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One year ago, commercial real estate behemoth CBRE
acquired Industrious, a flexible office company that opened its first space in 2013 and grew at an impressive pace in the aftermath of the pandemic.
At the time, CBRE said in a release that Industrious’ success was “the result of an ongoing investment into understanding what makes for a great workplace, paired with continuous operational improvement.”






