Cushman & Wakefield’s Todd Olson, Executive Managing Director for North Asia and Country Head for Japan, moderated a roundtable discussion at the recently concluded Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA) webinar. The webinar was attended by top investors active in Japan. The panelists discussed the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and strategies for the Japanese property markets beyond COVID-19.

Watch the webinar replay here.

The Cushman & Wakefield Global Economy Reopening Tracker provides a vantage into the changing landscape of economic and social activity across major markets around the world. While the dynamics and details of reopening vary from city-to-city and country-to-country, governments, health organizations and businesses are working together to reopen multiple sectors of the global economy to enable employees and citizens to reenter workplaces and venues.

This session provided a unique perspective on the way Asia Pacific has approached the work from home experience, the return to office exercise and the regional thinking around the role of the workplace in the future. We looked at regional similarities and differences and examples of adaptations being made across some of Asia Pacific’s iconic cities.

Many of the outcomes from COVID-19 lockdowns are trends that were already in motion. The pandemic has served as an accelerator for the rapid growth of eCommerce, office workers shifting into full-time working from home as well as the data center boom.

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