There was a time when the office tower was the ultimate symbol of progress. Glass, steel and confidence rising floor by floor into the sky. A statement that work — serious work — happened here.
But the mood has shifted.
Across global markets, commercial property stocks have wobbled again, this time not because of a virus or a banking collapse, but because of a quieter, more unsettling force: artificial intelligence. Investors are asking whether the very nature of white-collar work is about to change — and if it does, what becomes of the buildings built to contain it?
It’s a profound question. And while Jamaica may feel far from Wall Street’s anxieties, we would be mistaken to think we are immune.
Buildings Follow Behaviour
Real estate has always been a physical expression of how we live and work. When industrialisation surged, we built factories. When finance expanded, we built towers. When suburban dreams took hold, we stretched roads into hillsides and carved out housing schemes.
The offi…
