More than three years after downtown Boston’s office workers went remote, there is no sign of a sea change that will entice them to leave their kitchen tables for their offices full-time. And it could stay that way if the city, state and industry don’t work together.
Michelle Wu became the third Boston mayor in a row to to hear leaders of real estate industry trade groups blast the idea of a real estate sales tax before a panel of state legislators.
If judged only by the headlines in the industry press, you would think the Boston office market is positively cooking. But how hot can the office market truly be when the actual offices remain devoid of actual flesh-and-blood human beings?
