Contract furnishings provider, Hightower received multiple awards at NeoCon 2021, including IIDA's 'Best Small Showroom' (under 4,000 sf) and 'Best of Competition' for its newly designed Chicago showroom.
Humanscale welcomes Elizabeth Margles to its Marketing Division in the role of Chief Marketing Officer. Margles comes to Humanscale with twenty years of experience in design, fashion and retail and a background in public relations and advertising.
The exclusive relationship with Kontrol's BioCloud® Technology will provide real-time detection of airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 to help make workplaces safer as organizations return to the office.
At a time when more traditional businesses are scrambling to adopt the efficiencies of leaner startups, help is on the way. WeWork is currently in the research phase of a new initiative through which it will revamp companies’ offices for them, remaking them in WeWork’s image and arming them with office-management technology and a cultural attaché.
It was not long ago that co-working began taking the office sector by storm and baffling traditional office providers with its rapid rise in popularity, but there is a new disruptor in town: third-party non-core real estate providers.
These providers are offering temporary meeting space, conference rooms and event space to companies that would traditionally have leased or rented that space through their landlord. The goal is to offer employers a temporary solution on a need-by-need basis, giving office occupiers more flexibility to pursue cost-saving initiatives such as shrinking their square footage.
The shared-office space startup WeWork wants to help its members "create a life, not just a living." With a $17-billion valuation, investors seem to agree and help the project become a big success globally.
As the world moves towards better technology and advanced knowledge, companies need to rethink the way they are designed, particularly the way workplaces are designed.
Many of today’s offices are built the same way they were fifty years ago—with small cubicles and enclosed workspaces—which is to say, not much has improved. Recently, however, companies are slowly adopting a more open and collaborative work environment through co-working spaces. Studies have shown that co-working spaces allow employees to thrive far more than traditional offices, as per Harvard Business Review.
For sisters Pamela and Steph Katch, partners in the interior design firm Katch I.D., sketching plans for Upper East Side apartments in a Brooklyn loft with high ceilings and glorious natural light was one of the pleasures of owning their own business. “We loved Williamsburg,” says Steph, who relished the area’s edgy energy even if its location was a reach, in many ways, for much of their clientele. But last year, when the four-person firm was forced to move, the Katches found a new home in Manhattan at Fuigo, a group workplace specifically conceived for interior designers.
Barcelona-based studio Appareil integrated furniture into the walls to open up this creative co-working space, specifically designed to suit the needs of architects and designers.
Say hello to The Wheeler: Today, Tishman Speyer revealed the plans for its forthcoming renovation of the Macy’s department store on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn, and as expected, it’ll transform the space above the shop into a 620,000-square-foot “creative office hub,” which seem to be all the rage for developers these days.
Work as we know it is changing. With an emerging gig economy, and the advent of technologies that allow us to work from almost anywhere, many self-employed professionals and entrepreneurs are discovering that sometimes, working from home can be a little lacking: not much social interaction nor professional networking.
Demand for coworking spaces is growing at an average of 10-15 percent per annum across all regions as firms look to cut their real estate costs by embracing the concept based on shared work spaces and collaboration. That is the key finding of a new report from Cushman & Wakefield. As the trend gains momentum, according to the study, developers are increasingly incorporating the aesthetic and function of such flexible working environments into mainstream building design. However the main driver of uptake continues to be concern about the cost of renting offices in prime locations and it is no surprise that coworking is focussed on major globalised cities.
“In a shocking rebrand, Alley, New York City’s most beloved entrepreneurial ecosystem, will no longer be accepting human applications,” a company representative said this morning at a board meeting in their Chelsea headquarters. Effective immediately, Alley has pivoted its business services to cater only to those of the canine genus. CEO Jason Saltzman is expected to meet with New York City officials in order to discuss new health and fire safety concerns due to this move.
The number of coworking spaces in the world has grown significantly in recent years.
According to Deskmag’s Global Working Survey 2017, there has been a global increase of 5,500 coworking spaces from 5,800 to 11,300 since 2014, projected to reach 13,800 in 2017.
As outlined recently in Coworking: What CRE Leaders Need to Know, coworking is heavily susceptible to market conditions as the industry faces mounting competition, a volatile tenant base, few barriers to entry and looming lease increases. Just in the past several months, we’ve seen coworking continue to evolve and expand into new business models and settings. Developers, for example, are starting to allocate space within their buildings to serve as community/coworking environments. These spaces are seen as a shared amenity that attracts and connects tenants, just as fitness centers once did.
New York City's Upper East Side recently welcomed its first co-working space to the area. The Commons, conveniently situated on East 86th Street - just steps away from the 4-5-6 and 2nd Avenue Subway lines - sports a contemporary interior, designed by local firm JIDK.
Staples (SPLS) is testing a venture that could help it draw interest and traffic to its diminishing office supplies stores.
In September, Staples partnered with Massachusetts operator of co-working space Workbar, to bring offices, reservable conference rooms, private phone rooms and free onsite parking, plus unlimited coffee as the retailer pointed out, to monthly members at a cost of $130. The spaces are only available at three Staples stores located near Boston so far.
As remote work becomes the norm and more workers trade office jobs for the entrepreneur life, co-working spaces are popping up around the globe. No longer just rooms lined with tables and laptops, these hubs have become design hotspots.
As people grow more isolated in their work, which comprises more than half of most people’s day, that is in many cases a missed opportunity to interact. Over time I think we will see negative effects of working remotely, working alone, working digitally, on people’s health.
Changing American work habits and the growing popularity of co-working spaces like WeWork, Workhouse and the Farm continue to transform the office landscape. And residential developers have taken notice: A number of new residential projects feature shared work spaces that channel the vibe of trendy start-ups with computer bars, comfortable seating and coffee stations.
New York City’s most valuable start-up is getting even bigger. After raising billions in funding at a $16 billion valuation, WeWork, a buzzy real-estate start-up that leases office space to other start-ups, is reportedly closing another new round. The latest investor is something of a big deal himself: Masayoshi Son, the chief executive officer of Japanese investment firm SoftBank, who became President Donald Trump’s favorite tech investor after promising to invest billions in the United States. Son, The Wall Street Journal reports, personally invested $300 million in WeWork, with additional funding from SoftBank to come.
Women-friendly co-working spaces are popping up all over the place, offering women community, connection and a supportive environment for their business ventures.
From the Internet to portable computers and smartphones, new technologies aren't only making our lives easier, they are also changing the way we work. More and more people are shifting from the conventional office job to remote work -- either working from home or from a co-working space, or engaging in various forms of digital nomadism.
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