In the wake of announcements by companies including Atlassian, Google and Optus to extend their work from home arrangements – in some cases permanently – this week Oriel and Ben take look at the commercial property space. With vacancy rates in some business districts at almost double already this year and forecasts from the likes of Goldman Sachs that expect Sydney to hit a peak of 13% in 2022 and Melbourne hitting those same numbers a year earlier in 2021; after months of remote working could workers desire for choice and balance cushion the fall for commercial?

To tell us how smart building technology is helping companies get back to the office, we’re joined first-up tonight by Steven Bennett, Direct CEO at Charter Hall. Also joining us tonight is Justin Liang, Co-Founder and CEO of virtual reality technology company, Inspace XR where virtually visiting spaces is reality whether those spaces exist or not.

Watch what our experts have to say in the full episode above.