Why do people say that "return to office" is about raising commercial real estate prices?

HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 274 points –

A lot of times, when people discuss the phenomenon of employers ending work-from-home and try to make their employees come back to the office, people say that the motivation is to raise real estate prices.

I don't follow the logic at all. How would doing this benefit an employer in any way?

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In Australia they are actually hiding the fact its about property value and pretending its to support the small and local businesses in the city, like cafés