CFN's The Working Space | May 13, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | May 13, 2024

DIRTT Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results / With 78% ownership of the shares, HNI Corporation is heavily dominated by institutional owners / Kimball International Announces Research that Connects Culture, Belonging, and Sensory Design / New Data Shows America’s Biggest Cities Are Slowly Coming Back to Life / South Florida Leads U.S. In Office Attendance Recovery / Chicago Fed Survey Shows Remote Arrangements Holding Strong / ORGATEC organizers turn their gaze to Middle East markets / As hybrid offices continue to evolve, report explores global occupancy planning / The traditional office workplace is dead, and you’ll be surprised to learn why / Women are less satisfied with their jobs than men, Conference Board finds / New Bill Would Effectively Kill Remote Work For Federal Employees / 2.5M Brits Admit To Stealing Food, Money and More From The Office - Lawyers Take Lead / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | May 6, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | May 6, 2024

HNI Corporation Reports First Quarter 2024 Results - Kimball acquisition continues to bolster HNI's earnings / Fellowes plans phase-out of Holland-area Trendway plant / Steelcase Opens Dallas WorkLife Center / Georgia Full-service Furniture and Interior Solutions Dealer Announces Ownership Growth / Steelcase teams with another top esports organization / Office Leasing Plunges, Vacancy Rises in Chicago / What Gensler’s Education Engagement Index Reveals About the Future of Hybrid Learning / 8 in 10 Companies Plan to Layoff Recent Grads in Favor of AI / Inflation Fueling RTO Resistance, Employees Want Help With Soaring Costs / Most firms lack the right tech for hybrid working / Hybrid working era means a boom time for workplace apps / Trends to Watch Shaping the Future of Hospitality in Las Vegas and Beyond / The Future of Resilient Design  / Office design key as companies adapt to new work habits / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | April 29, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | April 29, 2024

Chicago's most expensive street is in Fulton Market / Architecture Billings Continue to Soften / Chinese Manufacturer of Ergonomic Office Furniture Sets Up Sales Office in Pasadena / Room & Board Celebrates Transition to 100% Employee Ownership / CoStar Acquiring Virtual Tour Leader Matterport for $1.6B / Teknion Corporation Achieves Milestone Approval for "Near-Term Science Based Targets" by Science Based Targets Initiative / Gen Z and Millennials Most Likely to Demand a Raise for a 5-Day Office Commute / 'I Thought It Was A Mistake': Office Lease Expirations Are Lining Up, With Tenants In Driver's Seat / Survey: Back in the office, feds feel mixed on office space functionality / Americans in Milan: Why Salone is drawing so many stateside visitors / The rise of the remote husband / Anxiety, Technology and Change Unite the Global Workforce / Millennials Are the Driving Force Behind Four-Day Work Weeks in America, Survey Finds / How coworking spaces are getting people out of home offices / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | April 22, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | April 22, 2024

Humanscale Earns B Corp Certification, Reinforcing Longstanding Leadership in Sustainability The HON Workspace | Chicago Location to Open June 10-12 / Sunon Launches its First Overseas Factory / Emeco and the 1006 Navy Chair celebrate 80 years / San Francisco Office Building Sells for 75% Discount / Office Conversion Projects to Double This Year / U.S. Office Market Outlook Gloomy As Availability Hits New High / Suburban Slowdown Drives Boston-Area Office Vacancy Above 20% / Time for Trophy Office Development / U.S. Coworking Spaces Expand 6% in First Quarter of 2024 / Big Tech Offloads Office Space, Putting Commercial Landlords in Flux / High Point Market Recap / B&B Italia’s new CEO is thinking beyond the brand’s hit sofa / Is Working Near Home The New Working From Home? / What US Employers Need To Know About Remote Workers / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | April 15, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | April 15, 2024

Virco Reports Full Year Revenue Increased / D&D Building landlord faces $966 million debt lawsuit / Watson Unveils New Expansion and Manufacturing Improvements for 2024 / Freedman's Office Furniture Expands Reach with New Offices / Artemide: Interview with Carlotta de Bevilacqua / ‘Slouch’ Review: The Panic Over Posture / A definitive new book on the madness of hybrid working goes one step beyond / Working from home isn’t going away, even if some CEOs wish it would / For Sustainable Buildings, Architects Need Better Post-Occupancy Data / Why more companies are opening office doors to dogs / Return-to-Office Strategies Failing? The Coffee Shop Effect Can Help Brew Success / Tech Giant Globant Has Open Work-From-Home Policy for 30,000 Employees / Vitra extends European presence with showroom openings / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | April 8, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | April 8, 2024

