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The Intelligent Building: AI’s Role in Redefining Commercial Real Estate Value Propositions

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy the “Transactional Landlord” Model Is Obsolete in Modern Commercial Real Estate You know the type. The landlord…

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Lighten Up, Literally

Reading Time: 2 minutesYour tenants care more about sunlight than snacks. And the data backs it up. Picture this: You’ve nailed…

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Rethinking Amenity Strategy: From Empty Rooms to Engaged Communities

Reading Time: 2 minutesCRE’s Shift to Experience-First Real Estate Walk into any commercial building today and you’ll feel it — the…

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Access Is Everything: Turning Everyday Moments Into Strategic Insight

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Evolution of Building Access There was a time when access was about keys, fobs, and security desks….

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Are You Measuring What Matters? Tenant Experience Is Now a Strategic Imperative

Reading Time: 2 minutesCRE’s New Mandate: Experience Over Square Footage Not long ago, commercial real estate (CRE) was defined by square…

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Transforming Commercial Real Estate: How HqO is Solving Industry Challenges

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe CRE Challenge: Legacy Systems in a New Era Too many buildings today are built for a world…

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The Green Advantage

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn Boston’s dynamic corporate real estate market, landlords are beginning to embrace biophilic design in an effort to…

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Creating a culture of wellness: How the modern office can foster employee wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutesEmployee wellbeing has become a defining factor in corporate real estate, shaping the way companies choose and engage…

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Redefining office spaces: Amenities that matter most

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn today’s competitive corporate real estate market, landlords are rethinking the office experience by incorporating innovative amenities that…

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The great office downsize

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe great office downsize is underway. 67% of corporate real estate (CRE) leaders planned to reduce their real…

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The workplace trends currently occupying your tenants

Reading Time: 5 minutesWorkplaces are continuing to evolve rapidly. As hybrid working sets in and real estate footprints shrink, employers are…

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Top 10 US cities to job hunt

Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the most notable outcomes of the pandemic was the total transformation of the job market –…

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How to Optimize Natural Light for Healthier and Happier Boston Workspaces

Reading Time: 3 minutesWith Boston’s long winters and towering buildings, natural light can be a precious commodity. Here, in the land…

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The Hotel-ification of the Office

Reading Time: 2 minutesCRE leaders are increasingly adopting a “hotel-ification” approach to office properties. This means incorporating elements commonly found in…

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Elevating Workspaces: A Look Inside the Captivating Lobbies of NYC’s Premier Office Buildings

Reading Time: 3 minutesNew York City’s skyline is a testament to architectural innovation and commercial prowess, boasting an array of iconic…

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The Million-Dollar Rooftop: Your Building’s Most Underpriced Asset Is Its Empty Hours.

Reading Time: 3 minutesSome landlords are making a million dollars a year on space they never leased.

New York Froze $10 Billion of Data Centers. Office Landlords Just Lost Their Favorite Excuse.

Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Tuesday, Governor Hochul signed the nation’s first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers.

AI Won’t Fix How CRE Makes Decisions. It’s Going to Expose It.

Reading Time: 3 minutes88% of commercial real estate investors and owners have started AI pilots, per JLL’s global technology survey of more than 1,500 senior decision-makers.

Law Firms Are Signing Record Leases and Cutting Desk Space. Both Things Are the Point.

Reading Time: 3 minutesLegal office leasing is running 46% above its pre-pandemic average. Tech leasing, the sector everyone spent a decade designing offices around, is down 8% against the same baseline.

Brooklyn Just Deleted 336,000 Square Feet of Office. It Was the Right Call.

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe biggest development in Brooklyn just erased its office component entirely. Cirrus Real Estate Partners and LCOR presented a revised plan for Atlantic Yards Phase II this week.

Brookfield Is Leaving DC Office. Here’s What The Buyers Are Doing That Brookfield Wasn’t.

Reading Time: 3 minutesBrookfield Is Leaving DC Office. Here’s What The Buyers Are Doing That Brookfield Wasn’t.

The Recovery Is Real. It’s Just Not Evenly Distributed.

Reading Time: 3 minutesNew York’s office market is having its best year since the pandemic. Vacancies are tightening, sublease space is shrinking, rents are inching up, and return-to-office is running ahead of every other major U.S. city.

The Skills AI Can’t Replace Are Exactly What Your Building Needs to Provide

Reading Time: 3 minutesGraduation unemployment for 22-to-27-year-olds just hit its highest rate since the Global Financial Crisis. Not a great time to be entering the workforce.

The Market Isn’t Shrinking. It’s Sorting.

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe State of REX 2026 is here. See the data behind CRE’s experience-led divide, and what the operators pulling away are doing differently.

AI Is the Office Market’s Best Tenant and Its Biggest Long-Term Problem.

Reading Time: 4 minutesTech firms leased 11.5 million square feet of office space in Q1 2026. A decade-high 23% of all U.S. leasing activity, according to CBRE.

Debt Is Cheap. Conviction Is the Scarce Resource.

Reading Time: 3 minutesJLL published new data yesterday. Its Global Credit Intensity Rating hit all-time highs. Lenders are fighting to put money to work in commercial real estate.

New Tenants Are Back. What the Data Says They’re Actually Coming For.

Reading Time: 3 minutesPiedmont REIT announced on June 1 that it had signed 240,000 square feet of new leases in the second quarter through that date.

AI Isn’t Killing Commercial Real Estate. It’s the Most Disruptive Landlord It’s Ever Had.

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn mid-May, Meta cut 8,000 employees. In the same earnings call, the company raised its 2026 data center spending forecast to $125-145 billion. Up 8 percent from its prior estimate.

The Office Is Back. The Strategy Isn’t.

Reading Time: 3 minutesOffice utilization hit 53% in 2026. That’s up from 38% a year ago and 35% the year before. CBRE’s 2026 Global Workplace and Occupancy Insights found that the #1 reason employees show up is to collaborate with colleagues.

The Institutions Are Back in Office. What They’re Actually Buying.

Reading Time: 3 minutesOffice investment sales hit $20.5 billion in the first quarter of 2026. That’s up 38.6% from the same quarter last year, per Avison Young’s latest report.