Reading Time: 3 minutes In 2021 and 2022, the workplace underwent a series of transformational changes. In 2023, as new trends and changes start to emerge, industry leaders will need to stay on top of the latest developments in employee sentiment and workplace experience. By keeping up with the latest trend, you can understand where the future of work …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Companies need access to reliable data on employee demands and preferences as they negotiate the shift to long-term hybrid work. To meet this need, HqO has partnered with Leesman, whose insights on worker sentiment have long been regarded as the industry standard. Below, find a few key insights from two of Leesman’s recent reports. Hybrid …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Have you ever received a sales call? Imagine: you’re sitting in your office, you’re working diligently, and then, out of the blue, your phone starts to ring. You decide to pick it up (more out of habit than anything else) and, much to your discontent, you realize that you’re talking to a sales representative. How …
Reading Time: 4 minutes In a world defined by constant change and elevated levels of economic uncertainty, commercial real estate (CRE) companies and property teams have increasingly recognized the need to gather more information on tenant needs and behaviors. HqO’s State of Workplace Experience report finds, for example, that a majority of landlords now think that data on tenant …
Reading Time: 4 minutes In September 2021, leading commercial real estate firm CBRE released a study on the global trends shaping the future of the office. “Consolidation,” the report reads, “remains a focus for many multinationals. In EMEA, 40% of companies expect their portfolios to contract over the next three years, compared with a third who anticipate expansion. In …
Reading Time: 3 minutes Only a few years ago, commercial real estate (CRE) was all about tradition. The industry depended on long-term, sometimes decades-long leases. Property demand was measured by location and physical amenities, meaning that owners and operators would invest in buildings in or around central business districts. If the buildings weren’t located in a city center, they …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Landlords investing in tenant experience teams and tech-based communication tools Fresh off the heels of HqO’s survey of corporate employers, we’re pleased to release key findings from our commissioned survey of select international landlords, all of which have at least 1M square feet of commercial real estate property. The top-line takeaways? Overall, today’s landlords are …
Reading Time: < 1 minute To learn more about today’s workplace experience and emerging office trends, HqO partnered with leading research firm Verdantix to conduct exclusive interviews with executives from leading companies across the globe at the forefront of these initiatives. We published these findings in a new report, Office Insights 2022. Here is what every employer needs to know …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Analyzing data trends is essential for businesses everywhere. Data-driven approaches provide concrete insights upon which key decisions can be made, enabling more accurate investments and company policies. The commercial real estate (CRE) industry is no exception, and analytics tools will only be more crucial for the space in the new year. Data solutions such as …
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Reading Time: 8 minutes Cortney Haney Assistant Property Manager (Community Manager) As an Assistant Property Manager for Cushman & Wakefield, Cortney manages all of the event planning and tenant relations at the Lincoln Centre located in Dallas, Texas. The property, which is owned by global investment firm Nuveen Real Estate, boasts of a lively building community, sustainable office practices, …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Technology is everywhere. Our phones are alarms, work assistants, commuting advisors, health trackers, and entertainment sources. The cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) channel these experiences across all connected systems, guiding us through the day one seamless transition at a time. Perhaps this is why 59.5% of the global population are active internet users, with …
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Collecting data is useful. No matter what line of work you’re in, you need it to make more informed decisions. Whether you’re a small shop trying to figure out how people perceive your brand, or a large company trying to influence sales and consumption habits, data collection is necessary to stand out from competition and …
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are many hypotheses on the changes – both long- and short-term – happening in the commercial real estate (CRE) industry. What will not change are its fundamentals: occupancy rates and tenant retention will still be essential to the financial performance of an office asset or portfolio. The ability to adapt asset strategies based on …
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Reading Time: 5 minutes According to Ernst & Young, deploying new commercial real estate data and analytics tools is the #1 technology priority for commercial office owners in a post-COVID world. There are many reasons to invest in such tools, but since most tenants and their employees have been working from someplace other than their office this past year, …
Reading Time: 2 minutes When I was a kid, I had a poster in my room. It looked like some sort of funky art print, but it was much more than that. What most people couldn’t see, was that the poster was actually of a pod of dolphins swimming in the ocean. In 1991, computer programmer Tom Baccei and …
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