The coy colossus of Park Avenue — also known as JP Morgan Chase’s new headquarters tower — has finally come out of hiding. The financial giant on Thursday unveiled the long-secret design of its new, 1,388-feet-tall cloudbuster, which it kept under wraps even after...
Google invests $9.5B in US offices and data centers
Dive Brief: Google plans to invest $9.5 billion in offices and data centers in the U.S. this year, according to a company blog post. The scope includes existing office developments in Austin, Boulder, Cambridge and Pittsburgh, a new office project in Atlanta and data...
Former Art Van to be converted to fast-growing Agree’s headquarters
Royal Oak is getting a new publicly traded company headquarters in the old Art Van. Bloomfield Hills-based retail real estate investment trust Agree Realty Corp. (NYSE: ADC) has purchased the former Art Van Furniture Inc. store on Woodward Avenue, north of Normandy...
Plante Moran Nearly Quadruples space in Southfield Town Center, One of Pandemic’s Biggest Office Deals
Kirk Pinho, Crain's Detroit Business | April 30, 2021 Plante Moran takes eight additional floors in Town Center, closes Victor Center to merge offices New space in 3000 Town Center creates 192,600-square-foot office for Southfield-based firm Deal is one of the largest...
State and Municipal Agencies Expand Use of Cloud Construction Oversight
As state agencies wait on a possible infrastructure bill from the Biden administration, many are better prepared than they were a decade ago to manage hundreds of billions of dollars in new work. The Federal Highway Administration incentivized state DOTs to...
8 Construction Industry Trends to Watch in 2021
2020 has been undeniably a devastating year for everyone and every field. The lockdowns, quarantines, social distancing, and the casualties caused by the virus has shaken humanity beyond imagination. Although the construction sector faced a significantly worst side...
Embracing the World of Outdoor Workspaces
The pandemic has permanently changed the way commercial buildings look and function—and the change went beyond their edges and layouts. Landlords, developers, architects and property managers are now observing and analyzing the way office users engage with the...
NYC Poised for 2021 COVID Comeback with Major Real Estate Developments
Amid rising COVID cases and looming lockdowns, my fellow New Yorkers should take heart — because we will have a greater city to look forward to once this pandemic’s over. Although the flight from the Big Apple, increasing crime, and possible MTA cuts are dominating...
How Office Construction Will Change Post-Pandemic
Dive Brief: A new study points to how office design and construction will evolve as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The research from architecture firm Leo A Daly found that in coming months and years, more office tenants will require flexible workspaces. The...
Netflix Landlord in Bushwick Snaps Up Property Across Street
The investors who brought a Netflix soundstage to Brooklyn just picked up another property nearby — a sign that they could be eyeing an expansion for the popular production and streaming company. Joseph and Glenn Lostritto’s Steel Equities recently bought the large...
Marriott Pitches Hotels to Remote Workers Fleeing Stress at Home
(Bloomberg)—Hotel companies are going to new lengths to get guests through the doors in a bid to salvage a historically bad year for the industry. More than 2,000 hotels in the Marriott International Inc. system will begin allowing guests to check in at 6 a.m. and...
Apartment Developers Scout Adaptive Reuse Possibilities
It’s too soon for most developers to sign a contract to buy a failed hotel—but apartment developers are watching and waiting for prices to drop to buy other property types damaged by the economic crisis to redevelop into multifamily buildings. Even before the crisis,...
Sachse Construction, Broder & Sachse Moving from Downtown Detroit to Midtown
A prominent construction firm and development company are moving from downtown Detroit to the city's Midtown neighborhood. Detroit-based construction contractor Sachse Construction as well as Detroit-based developer Broder & Sachse Real Estate Services Inc. are...
Manhattan’s Newest Skyscraper Is Opening Up to a Dead Midtown
SL Green Realty Corp. is opening its new $3.1 billion office skyscraper Monday, in a neighborhood that’s among Manhattan’s busiest -- but is now still unusually quiet. The first tenants at One Vanderbilt, across from Grand Central Terminal, will start moving in by...
Air Cleaners, Chemical and UV Treatments Among Tools to Safeguard Indoor Air Amid Pandemic
Designers, engineers, and commercial building owners have several ways to safeguard indoor air during the COVID-19 pandemic. Office buildings can slow the spread by spacing desks at least six feet apart and by implementing a few ventilation measures including...
We’re Moving to Midtown! New Home, Same Great Customer Service.
On September 28, 2020, Sachse Construction will relocate our headquarters to Orchestra Place in Midtown Detroit. Our new home will be: 3663 Woodward Avenue, Suite 500 Detroit, MI 48201 Please note that our phone number will remain the same: 313.481.8200. Sprawled...
The Race to Make a Better Brand of Home Office
Like a lot of white-collar professionals, Brad Hargreaves has been working remotely since March. The founder and CEO of Common, the U.S.’s largest co-living company, Hargreaves found himself making his own co-living arrangement when the pandemic hit, relocating with...
Technology Will Play Big Role in ‘Distanced’ Office of the Future
Employers will rely on a fair amount of technology to bring workers back to the office in the COVID-19 age, office design experts say. Some of it will be to connect to offsite co-workers and clients, while other components will be used to reduce coronavirus...
Reconstruction Could be COVID-19’s Silver Lining
The spread of the coronavirus has had a devastating impact on the U.S. and worldwide economies. But that spread also created health and wellness scenarios for the built environment that lend themselves to reconstruction and renovation, say AEC firms. “I anticipate an...
Bringing Work-From-Home to the Office — Landlords Aim to Add Peace, Privacy, and Green Space
Companies trying to create the future of office space have their hands tied until a coronavirus vaccine is found and a better view of what the world looks like post-pandemic emerges. Still, office experts predict a changed landscape for employees no matter what...
The Great Reset and Our New Work Life
Never in the history of our planet has this happened. In the last few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world: sickening people by the millions and killing them by the hundreds of thousands. The virus is not to be taken lightly, and neither are the lessons...
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