Poltrona Frau Unveils Flagship Store on Madison Ave in NYC including Haworth’s Lifestyle Design Group / GR furniture company acquired by manufacturer Rapid Line / BOMA 2024: 5 Key Changes Reshaping Office Building Measurements / Maybe 20% Vacancies Will Bring a New Normal to Office / With Federal Office Buildings 'Mostly Empty,' Pressure Grows To Cut Space Faster / What a new dupe-hunting site says about the industry’s relationship with knockoffs / Office Market Still Moving In Wrong Direction For Manhattan Landlords / Construction Spending Drops Unexpectedly In February As Public Projects Slow / A Fresh Take on the Corporate Workplace, With Inspiration From 19th Century London / A Well-Designed Workplace Is a Competitive Advantage / Annoying coworkers, toxic bosses, filthy workplaces: Why more employees are avoiding the office / Billionaire Steve Cohen Sees Four Day Work Week Coming / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | April 1, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | April 1, 2024

MillerKnoll Stock Tumbles on Sinking Demand for Its Furniture / A.I. Could Prove Worse for Office Occupancy Than Remote Work / Indiana Furniture Set to Open New Chicago Design Studio at NeoCon 2024 / Amazon Plans To Cut $1.3B In Costs By Shedding Office Space / Office Vacancy Rate Still Going Up in San Francisco / Legal Office Leases Up 50% From Recent Lows / Bisley secures Tesla and Amazon deals / Coworking spaces for spies feature next-level security — and kombucha on tap / Work-Life Balance Replaces Hustle Culture / Feeling Unproductive? Your Office Lighting Might Be to Blame / When Hybrid Work Just Becomes Work / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | March 25, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | March 25, 2024

Steelcase shares fall on revenue miss / AIA/Deltek ABI Reports Moderation in the Slowdown in Business Conditions at Architecture Firms in February / Indiana Furniture Announces Move to New Corporate Headquarters / Allsteel Launches Podcast and Magazine Spotlighting Workplace Innovation and Design / Tech Tenant Trends Push Down on Office Leasing / Office Sector Questions Are Beginning to Find Answers / All Hub, No Spokes: The Death of the Suburban Office / The Office Of The Future: How Workspaces Must Adapt For The Hybrid Era / Most US firms are yet to match their culture to the demands of flexible working / The hidden damage desk jobs are doing to our ears / The Rise Of ‘Office Peacocking’ In The Workplace In 2024 / What Does a Quality Office Workplace Smell Like? / Reviving flexible workspaces – a guide to saving failing operations / Stressed at Work? Your Office Phone Booth Could Tell Your Boss / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | March 18, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | March 18, 2024

Teknion Enters into a Strategic Partnership with British Furniture Brand Modus / Bisley Acquires Stake in Sustainable Furniture Brand / 4 Years Into Pandemic, Office Use Showing No Signs Of Big Bounce Back / Improving Focus and Privacy in the Workplace / To Understand Office, Follow the Headquarters / Downtown Ground-Floor Retail Key To Enticing Office Workers Back, Greater Revitalization / Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” / 2024: The Year of the Intentional Workplace / Revolutionizing Workplace Dynamics: Creating a Welcoming Destination for All! / Suburban Office’s Reversal of Fortune/ and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | March 11, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | March 11, 2024

Steelcase relocating longtime Chicago showroom / The Battle to Unseat the Aeron, the World’s Most Coveted Office Chair / JSI Announces Entry to Healthcare Market with JSI Health / Landscape Forms Announces New Partnership with Leading School Furniture Company, Smith System / Allsteel Announces Textile Partnership with Kvadrat / IKEA's New Office Furniture Collection Is a Gamechanger for WFH Days / HON Partners with Mayer Fabrics to Introduce 110 New Colorways / Employees Moving Further and Further Away From Workplace / Americans Don’t Care as Much About Work. And It Isn’t Just Gen Z. / Dallas Keeps Building Offices Amid High Vacancy, Slow Leasing / More Workers Piled Into Offices In February, With Visits Up Almost 19% / Deconstruct Your Office Into Core Resources To Rebuild Productivity / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | March 4, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | March 4, 2024

