Tag: office

The Ideal Office

What Workers Want

In a recent nationwide survey, Yardi office listings platform COMMERCIALCafé investigated what office employees across a variety of industries had to say about their work spaces. We asked 2,107 respondents from a wide range of ages (from Baby Boomers to Gen Zers), working in different fields (from tech to retail, education and entertainment) some questions […]

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Growing Office Rents

Highest Performing Suburbs

CBRE recently released the Spring 2017 North America Suburban Office Trends Report. Econometric advisors foresee positive net absorption and rent growth will continue throughout suburban office markets in the United States. A handful of cities stand out for their growth. For more than 27 quarters, the U.S. suburban office vacancy rate has refused to rise. […]

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Top Office Deals

2016 Transaction Recap

The U.S. commercial real estate market took something of a respite in 2016, during a year characterized by political volatility. Compared to the previous year, when the market fired on all cylinders, office players were more cautious in 2016, with leasing and sales activity cooling down to more sustainable levels, per most industry reports. Office […]

Coworking, News

Do Not Disturb

Regaining work privacy

A mainstay of the startup culture and a visual cliché of tech giants like Google and Facebook, open offices now account for more than half of U.S. workspace, but at what cost?

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Myth Busting

MultiGen Workspaces

Yardi client Avison Young recently released “Five generations: Is the need for new workplace structures myth or reality?” The white paper explores the perceived need to overhaul workplace layouts in order to accommodate multi-generational employees. Generations have replaced one another in the workplace since, well, the dawn of the workplace. Yet the introduction of Millennials […]

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Powerful Plants

Improve Productivity, Morale

Plants do more than beautify your office space. They are a tested, effective, low-cost—and now, low maintenance—way to make your office space a better place to work. The presence of greenery results in increased productivity, improved morale, more amicable interpersonal relations, higher air quality, and decreased stress and anxiety. If those seem like haughty claims, […]

Technology

Geekitecture

Changing the work environment

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” -Confucius Geekitecture – a new term I’ve just invented to describe the development of office space by new technology titans – is becoming a real trend. Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon are showing off innovative architectural plans for […]

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Cold & Flu Season

Protect Your Office

Cold and flu season is a headache for companies around the nation. The Integrated Benefits Institute states that US companies lose $227 billion each year in lost productivity. Those losses are the results of illness-induced absenteeism and presenteeism (when illness prevents workers from fulfilling their potential). Cut your losses and protect your employees with a […]

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Improve Focus + Morale

Recovering from Summer Sales

In multifamily, summers can be intense. Resident turnover is at its highest, career development conferences hit their peak, and you’re caught working with a skeleton crew because part of your staff has cashed-in on its vacation hours. Now that school has started, things may have calmed down, but your head is still spinning. These three […]

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Thermal Controls

Optimal office environment

With every change of season, you can expect new complaints about the thermostat setting. This isn’t (necessarily) because employees are grouchy. Studies suggest that previously recommended temperature settings are outdated and biased. International reports vary on the optimal setting for thermal comfort in office buildings. The United States Department of Labor Occupational and Safety Administration […]

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Eco-Conscious Architecture

Office architects embrace green design

A healthy office environment is what keeps a company strong. Many of the West Coast tech companies that have experienced tremendous growth in recent times have recognized the benefits of sustainable architecture and built their campuses around green principles, with an emphasis on creativity and fluid design. Major tech players of the modern world, including […]

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Green Office Design

Enhancing the office environment

A new generation of highly-efficient buildings, focused on carbon reduction and livability, demonstrate that smart living calls for tech and green combined. The green building movement is not limited to new construction projects; green principles can be easily incorporated into existing environments as well by overhauling interiors, using eco-friendly materials and supplies, and educating on […]

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Joanne Massey

Sundance Square

Joanne Massey is the controller for Sundance Square, the renowned Fort Worth property management firm owned by the Bass family that controls 35 city blocks of the city’s downtown core, including numerous historic buildings, and is considered one of America’s most successful urban revitalization efforts. But her interest in cool stuff from the past doesn’t […]

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Lucy Billingsley

Billingsley Co.

Lucy Billingsley’s distinguished career in real estate development ranks her among the nation’s leading female industry executives. In the fourth decade of her career, she maintains great passion for the next project to command her attention. “My favorite deal is always the next one,” she told us during a recent interview. Billingsley Company, the Dallas-based […]

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