Reading Time: 3 minutesThe traditional 9-to-5 routine is no more. Almost all aspects of work have evolved in the last few years, from easier employee commutes to hybrid workplace communities cultivated at office buildings. With many employees able to work from home, the employers who want to continue with “business as usual” have been losing talent at alarming …
Reading Time: 6 minutesWhen you step outside of your front door, you’re probably experiencing a very different world today than you did just a few years ago. People are more health-conscious than ever, and if you work in a corporate setting, you may not even need to leave the house to make a living. In fact, a recent …
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Reading Time: 4 minutesAll around the world, a revolution is underway. Gone are the old ways of the workplace, where tenant appreciation was shown through quarterly (oftentimes annual) events. In fact, gone are the old ways of working entirely. Now that 62% of workers work remotely at least occasionally, office landlords and property teams are tasked with finding …
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you’ve been keeping up with the commercial real estate (CRE) market, you know that 2021 was a formative period of growth, consolidation, and significant proptech funding. Industry leaders faced an array of new challenges, including how to add value to their building’s tenant engagement strategy in ways that support every person who spends time …
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Reading Time: 3 minutesWe’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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Reading Time: 2 minutesToday, employers expect their office space to provide a positive employee experience that is flexible and technology-enabled. These changing expectations speak to a simple truth: a company’s work environment greatly affects the quality of talent they are able to attract. In the search for top talent, human resources teams are eager to provide an office …
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Reading Time: 7 minutesJenny Clark HqO Tenant Engagement Specialist Jenny Clark joined HqO in 2020 as a Tenant Engagement Specialist to help HqO’s dedicated services team create world-class workplace experiences. Prior to HqO, Jenny held positions in marketing, and she draws upon this experience to write and create content as well as collaborate internally and externally with all …
Reading Time: 2 minutesEmployee office usage patterns haven’t disappeared, but they have changed. What can they tell us? In a recent “Mann Report” article, Thijs van der Burgt, HqO’s Managing Director of Global Corporate Solutions, wrote about the patterns and predictability of employee office usage. “Pre-pandemic, most [companies] could bank on at least 70% of their user base …
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Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat 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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Reading Time: 4 minutesHqO’s purpose, as our CEO and Co-Founder Chase Garbarino shared last April, is building technology to create real-world experiences that lead to more meaningful connections. As we look back at 2021, we’re proud to share that we’ve done just that. We’ve made sure to stay true to our values throughout the year, despite our massive …
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor commercial real estate (CRE) companies to address the values of the modern workforce, they must prioritize Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives in the workplace. A pledge to these values will hold the key to positively impacting local communities, ensuring that businesses are operating responsibly, and attracting and retaining the tenants and employees that …
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Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 2022, the commercial real estate (CRE) industry will see an increased adoption of new technologies: 53% of industry professionals surveyed by Deloitte indicated that they have a future roadmap of where they’d like technology to take them, and 32% are restructuring internal processes based on technology and tools. As part of this digital transformation, …
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Reading Time: 5 minutesIn 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 …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 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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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTo successfully meet the needs of the modern workforce, companies need to prioritize the values they care about, and property teams need to provide the intentional workplace environments that will attract and retain them. To accomplish this, it is necessary to understand the beliefs of the younger generation, which now make up the majority of the workforce. …