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...
Guiding Changes in the Workplace: Past, Present, and Future
In workplace design, change management is the process of equipping leadership (first) and then supporting staff (second) in a company to move from their current state to their new future state. Usually, the purpose of change management is so that employees can embrace...
How working from Home is Influencing Design
As creative problem solvers, we’re facing what is surely the biggest challenge of our personal and professional lives. Across the globe, we’ve experienced mandatory quarantines, adopted new work-from-home policies and are well-versed in social distancing. The lessons...
How Medical Offices Fuse With Mixed-Use Projects
HSA PrimeCare Executive Vice President Robert Titzer points out that while the era of academic medical centers is not over, demand for smaller medical offices located in sites with good visibility and ample parking is expected to rise. What’s more, given that medical...
Out of Office: How Workplaces Evolved from Cubicles to Coffee Shops
The year is 1985, you’re packing your briefcase to head to the office, where you’ll sit behind a desk to do some paperwork. Fast forward to 2020, and you’re having a conference call with the entire team from the coffee shop across the street. Relatively, not much has...
Tech “Largest Single Source” of Office Demand in 2019
Tech was the “largest single source” of office leasing demand in 2019, according to Andrew Ouvrier of Cox, Castle & Nicholson, and the sector continues to grow. As a result, tech will continue to be a major player in the national office market this year and well...
Millennials and Gen Z Still Value Traditional Office Space
Commercial landlords swept up in coworking and open office trends have not lost sight on the importance of physical office space in accommodating the Millennial consumer. Architects, landlords, and tenants alike note that Millennials, as well as their younger cohort...
Forget Class A: The opportunity is with Class B and C office properties
In the $90 billion U.S. office construction sector, Class A and Class A+ properties are the darlings of every major metro market. Owners and developers of these amenity-rich, high-performance buildings are competing to lure top-notch companies willing to pay the most...
Want your organization to be more creative? Embrace these 4 workplace strategies
The best businesses across every sector operate as idea factories. When you think of creative businesses, you may think of companies like Apple or Pixar. But today, encouraging creativity is a must in every business, from law firms to banks to media companies. A...
Detroit Office Report – Fall 2019
Detroit remained a dynamic office market through the fourth quarter of 2019. Automobile, financial, technology and coworking companies bolstered activity, particularly in the Central Business District and the Central District submarket, but also in suburban submarkets...
North America’s Office Market Should Enjoy Continued Expansion in 2020
The medical office and industrial sectors will drive what is expected to be moderate growth in the commercial real estate market this year, predict the real estate advisory teams of Transwestern and Devencore located in 43 U.S. and Canadian metros. The biggest...
One Architect’s Radical Vision to Replace the Open Office
Like many working professionals, the Chicago architect David Dewane can quickly rattle off what he sees wrong with modern offices. Many spaces are prone to interruptions. They’re too noisy. Open office plans, designed for collaboration, can make it tough for people to...
Six Predictions for the Office Sector in 2020
Continued strong demand for office space should keep this property sector stable in 2020, according to industry experts. However, the sector will continue to experience disruption from proptech innovations, the growth of flex office space, new product deliveries and...
Yardi Matrix Reports: 2010s Will Be a Tough Act to Follow
As the decade concludes, real estate practitioners can look back on one of commercial real estate’s best runs ever. Since the end of the Great Recession, slow, consistent growth has defined both the macro economy and the commercial real estate market. While property...
What’s the Outlook for the U.S. Office Market in the Year Ahead?
With low inflation, steady job growth and strong consumer spending, the U.S. economy will continue to grow in 2020, but at a slower rate of 1.5 percent, compared to 2.0 percent last year, according to CBRE's Real Estate Market Outlook 2020 report. The uncertainty...
What Do Office REIT Executives Think About Co-Working’s Future?
WeWork certainly made waves this year when the co-working giant fired its CEO, laid off 2,400 employees, yanked its much-anticipated IPO and drastically reduced its valuation. But for office REITs, the debacle hardly made a ripple—a calmness expected to extend into...
Forecast 2020: Why the Outdoor Office is Here to Stay
Workplace designers now routinely include biophilic elements because research shows having a connection with nature is beneficial to both productivity and wellness. So, encouraging employees to venture outdoors for part of the work day is a logical next step, and the...
Putting Wood to Work: 7 Benefits of Using Timber in Commercial and Industrial Design
When it comes to commercial and industrial buildings that need to stand the test of time, wood is proving it has the necessary resilience and strength, while offering unique advantages over steel and concrete. In retail and office spaces, wood not only offers...
Niche Operators Change the Face of US Coworking
The ongoing struggles of WeWork parent The We Co. have dominated coworking news, while fast-growing rivals such as Industrious and Knotel have also made a splash by bagging large investments this year. But the real action in the flexible office industry may be far...
2019 Sets New Record for Supertall Building Completion
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has released its annual report, CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2019, part of the Tall Buildings in Numbers data analysis series. The report shows that 126 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were...
Unfolding Trends That Will Dominate the Next Year
In a prestigious office tower minutes away from Philadelphia’s City Hall in the heart of its downtown, you can find a Primrose school, one of a national system of accredited private preschools. You can also find one at a 53-acre mixed-use community in Brookhaven, GA,...
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