The COVID-19 pandemic may do to US office rentals what online retailing did to malls.<br />At least, that's the thinking in commercial real estate circles.<br />According to Reuters, millions more Americans working from home may ramp up corporate moves to downsize their offices.<br />That's a decade-old trend partially responsible for the office sector underperforming other property asset classes in recent years.<br />The surging jobs market and economic expansion in the US was upended by orders to close offices to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.<br />Zoom and other apps have made it possible for staff to collaborate remotely and be as productive as they are in the workplace.
