happy, outdoorsy life.

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Jason Fell, his wife, and their two children in the Pocono Mountains.

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As layoffs mount, working from home is getting riskier than ever

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A German bank says it's preparing for the worst property crisis since '08 as commercial real estate distress spreads

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Deutsche Pfandbriefbank warned that the commercial real estate sector faces a crisis on par with the 2008 downturn.

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US office buildings are facing a 30% price drop as remote work continues to upend the sector, Morgan Stanley says

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FILE PHOTO: A man walks past The Gherkin and other office buildings in the City of London, Britain November 13, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A man walks past The Gherkin and other office buildings in the City of London

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L'Oreal tells workers to come to the office on Fridays twice a month

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L'Oreal is clamping down on work-from-home Fridays.

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The office meltdown will result in $1 trillion of losses, real estate billionaire Barry Sternlicht says

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Barry Sternlicht, Chairman and CEO, Starwood Capital Group, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 3, 2022.

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