CFN's The Working Space | July 31, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | July 31, 2023

U.S. economic growth keeps defying expectations / Americans in their prime are flooding into the job market / AI Startup Demand for Large San Francisco Offices Surges / US Office Space Is on Track to Shrink for First Time on Record / Meta To Spend More Money Downsizing Real Estate In Second Half Of 2023 / Hightower Completes Rigorous Process, Earns B Corp Certification / Return-to-work policies are leading to a surge in office use / Companies Ramping Up Workplace Branding Amid Rise of Hybrid Offices / Work From Home in Austin Becoming More Common Despite Tech Office Push/ and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | July 24, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | July 24, 2023

Steelcase lands partnership with leading esports organization  / Ethnicraft invests $18 million in new High Point headquarters, warehouse / Haworth Launches DesignLab, Future-Focused Concepts for the Office Space / Banana Republic Wants to Outfit Your Home, Too / Office space shrink is good for used furniture dealers / Offices Overtake Malls as Most Distressed Real Estate / Most Federal Agencies Are Using Less Than 25% of Their Office Space / Class A Office Values Are 35% Down From Pre-Pandemic Peak / Midweek Manhattan Office Visits At 70% Of Pre-Pandemic Levels / People Have Choice in the Workplace, But Not the Choices They Need / Return to Office: If You Build It, They Will Come / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | July 17, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | July 17, 2023

Where Does New York City Office Furniture Go When No One Wants It? / Landscape Forms Acquires Summit Furniture / Haworth commits to increasing manufacturing footprint in India as it grows market share / MillerKnoll Comes Together in the Heart of New York City / MillerKnoll, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2023 Results / West Michigan economic signals remain positive despite headwinds / House Committee Grills Federal Real Estate Leaders On Low Office Usage / McKinsey: 'Moderate' Scenario Would See $800B In Value Erased From Major Office Markets By 2030 / Gen Z loves dupes. What does that mean for the design industry? / Office Values Down 27% Over Last 12 Months / HON partners with initiative to develop fabrics made from ocean plastics / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | July 10, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | July 10, 2023

MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen talks RTO and that infamous town hall / Design showrooms are increasingly setting up in Fulton Market / Reports of Greater Office Work Ethic May Have Been Premature / Ultrafabrics, global leader in high-tech performance fabrics announces its five years ahead of material innovation target / Installnet’s Ecoserv Program Receives Top Product of the Year Award from Environment + Energy Leader / The Bombshell Allegations Against David Adjaye / Nick Cave's Knoll Textile line brings his art to people's homes / Manhattan Office Vacancy Rate Rises, Leasing Tepid / What's the Future of the Workplace? Ask the Workers / The new job we should’ve seen coming 3 years ago / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | July 3, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | July 3, 2023

Adjustable desk specialist unveils major new Texas campus / Furniture Dealer MOI Relocating Showroom Within Downtown DC / Companies are redefining the purpose of the office / The office-as-playground is dead. You might prefer what comes next / Office Furniture Solutions Unveils Rebrand, Changes Name to Castell / Arthroto Launches to Revolutionize the Future of Housing with DIRTT / Return To Office Plateaus At About 50% Even As Employers Crack Down / Office Values Unlikely To Recover Before 2040 / The UnOffice: Workplaces for More Than Productivity / The pros and cons of taking a ‘workcation’ / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | June 26, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | June 26, 2023

#The New Wave at NeoCon: Here Comes Gen Z! / Steelcase Posts Slightly Better Results / Sandow acquires Design MIlk site / A Third of Employees Work at Home on Normal Workdays / Office Vacancies Are Concentrated In 30% Of The Nationwide Office Stock / Vacant offices are piling up in Silicon Valley / Exploring the Link Between Office Market Dynamics and Early Stage Startup Density / In their great return to the offices, the technology companies have a surprise for their employees: they will be smaller / Are workplace gyms and other perks out of step with hybrid working? / The Effect AI Will Have on the Workplace Is Becoming More Clear / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | June 19, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | June 19, 2023

NeoCon 2023 is in the Books - Half of the World’s Largest Companies Plan To Slash Office Space / Houston Fumbles Its Early Return-To-Office Lead / NYC Comptroller: No "Doomsday" Scenario From Vacant Offices / Silicon Valley escalates the battle over returning to the office / Mid-century modern is the style that won’t die / Hybrid Is Here to Stay. So Is the Office. / Is lunch hour the new happy hour? / Hybrid Work Leads to Mid-Week Crowding and Need to Retain Space / How the Hospitality Sector is Influencing Office Design/ and much much more…

