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CBD shift clearest in the largest office markets

At the end of the pandemic, there was a view that remote working would drive a wedge between CBD and other submarket rents. The evidence of this remains uneven. But in some cities, notably Paris and London, a shift to central locations may have helped sustain top rents, despite affordability already looking stretched.

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