 The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity Opens in Richmond, California / The big engine that could: U.S. economy barrels ahead and puts recession forecasts in rear view / Innovations Unveils Luxury Showroom in the Pacific Design Center / Haworth closes furniture plant / Interface Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results / How 3 Texas Cities Came To Lead The Nation In Empty Offices — And Why There May Be Further To Fall / 60% Of Office Vacancies Concentrated In 10% Of Buildings: JLL / CEOs turn to hybrid working to cut costs as suburban office footfall booms / Citadel’s New Real Estate Chief Sees A Return To A Different Kind Of Office / The Workplace Must Be a Destination, Not an Obligation / The Power of Pet-Friendly Workplaces / Deutsche Bank’s Return-to-Office Push Sparks Worker Backlash / How Tomorrow’s Workforce Will Shape Future Workplace Design / The hybrid working office: ushering in a new era for the workspace / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | February 26, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | February 26, 2024

HNI Reports Earnings Growth and Margin Expansion in Q4 and Full Year 2023 / DIRTT Reports Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial Results / Haworth Group Reaches New Milestone in 2023 / Artcobell names Kevin Smith as President / What Many Get Wrong About the US Office Market / More Evidence 'Flight to Quality' a Myth Amid Dismal Office Report / Steelcase Earns Top Score in Industry for Climate Change Disclosure From CDP / Google opens New York HQ built on renovated 1930s train terminal / Commuting Data Provides More Insight into Remote Work / The Strategy Behind The Pentagon’s Bold Remote Work Pivot / Employee turnover will skyrocket if firms monitor office attendance, says former EY leader / These Are The Top Coworking Amenities & Features To Attract Members / Pawsitivity at Work: Perks & Pitfalls Of Creating Pet-Friendly Coworking Spaces / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | February 19, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | February 19, 2024

DIRTT Announces Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2023 Financial Results / Keilhauer’s Remimagined NYC Showroom Invites Co-Working, Collaboration and Celebration / Freedman’s Office Furniture Expands To Serve Houston, Texas With New Office Location / Empty Offices, Soaring Debt, Nervous Investors — Exactly How Much Trouble Are Banks In Amid CRE Market Turmoil? / 'No Doom Loop Fears Here': Economists Provide Optimism For Office Market / Commercial Real Estate Trouble Evident in Fading Downtown Construction / Commercial Real Estate Market Plunge Has Lenders Facing a Brutal Reality / Office Agony Isn’t Over, Says Morgan Stanley / Changing shape of workplace is creating new opportunities for property market / The 600-Year Office / An inside look at Gensler's office of the future / How to Be Productive on Fridays? Companies Try New Tricks to Bring Work Back / The seismic shift that’s about to change the American workplace / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | February 12, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | February 12, 2024

The Office is entering its lounge era / The End of an Era: The Rise and Fall of Trendway Corporation / The return-to-office debate may settling down—in a way that makes everyone unhappy / SRG Partnership Merges with CannonDesign to Forge a Future of Sustainable and Socially Responsible Architecture / Arper to Open New Showroom Space in Chicago  / ‘Zombie Offices’ Spell Trouble for Some Banks / Where Office Development is Happening / CBRE Could Pay More Than $1B To Buy Global Facilities Management Firm / Visits To Dallas-Area Office Buildings Down 34% From Pre-Pandemic Levels / Mercato Place Continues its Evolution as the Go-To Source for Samples / Why More Corporate Offices Are Moving to Suburban Downtowns / Bring Office Cubicles Back; Improve Employee Productivity, Hybrid Work / Is There Still a Place for Desks in the Modern Office? / Alluring Tenants with Reimagined Properties and Hospitality-Infused Amenities / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | February 5, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | February 5, 2024

Office Tours on the Upswing Especially in NYC and LA / Manhattan Office Leasing Drops Nearly 40% Last Month / Steelcase Recognized as One of the World’s Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE / Danish modular office furniture maker expands in UK with London base / HNI Office India Ltd Unveils State-of-the-Art Experience Centre in Hyderabad / Newsweek Recognizes Steelcase as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces / Finding the Upside Amidst Office Troubles / Office-Backed Loan Delinquency Continues Climb, Posting Biggest Jump Since September / The Real-Estate Downturn Comes for America’s Premier Office Towers / New York is lapping San Francisco in the return-to-office race / Companies’ hard-line stance on returning to the office is backfiring / Underutilized office space? I just can't be bothered with it / Should you keep your office? Small business owners rethink its value. / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | January 29, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | January 29, 2024

