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Top Employee Pain Points in 2026: What’s Driving the Great Rethink

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe workforce is at a tipping point. According to Gallup’s Employee Retention and Attraction Indicator…

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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.

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.

Why Experiential Real Estate Delivers Real Returns

Reading Time: 3 minutesExperiential real estate isn’t just a design trend. The buildings investing in experience infrastructure are posting measurable gains in retention, NOI, and renewal rates.

Friday Isn’t the Office’s Problem – Monday Is

Reading Time: 4 minutesPeople aren’t going in to eat lunch or hang out. They’re going in to meet, collaborate, and use the parts of the building they can’t replicate at home.

Why EMEA’s Top Landlords Are Winning on Experience, Not Location

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn London, Paris, and Amsterdam, the Experience Gap is widening fast. The landlords closing it aren’t waiting on the market.

Ten Percent of Office Buildings Are Carrying 60% of the Vacancy

Reading Time: 4 minutesJLL just published its Q1 2026 U.S. Office Market Dynamics report. One number buried on page six tells you more about the state of office than everything else in the document combined.

How CRE Finally Wins on Value, Not Features

Reading Time: 4 minutesAmenity competition in CRE is commoditising fast. The buildings winning on retention have moved beyond features to something harder to copy: membership infrastructure.

What a World-Class Building Lobby Actually Does for Tenant Retention

Reading Time: 3 minutesBlackRock and JP Morgan are both betting billions on London offices. The vacancy headlines are missing the real story about where the market is heading.

The Biggest Firms Are Still Betting on London Offices

Reading Time: 4 minutesBlackRock and JP Morgan are both betting billions on London offices. The vacancy headlines are missing the real story about where the market is heading.