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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Office Isn’t Back. The Meeting Room Is

Reading Time: 3 minutesNew research from OfficeSpace Software covers 954 organizations, 3.9 million in-office employees, and 116 million square feet of office.

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Extend And Pretend Is Ending. The Buildings That Survive Won’t Be The Ones The Lenders Saved

Reading Time: 3 minutesPropmodo ran a piece this week called “The End of Extend and Pretend.” It’s the cleanest framing I’ve seen on what’s about to happen.

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Durst Is Spending Tens Of Millions On A Midtown Office Reposition. Zero Of It Is Going To A New Gym

Reading Time: 3 minutesDurst Organization just put 600,000 square feet on the market at 114 West 47th Street in Midtown Manhattan. A 26-story, LEED Gold tower built in 1989.

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Cushman Just Quantified It. AI Is Going To Add 330 Million Square Feet Of CRE Demand. The Room Mix Inside Those Buildings Already Flipped

Reading Time: 3 minutesCushman & Wakefield dropped a report this month that should end the “AI is going to gut office demand” trade for good.

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Hudson Pacific’s Q1 Was The Whole 2026 Office Story In One Earnings Report

Reading Time: 3 minutesHudson Pacific Properties reported Q1 2026 results on Wednesday. The headline numbers were straightforwardly good.

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European Asset Managers Are Sitting on a Tenant Data Crisis

Reading Time: 2 minutesEuropean asset managers have more tenant data than ever. Most of it is lagging, siloed, and arriving too late. Here’s how the best EMEA portfolios are changing that.

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Office Leasing Just Hit a Decade High. The Buildings Getting Leased Aren’t Built for the Demand

Reading Time: 3 minutesBisnow dropped the headline of the year this week. U.S. office tenants signed roughly 120 million square feet of new leases in Q1 2026. Up 25% over Q1 2025.

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What Is Tenant Health — and Why It Is the Most Important Number in Your Portfolio

Reading Time: 4 minutesTenant Health is the leading indicator your portfolio has been missing. Here’s what it measures, why it matters, and how the best operators are using it.

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AI Was Supposed to Empty the Office. The Heaviest Users Are Coming In Most

Reading Time: 3 minutesGensler’s 2026 Global Workplace Survey landed last week. 30% of office workers are now AI power users, meaning they use AI tools at home and at work.

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Why London’s Trophy Office Market Is the World’s Best Case Study in Experience-Led Retention

Reading Time: 3 minutesLondon’s West End and City landlords are using experience infrastructure to defend rental premiums and drive renewals. Here’s what the rest of the world should learn from them.

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PropTalk: 5 Questions with Dror Poleg of Rethinking Real Estate

Reading Time: 4 minutesWelcome to PropTalk, a series on our blog where we…

The Tenant Experience Space: A Quick Overview

Reading Time: 4 minutesTechnology in commercial real estate and, more specifically, commercial office…

PropTalk: 5 Questions with Michael Beckerman of The News Funnel and CREtech

Reading Time: 4 minutesWelcome to PropTalk, a series on our blog where we…

How Mobile Technology Can Support Your Building’s Amenities Program

Reading Time: 3 minutesA recent study from Colliers International recommends that commercial office…

PropTalk: 5 Questions with Steve Weikal of the MIT Center for Real Estate

Reading Time: 7 minutesWelcome to PropTalk, a new series on our blog where…

How Suburban Offices Can Get More Urban with Proptech and Amenities

Reading Time: 6 minutesA shorter version of this article first appeared on Propmodo.

The PropTech Impact on Tenant Recruitment vs. Tenant Retention

Reading Time: 3 minutesA positive tenant experience will lead to better tenant retention…

The Intersection of Tenant Experience, Property Management, and Facility Management

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe are obsessed with tenant experience, and we talk about…

Clicks to Bricks: How PropTech Drives Retail Success Onsite

Reading Time: 4 minutesFor landlords determining whether to invest in proptech for tenants,…

How PropTech Helps Property Management Teams

Reading Time: 3 minutesProperty management falls under capex for commercial landlords, but with…

The 3 Pillars of Tenant Experience

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe rise of technology within the commercial real estate sector…

Love Where You Work: The Innovation and Design Building (Video)

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’re kicking off a new blog series today called “Love…

Attracting TAMI Tenants

Reading Time: 4 minutesIf you compare the list of Fortune 500 companies in…

The One Amenity that Tenants are Obsessed with Having at Work

Reading Time: 3 minutesOur team recently surveyed 300 professionals in office buildings in…

The Secret Benefit of PropTech for Tenants

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’ve said it before: PropTech is having a moment. Everywhere…