CFN's The Working Space | June 12, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | June 12, 2023

NEOCON 2023 / Vetrina Way Investments LLC acquires Teknion Dealer Interior Contract Services / DIRTT adds Empire Office to its Global Partner Network / JLL CEO Says 'Worst Behind Us' for Office Market  / ‘It’s Not My Responsibility’ to Save the Office Economy  / Office Absorption Predicted to Turn Positive in 2024 / Yardi Acquires Workplace Services Vendor CloudVO / Half of big companies to cut desk space as bosses give up on back to office push / Top-Down Mandates Increasingly Seen As Only Way Workers Will Return To Offices En Masse / Google Gets Stricter About Employees’ Time in Office / AND MUCH MORE…

CFN's The Working Space | June 5, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | June 5, 2023

 Here comes NeoCon / Jobs Report Blows Out Expectations, Sets Up Chance for Another Rate Increase / HNI Corporation Completes Acquisition of Kimball International / ABI April 2023: Business conditions soften again at architecture firms / DIRTT Announces Results of Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders; Leadership Changes / NYC Planners to Study Hybrid Work Impact on Manhattan Economy / Remote Work Destroyed Even More Office Value Than Researchers Had Thought / Remote Work Deals Devastating $506B Blow To Office Property Values / Office refurbishments rise to all time high in London / Human-Centric Workplace Design/ AND MUCH MORE…

CFN's The Working Space | May 29, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | May 29, 2023

Global Industrial buys distributor Indoff for $69 million / Knoll Celebrates 75th Anniversary of the Iconic Womb Chair / The Software CEO Spending Millions on Offices That Double As Luxury Bars / ‘Persistent’ Remote Work Could Slash Office Values By 44% / The Surprising Correlation Between Office Vacancy and Office Occupancy / How Visual Collaboration can Improve Hybrid Workplaces / Work-life balance is their second priority. Work is their first. / How some people get away with doing nothing at work / What companies are missing about hybrid work / Offices Are Adapting to Three Day Hybrid Work Schedules (Again) / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | May 22, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | May 22, 2023

Ahrend UK and Techo UK to merge / Current exec at Office Interiors of Virginia makes bid to buy company out of bankruptcy / Herman Miller Launches NYC Pop-Up to Celebrate 100 Years / Office furniture company commits to downtown Denver / Some Key Office Markets Hit Hardest by Tech Wreck / NYC skyscrapers sit vacant, exposing risk city never predicted / Demand for Creative Office Space Buoys Industrial-To-Office Conversions / The return to the office has stalled / Zombie Office Buildings Set to Invade Many Gateway Cities / A lot of offices are still empty — and it’s becoming a major risk for the economy / Why Employees Hate Hot-Desking / ExxonMobil is ending its executive office "god pod" / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | May 15, 2023 (Copy) (Copy)

CFN's The Working Space | May 15, 2023 (Copy) (Copy)

Sedus Stoll AG and Watson Furniture Group Agree on Strategic Cooperation / HAT Collective Expands to UK Market / Room & Board's Commercial Arm Announces Rebrand as Room & Board for Business / HNI Corporation Reports Earnings for First Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 / DIRTT Reports First Quarter 2023 Financial Results / MillerKnoll Inks Expansion at 251 Park Avenue South / This is How Bad Tech Office Leasing Has Become / Law Firm Leasing Sets First-Quarter Record In 2023 / Office furniture giant Flokk opens showroom in heart of Manchester / AI Will Mean Fewer IBM Staff To Fill Office Space (For Now) / Employees care more about work culture than flexible working / 4 Trends Driving the Workplace Forward / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | May 8, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | May 8, 2023

Steelcase Layoffs / Kimball International Reports Third Quarter 2023 Pre-Acquisition Results / CBI Expands with the Acquisition of Long-Standing Dealer CSI Fullmer / Insidesource Expands Its Reach in the Pacific Northwest with the Acquisition of Environments, Portland, Oregon / Teknion considering exporting from India to APAC & Europe soon / Manhattan Office Leasing Falls Below 2020's Pace / One in Three Office Buildings are Ripe for Residential Conversion / Kilroy Realty Anticipates Uptick In Return To Office Soon / After 'pity city' speech, MillerKnoll CEO learns key lesson in how to deliver a message / People-Driven Alternate Workspaces  / Firms missing the chances to implement hybrid working and adopt new technologies / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | May 1, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | May 1, 2023