Gensler’s New San Francisco Office: A Prototype for the Future of Work / The office of the future could be your car, says Cisco / U.S. Hotel Construction Reaches New Record / Wurkwel Ventures Acquires FurnitureFinders / Haworth and Architype Announce Strategic Representation Partnership / ABI December 2023: Architecture firm billings remain soft to end the year / OFS Acquires Adaptive Architecture Pioneer ROOM / Kimball International Announces New NYC Showroom Location / Studio TK Welcomes New President, Koorosh Sharghi / Bank of America's return-to-office policy just got more foul / New Office Pre-Leasing Above the Norm / A study’s surprise finding: Most workers want to be in the office more often / Putting ‘Place’ Back in the ‘Workplace’ / More Remote Workers Facing Threats, Layoffs As Big Companies Clamp Down / Forty percent of firms expect people to work from the office five days a week / and much more… 

CFN's The Working Space | January 22, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | January 22, 2024

Herman Miller's new logo looks a lot like its old, and that's by design / Dan Chong named New President of Boss Design North America / Ultrafabrics and Allgood partner to bring the world’s best performance fabric to luxury hardware / Yulio Technologies Inc. unveils groundbreaking Augmented Reality (AR) integration for CET Designer / Kravet acquires Caroline Cecil Textiles / Review: imm cologne 2024 / 'Hard To Fathom': NYC Says Office Values, Even At Class-B Buildings, Rose Last Year / Office Tenants Search For Value While Shrinking Footprints / Trophy Office Space Is Hot. What Will It Take To Build More? / Thinking Outside the (Big) Box / Why It’s Important To Get Metrics Right For Hybrid and Remote Work / Remote Work Doesn’t Seem to Affect Productivity, San Francisco Fed Study Finds / Why it’s time to leave the home office behind / Design for Human Aspirations / The Impact of Office Design on Employee Wellbeing and Productivity / Room & Board is B Corporation Certified / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | January 15, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | January 15, 2024

The US Office Furniture Market to Hit $19.38 Billion by 2028 / Office Visits Remain in Holding Pattern / What Surya CEO Satya Tiwari wants to do with Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams / MillerKnoll Named to Newsweek’s 2024 List of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity / U.S. Office Vacancy Breaks All-Time Record / DIRTT Announces Closing of Rights Offering / Here’s Some Optimism for Office / Is There Enough Class-A Office Stock to Meet the Flight to Quality? / Office Footprints Stabilize as Use of Flex Space Increases / Record Number of Manhattan Office Towers with High-End Rents / Skanska To 'Postpone Future Growth' In U.S. Amid Office Market Challenges / More Law Firms in New York Opt for Larger Spaces / Investors in Virco Mfg have seen enviable returns of 413% over the past three years / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | January 8, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | January 8, 2024

Stylex Acquired by European Giant Flokk in a Contract Furniture Industry Shake-Up / US employers add surprisingly strong 216,000 jobs in sign of economic strength / Record-High Concessions Are Stifling Office Rent Growth / LA Office Availability Hits Record High To Finish 2023 / Manhattan Office Market Closes Sour 2023 On High Note / Houston Office Leasing Declined 35% Last Quarter As Tenants Vet Landlord Finances / $117B In Office Debt Coming Due This Year, Pushing Some Big Owners To The Brink / One wish for 2024. A more sophisticated approach to the workplace and hybrid working / An Exhausting Year in (and Out of) the Office / Do people want to return to office? Most say they do  / Remote is Better for Workers, Employees, and the Planet / The Bouroullec Brothers Split Up / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | January 1, 2024

CFN's The Working Space | January 1, 2024

Business Conditions Remain Soft at Architecture Firms / MillerKnoll Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Misses Expectations / Steelcase Reports Mixed Q3 Fiscal 2024 Results Amidst Revenue Decline and Improved Margins / Office Asking Rents Will Decrease 3% to 4% in 2024 / Los Angeles Offices Are Trading for Bargain Basement Prices / CRE Prices Continue to Decline / Optimism Grows for Soft Landing in Manhattan's Office Market / A look back at all of the furniture layoffs and shutdowns of 2023 / WORKSPACE announces expansion to Saudi Arabia / San Francisco Office Vacancy Nearly 36% in Fourth Quarter / Economists: 44% Of U.S. Office Loans Underwater, Threatening More Bank Failures / Overcoming Challenges In Hybrid Meetings With Hybrid Conference Rooms / I Think I Know How This Ends / New York Is Full of Empty Offices After Covid. Make Way for the Playground City. / Building A 24/7 Workspace — How To Make Money Beyond The 9 To 5 / Return to office, quit rates, rise of generative AI: How work changed this year / All the ways offices got better in 202 / and much much more…