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Open-Office Design Pitfalls
From open office to bringing the outdoors in, tech companies have long been trendsetters in office design. Companies like Salesforce, Twitter, Pinterest, Airbnb and Oracle each have their own take on how to provide a productive and effective work environment and offer their own unique amenities. But not all decisions have been for the benefit of all, and tech companies have had to create new ways to keep their workers happy.
Tech's biggest impact has been the creation of the open-office design, which many industries covet. Open-office design was first used in the late 1990s and early 2000s, according to Unispace global principal, strategy Albert De Plazaola, who spoke at Bisnow's recent…
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Tesla To Add Retail, Restaurants To Supercharger Stations
Tesla wants to add something extra to its Supercharger stations around the country. It plans to partner with restaurants and convenience stores to add food, restrooms and other amenities to these stations, the Silicon Valley Business Journal reports. Typical Tesla owners tend to…
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Your Workplace, On-Demand: 5 Predictions For The Future Of Work
How the rise of the nomadic creative class will transform where, when and how we work. Physical offices have always defined the working experience. But with the rise of mobile technology and the sharing economy, the tables have turned. A growing millennial workforce has shattered the traditional model of assigned desks and the nine-to-five. People can work from anywhere, at any time, and that has commercial landlords rethinking asset ownership.
Offices of the future will need to be community gathering spaces, places where companies can attract and develop talent. Buildings will become smarter, integrating with personal devices to anticipate user demand. Owners will also have to adapt as shorter leases become the new normal, as company policies shift from always present to always connected.
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California's Major Metros Outpace National GDP Growth
The economy remains hot in the San Francisco Bay Area. The region's gross domestic product grew 5.6% in 2016, three times faster than the national growth rate, according to a report from the Center for Continuing Study of the California…
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The Beginner's Guide To CRE Tech: Buzzwords And Why Customers Are Confused
The commercial real estate tech scene has become quite sophisticated.
Once deemed slow in its tech adoption, the industry now uses a vast array of apps, drones and software solutions to serve its needs. But the rapid growth of the CRE tech landscape has led to confusion for some customers.
With the dozens of buzzwords casually used to describe tech offerings, end users are having difficulty understanding the solutions presented and which customers the technology will most benefit.
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REIT Leaders Are Trimming The Fat From Their Portfolios To Ride Out REIT Downturn
These are trying times for retail, but there are ways to survive. REIT leaders at Bisnow's Retail South event said they are weathering the market reset by divesting of their Class-C and D properties and investing in their A properties as customer preference trends toward unique and interesting experiences.
“Good real estate gets better,” Weingarten Realty Investors President and CEO Drew Alexander said. “Starting in 2011, we started selling a lot of the properties we thought had risk associated with them.”
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