Reading Time: 3 minutesThe commercial real estate playbook is being rewritten. For years, landlords competed on amenities—the fanciest fitness center, the trendiest coffee bar, the most Instagram-worthy rooftop. But as we look toward 2026, leading buildings are making a fundamental shift: from offering isolated perks to creating integrated ecosystems that transform how tenants experience their workplace.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe commercial real estate amenity wars didn’t start with the pandemic; they’ve been escalating since the 1980s. In the office building market, what qualifies as Class A today becomes Class B tomorrow as tenant expectations continuously evolve.
Reading Time: 4 minutesHow Kilroy transformed a downtown tower into a living, breathing experience ecosystem
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Real Estate Reset Has Begun After years of uncertainty, the commercial real estate (CRE) market is finally finding its rhythm again. Cities like New York and Boston are leading the charge — trophy assets are outperforming, leasing volumes are rising, and developers are breaking ground for the first time since 2020. This recovery isn’t …
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Real Estate Market Is Missing the Signal If you want to understand the next decade of commercial real estate (CRE), stop tracking vacancy rates and start tracking voltage. The global AI boom isn’t just a software revolution — it’s a physical one. Every large language model, chatbot, and digital twin needs compute power, and …
From Office Floors to Data Floors: How Cities Power the AI Era Read More »
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen Washington goes quiet, commercial real estate (CRE) starts guessing. A government shutdown doesn’t just pause paychecks — it cuts the power to the real estate data systems that keep the market breathing. Overnight, agencies like the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau stop publishing the data that lenders, investors, and developers depend …
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Reading Time: 2 minutesNot too long ago, railroads reshaped economies and cities. Today, a similar shift is underway, but instead of steel and locomotives, the tracks are fiber and silicon. AI in commercial real estate (CRE) is no longer just a buzzworthy concept. It’s becoming the backbone of economic growth, with “AI factories”, data-driven hubs that power machine …
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Reading Time: 2 minutesCommercial real estate (CRE) has always been more than bricks and leases — it’s a mirror of economic and cultural shifts. Today, that mirror reflects something radically new: the rise of cities as programmable systems. And nowhere is this clearer than in Miami commercial real estate, a market many now see as the prototype for …
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Reading Time: 5 minutesB. Joseph Pine II Best-selling author, speaker, and management advisor B. Joseph Pine II is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and management advisor to Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial start-ups alike. He is a Co-Founder of Strategic Horizons LLP, a thinking studio dedicated to helping businesses conceive and design new ways of adding value to …
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 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 minutesOnly 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 minutesLandlords 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: 3 minutesNearly 90% of employers surveyed have implemented some type of hybrid work arrangement, but overall they remain dissatisfied with how these models are working 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. We …
Companies with 1.6T in Combined Revenue Speak to Hybrid Work Disconnect in HqO Survey Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s a tale as old as time: commercial real estate (CRE) leaders have spent years searching for ways to attract and retain highly sought-after tenants, increase office value, and inform their investments to create efficiencies in building costs and operations. In today’s world, accomplishing these feats begins with focusing on the workplace experience. By making the …
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Reading Time: 3 minutesIf this past year has taught us anything, it’s that major change is already underway for the commercial real estate (CRE) industry. CRE’s recent digital transformation has shed light on several important focus areas for office landlords and property teams, such as re-evaluating a portfolio’s technology stack and, more importantly, getting to know the tenants …
TAMI vs. FIRE Tenants: Who They Are and Why They Matter Read More »