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  "id": 4646239,
  "title": "The paper that predicted the office apocalypse",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/the-paper-that-predicted-the-office-apocalypse",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-31T12:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-paper-office-apocalypse.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When an early draft of \"Work from Home and the Office Real Estate Apocalypse,\" co-authored by Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, the Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor of Real Estate at Columbia Business School, began circulating in 2022, it quickly became one of the most talked-about papers in real estate and urban economics.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}