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The Office Evolution: What is Workplace Experience?

Reading Time: 3 minutes We’re back in the office, but things have changed. How can you give your employees what they need, want, and expect? How can you create a truly “happy” office? The click of fingers against keyboards. The smell of fresh coffee. Voices – whispers, laughs, shouts – from meeting rooms, cubicles, canteens. For more than a …

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Utilizing Workplace Experience Software in the New Year

Reading Time: 2 minutes What do tenants want in the new year? With a constantly changing workplace experience, keeping tenants and employees engaged poses a challenge for landlords and property teams in the commercial real estate (CRE) business. Today, we’re going to look at how workplace experience software can help address these changing demands.  Commercial Observer recently sat down …

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Why the Workplace Needs a Real Estate Data Platform in 2022

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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ESG and Your Building

Reading Time: 5 minutes In the past few years, we’ve seen many changes to the workplace including a drastic shift in the value drivers of commercial real estate (CRE). The things that once made a workplace enticing and meaningful — such as its location and its physical amenities — are being challenged by an equally heightened focus on appealing …

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The Let’s Go Show Recap: Keeping Assets Competitive in 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes The commercial real estate (CRE) space has completely transformed in recent years. Despite often being thought of as one of the slowest industries to modernize, many leading firms have taken steps to digitize their operations and properties to enhance the workplace experience.  On this episode of The Let’s Go Show, Chase Garbarino speaks to Pat …

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Proptech Sustainability: Technology and a Greener Workplace

Reading Time: 3 minutes Commercial real estate (CRE) owners and operators that are looking to reduce their carbon footprints and optimize their property operations cannot do so without smart technologies. And, in order to meet their long-term sustainability goals and attract and retain tenants, many industry leaders are turning to the growing number of proptech sustainability solutions in the …

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The Let’s Go Show Recap: CRE Predictions for 2022 with CRETech’s Michael Beckerman

Reading Time: 2 minutes In the first episode of The Let’s Go Show, Michael Beckerman, the CEO of CRETech, joined Chase Garbarino to discuss how they got started in commercial real estate (CRE), the recent technological challenges in the industry, and the changes to the workplace. In the latest episode, Michael returns to make bold predictions for the industry …

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An Iterative Approach to Workplace Events and Offerings

Reading Time: 3 minutes Every commercial real estate (CRE) property, tenant, and employee has different needs.  Driving renewed value to the office requires a unique approach to workplace events and engagement strategies.  Despite recent changes to the workplace, many employees still prefer their company’s physical office for a variety of work functions. 39% of respondents in a recent Gensler …

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The Future of the Office Tenant Experience

Reading Time: 3 minutes ​​Determining a clear vision for the future of commercial real estate (CRE) is a difficult task, but there are some things we know for certain. Our cities are fundamental to the future workplace experience. Cities were hit hard by COVID-19, and many are still feeling the effects. City growth is expected to  experience a slowdown, …

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Inside HqO: Palmer Simpson

Reading Time: 6 minutes Palmer Simpson HqO Account Executive, Canada  Palmer Simpson joined HqO in July 2021 to oversee all Canadian accounts and help grow HqO across Canada. Prior to HqO, Palmer worked in Global Investments and Asset Management at Manulife. Focusing on the Canadian market, Palmer oversees HqO’s Canadian accounts and leads its growth across Canada. You have …

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How to Center the Employee Experience with Modern Workplace Amenities

Reading Time: 3 minutes You may have heard about human-centered design, but do you know how it applies to the workplace? Today’s top companies are putting their customers first by using  modern workplace amenities to help their employees optimize creativity, collaboration, and focus.  Design firm IDEO outlined the human-centered design process, which emphasizes “involving the people you are designing …

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The Let’s Go Show Recap: Proptech 3.0: A Conversation with Oxford’s Andrew Baum

Reading Time: 2 minutes Professor Andrew Baum has been thinking about and studying the real estate industry since 1970. He recently began teaching MBA students and executives at the University of Oxford, soon realizing that his students wanted to learn more about the future of the industry than technical information. Thus, his extensive research reflects a greater understanding of …

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Why Experiences Matter More than Building Amenities 

Reading Time: 3 minutes Traditionally, building amenities have been a way for commercial real estate (CRE) companies to enhance their properties, retain and attract office tenants, and even charge higher rent. The difference between an ‘okay’ and an ‘amazing’ office amenity often meant that landlords and property managers could differentiate their property and lease spaces more readily.  Today, building …

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How Smart Building Technology Creates Connections at Work 

Reading Time: 3 minutes The truth is everywhere: our daily routines are better because we have access to technology.  The smart technologies in our lives are so seamless and efficient that we often don’t think about them at all. Smart technologies are not limited to things like artificial intelligence and machine learning. Overall, they help create more customized experiences, ease …

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