Office Utilization Surges As Spring Emerge / VEL and Haworth Partner on Work Cafes / A Bleak Outlook for Manhattan’s Office Space May Signal a Bigger Problem / HOK Signals its Investment in Downtown Los Angeles with Studio Relocation to the Arts District / Virco Reports Full Year Revenue Increased 25% / Can in-office libraries help improve the work experience? / Swivel Chairs are back, plus 4 other design trends to keep on your Radar for 2023 / Evaluating Hybrid Work Models And Office Reintegration / Review: Salone del Mobile.Milano and Milan Design Week 2023 / How New Technologies are Changing the Way We Work / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | April 24, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | April 24, 2023

After Five Straight Monthly Declines, Architecture Billings Index (ABI) Reports Slightly Improved Business Conditions / HPL Contract to Expand Plant in California / Knoll debuted new brand pavilion and refreshed design direction at Salone Internazionale del Mobile / More Startups are Leasing Office Space / Turf Makes Big Commitment at theMART / Hybrid working is the new normal and is here to stay / Sam Zell Thinks Workers Will Return to the Office / Collaboration drives the post-pandemic workplace / Kohler's colorful bathroom fixtures are back / 'A World Of Hurt': Call Centers Vacate 30M SF Of Offices As They Embrace Remote Work

CFN's The Working Space | April 17, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | April 17, 2023

3form Announces Just Label for Company-wide Social Justice / The State of Interior Design Industry Report / Keilhauer Opens New Showroom in Downtown Toronto / 'Still More Pain In Front Of Us' As Boston Office Vacancy Hits New Highs / Remote working and ChatGPT fuel rise in people doing multiple jobs on the hush-hush / Meet the Return-to-Office Whisperers / As the pandemic wanes, is the home office category still strong? / The past and future of the Office: a visual Timeline of workplaces / Can Branding Bring Employees Back To The Office? / Collaboration Has Driven Return to Office, but How Is It Measured? / and much much more…

CFN's The Working Space | April 10, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | April 10, 2023

Zanotta acquired by Cassina becomes part of Haworth Lifestyle Design Group / AIS’ New Casegoods Lines Position the Company for Even Greater Industry Leadership / Haworth Invests in Showrooms to Demonstrate Hybrid Workspaces / Creative Office Resources Acquires De Clercq Office Group / Bisley founder passes away / Law Firms Pull Back on Office Leasing / U.S. Offices With Biggest Vacancy Jumps All Have A Lot In Common / JLL CEO Sees a Recent 'Uptick' in Office Use / Flexible working is the new "work-life currency", claims new report / How companies are using behavioral data to inform office design / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | April 3, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | April 3, 2023

Home Office Furniture Market Size / MillerKnoll's Nemschoff Chairs to close Sheboygan plant by September / Logiflex Office Furniture Invests $40 Million to Relocate to New Sherbrooke Industrial Park / Google Not Pausing New Office Projects Despite Layoffs / The Mart Experiences Impressive Growth Ahead of NeoCon 2023 / Manhattan Office Vacancy Hits Record High / Office Defaults, Foreclosures Expected To Escalate In Dallas / Eames chairs are classics. So are Eames tables. / Which companies have the best workplace culture? Employees pick 25 / Rise of Vibe Managers: Workplace Design Evolves to Earn the Commute

CFN's The Working Space | March 27, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | March 27, 2023

Steelcase and MillerKnoll Results /The rise of 'office peacocking,' and how it can lure back — and inspire — employees / No, Remote Work Didn’t Bring About SVB’s Demise / The Coming Storm: What Activity-Based Workplaces Mean For Landlords / Are destination offices the new norm? / Most hybrid workers worldwide don't think they'll return to old ways of work / Paving the Way for  the Future of the Workplace With the Metaverse / Herman Miller Brings Back 8 Archival Alexander Girard Originals / M&A Update: Spring 2023

CFN's The Working Space | March 20, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | March 20, 2023

DIRTT Agrees to Reimburse 22NW for Expenses Related to Contested Director Election / Freeform Has Acquired Brutzman's Office Solutions in the Tri-Cities / SVB employees blame remote work for bank failure / Mir Steps Down as President and CEO of 9to5 Seating / Banking Crisis Expected To Drag Commercial Real Estate Values Down Even Further / Office market continues to fail on environmental standards .... say landlords / Younger Generations Work Differently. What Does This Mean for the Future Workplace? / Are private C-suite offices returning to the workplace?