By Nate Beck (June 15, 2022, 3:26 PM EDT) — In March 2020, Ryan Holtzman wondered if he’d soon be selling carbohydrates instead of Class A office space.
The managing director at Cushman & Wakefield’s Miami office feared the pandemic would wipe out the corporate office market entirely.
“We’re in the midst of COVID. No one’s going to go back,” he said. “I even contemplated, ‘Do I sell everything and move to Colorado and open a bagel shop?'”
Holtzman’s concerns haven’t come to pass. Instead, Miami has become a destination for companies fleeing the Northeast, California, Chicago and other markets. Executives and their employees began flocking there for the laid-back lifestyle,…
