As office space options have evolved, so have tenants’ expectations. Not only do tenants want a space they can easily access and can grow in, but a space that epitomizes their brand. 

This doesn’t just boil down to splashy paint, but everything from the electrical systems to the windows to the amenities needs to match a company’s perceived identity.

Finding and designing such spaces is BuzzFeed corporate real estate and facilities senior director Gabrielle Rubin Deveaux’s bread and butter. She didn’t find BuzzFeed’s current NYC digs, but she was tasked with designing and building it and helping the new media juggernaut move to it, all within 12 months.

That’s a lot to accomplish, but Gabrielle—who will be a panelist at Bisnow's Big NYC Office Event next week—tells us she was able to get significant headway when she asked BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti for three adjectives the space needed to embody.

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When we think of the coolest or most futuristic office spaces, it’s easy to get caught up in the awesome perks associated with companies like Google. And yes, while it would be undeniably great to work somewhere with a massage parlor, heated pool, and gourmet cafeteria, it’s also important to think about the office innovations that actually help people work better.

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This summer’s headlines have been full of discord, a cacophony of angry voices either directed at continental Europe, or at the Brexiters who voted for Britain to leave the European Union. But EMC, a global leader in information technology-as-a-service which has recently been acquired by Dell, is a leading light of European integration through its One Team approach to workplace management and design across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Over the past three years, the EMC Global Real Estate and Facilities Team (GREF), which supports more than 12,000 people in around 130 office locations across 50 countries in EMEA, has transformed from a group operating independently, to a fully-aligned team which provides a uniform and standardized approach to workplace delivery and management to enable greater business success.

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We’ve been hearing several things about the future office space trends and how the work strategies would evolve in the near future. But what we need to see is that if those trends make some sense or they are just the baseless myths. Yes, several sources have brought to you the future trends which seem to have no sense at all. May it be because of the lack of experience in the commercial real estate sector or the poor understanding of workplace statistics; but the business owners must be aware of the real trends and the myths that are making rounds.

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We know that millennials are already making a big impact on office life and work style. But, since many offices have come to be a reflection of the company culture, the millennial effect is also impacting the physical office, interior design, and furniture.

These trends are influencing some of the most common tenant improvements (TIs). As visual inspiration, we've included a few links to Office Snapshots, essentially the Pinterest of incredible new office spaces. Take a click and see the vast array of implementation of these trends.

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As even more-conventional users begin to seek creative space for their offices, what will truly creative users do to distinguish themselves from the pack? As GlobeSt.com recently reported, international building contractor Balfour Beatty Construction has signed a seven-year lease with Bixby Land Co. to occupy 9,875 square feet at Avalon, the innovative office building developed by Bixby at 1501 Quail St. here. Bixby told us exclusively that Balfour Beatty liked the creative buildout Bixby had designed for its own offices at Avalon enough that this became the space the new tenant chose to lease, furnishings included. We spoke exclusively with Aaron Hill, Bixby’s EVP and COO, about what this lease says about the office market and how more-creative users will distinguish themselves from conventional users by way of their space.

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Thanks to the combination of a changing workforce and greater connectivity, up to 30 percent of corporate real estate portfolios will incorporate flexible workspaces by 2030, with offices more likely to be built around core hubs and comprising fewer locations. Along with this the Internet of Things and smart buildings will create new ways of managing productivity, sustainability and the user experience. These are some of the key findings of JLL’s new report series ‘Workspace, reworked: ride the wave of tech driven change’; two reports exploring the impact of technology, data and digital disruption on work spaces and real estate investment strategies. The series focuses on the office sector over the next 15 years, looking at how occupiers, developers and investors will need to view real estate differently and adapt in order to enhance investment returns and create work spaces that are fit for purpose in a rapidly changing, highly-connected world.

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