Is commercial property in terminal decline?

As technology changes, more and more people are doing their shopping online and working from home. And that could have serious consequences for the future of the commercial property sector, says Richard McCreery.

A growing trend in society suggests that we might already have enough shops and offices for our future needs.

Ever since the dotcom boom, people have been predicting the end of 'bricks and mortar' businesses. We got slightly ahead of ourselves by a decade or two, but things are changing rapidly now. This inevitably raises the question: how many more shops and offices do we really need?

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