As a profusion of environmental sensors becomes increasingly available, indoor air quality is something building managers can track and manage.
Why Office Buildings Should Run Like Spaceships
CBRE Group Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Heery International
Heery, based in Atlanta, is a leader in providing project management, design and commissioning services across the U.S., with a wide range of corporate, government, healthcare, sports, aviation and education clients.
Greenwich design district to offer “affordable” workspaces for 1,800 creatives
The new South East London design quarter will open in 2020, and aims to counter the fact that the capital has lost “one third of its creative workspaces” in the last 10 years.
Iconic Chicago Post Office gets a long-awaited renovation by Gensler
Officially dubbed “The Post Office,” the project features a spiffy new logo that evokes wings in flight, a motif that appears throughout the initial renderings as light fixtures and design elements.
How the top 10 U.S. office markets ended Q2
U.S. office markets stayed strong over the course of Q2. That’s according to Colliers International’s Top Office Metros Snapshot, which said most major markets are in position to keep the momentum going into next quarter.
After 162 Years Savills Breaks The Traditional Workplace Mould With Workthere
Although Workthere is independent and acts with the flexibility of a standalone brand, it certainly benefits from its affiliation with a real estate company of considerable reputation.
Watch: Powered by Human Experience - London-based Sky, Europe’s leading Entertainment Company
To give you a practical sense of one client’s journey to enhance human experience, please watch this story from London-based Sky, Europe’s leading entertainment company.
Comparing BOMA 2010 and 2017 Office Standards
This fall, the Building Owners and Managers Association International (BOMA) will release the latest version of its Office Standard, which provides a uniform basis for measuring rentable area in both existing and new office buildings. The 2017 version will adopt the best practices learned from the 2010 Standard and seeks to accommodate design and amenity trends, which have evolved since the previous standard was released.
The impact of technology, cyber-risk and the future of corporate real estate
The real world application of emerging technologies is impacting how corporations manage and use their real estate and the ways in which people live and work.
Corporate real estate strategies in Europe: How does flexible office space help?
Interest in flexible office space has ballooned in recent years. In London take-up by flexible office space providers accounted for over 7% of leasing activity in the past three years, up from 1-3% for most of the previous decade. Other cities such as Paris and Berlin have also seen rapid growth. Why?
How Amazon’s Nonstop Growth Is Creating A Brand-New Seattle
Today, Amazon says it has about 8.5 million square feet of space in Seattle (though some real estate sources estimates the figure as closer to 10 million). This gives it roughly 19% of all of the city’s “Class A” (high grade) office space, and about 70% of new downtown office space added in 2016 was exclusively for Amazon.
Office Market conditions remain Robust
Office leasing activity has been remarkably stable during the first half of 2017, with global volumes virtually unchanged on the same period of 2016.
Office sector undergoing transformational structural disruption in response to changing supply and demand
Amid varying economic performances and property fundamentals, North American and European office leasing markets are generally performing well as they undergo an important shift in dynamics influenced by trends transforming both occupier demand and the supply of new product. Traditional drivers of demand are being joined by emerging disruptors that will increasingly shape the future of the office-space market and commercial real estate as a whole.
Disruptive Trends Reshaping Office Dynamics
“The world is transitioning into a more distributed, automated and digital economy, which impacts how occupiers conduct business and think about their workplaces,” says Mark E. Rose at Avison Young.
Keeping pace with workplace technology
Ask any industry expert what’s driving the evolution of workplace design, and you’ll likely hear a short answer: “Millennials.”
Data-Driven Real Estate Reporting
Steelcase research reports only 54 percent of real estate is used. Now, new Financial Accounting Standards Board guidelines starting in 2019 require organizations that lease property for more than 12 months to recognize those leases as assets or liabilities. This big change to balance sheets makes it more important than ever for leaders to understand how and if spaces are being used.
Corporations are leaving suburbs: Can anything reverse the trend?
Corporations’ flight from the suburbs to cities can play out like a bad breakup: One party has moved on and found someone new, while the other puts on a brave face and pretends it doesn’t matter. Each may even be seen hastily courting others to show their previous partner that they’re okay. But there’s no way to avoid it. A once-promising relationship has ended.
Shared office space: is it still London’s last resort?
Depending on who you ask, London’s office market is either being artificially propped up by flexible office providers or the capital is undergoing an irreversible sea change when it comes to occupier demands.
New Jersey Has a Millennials Problem
The state’s employers are pushing landlords to remodel office spaces with cool perks to attract younger workers.
Downtown Seattle’s construction boom surges to new record, with no end in sight
Just when it looked like the construction surge couldn’t get any busier, developers keep building more apartments and offices. The demand for new housing and offices in Seattle’s core somehow keeps getting stronger, as the greater downtown region hits another record for construction.