Yardi-Backed Flex Office Marketplace Hubble Expands Into the U.S. as Office Attendance Climbs

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While this story is U.S.-focused, it carries a clear signal for South African commercial property stakeholders — particularly landlords, flex office operators, and corporate tenants in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban. The global post-pandemic narrative is shifting: companies want people back in offices, but they are not signing decade-long leases to do it. Flexible, short-term office arrangements are becoming the default entry point for growing businesses. SA's flex office market — anchored by operators like Workshop17, The Business Exchange, and Regus — is already feeling this demand. What Hubble's U.S. expansion illustrates is that aggregator-style marketplaces, backed by serious proptech capital, are becoming the primary discovery layer between occupiers and operators. SA landlords sitting on underutilised B-grade office stock should take note: the question is no longer whether to offer flex, but whether their space is visible on the right platforms. For SA proptech developers and investors, the Yardi-Hubble model — marketplace plus free advisory service — offers a blueprint worth watching closely.