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The Future of Work: Workplace Experience Insights for 2023

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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Observations: Finding a Workplace Experience Strategy to Fit Your Employees’ Needs

Reading Time: 6 minutes The Workplace. Who knew that the workplace—the location that used to bring us all together— would become the subject of so many divisive debates, specifically about how and where employees choose to work? Today, as the return-to-work conversations remain top-of-mind, it’s interesting to reminisce on the days where the workplace was considered to be the …

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Boosting Satisfaction and Productivity with In-Person Experiences

Reading Time: 4 minutes The physical office has the potential to improve employee productivity and help companies build stronger corporate cultures.  A report from researchers at the University of Chicago, for example, finds that remote employees complete fewer hours of work per week than their in-office counterparts. That report is supported by a recent paper in Nature Human Behavior, …

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Using Data to Generate Higher-Level Insights

Using Data to Generate Higher-Level Insights

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 …

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Conversations: Joanna Morrow and Adriana Silva of LBA Realty | HqO

Joanna Morrow and Adriana Silva of LBA Realty

Reading Time: 7 minutes Joanna Morrow and Adriana Silva Senior Property Manager and Regional Marketing and Events Manager At LBA Realty, Joanna and Adriana support two different sides of the business. On one hand, Joanna manages the day-to-day operations of LBA’s One Culver property, a Class A office building with a diverse range of tenants. Her role includes ensuring …

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Conversations: Patrick Nurse and Nishit Shah form Cadillac Fairview | HqO

Patrick Nurse and Nishit Shah of Cadillac Fairview

Reading Time: 11 minutes Patrick Nurse and Nishit Shah Manager, Tenant Relations and Senior Manager, Smart Buildings At Cadillac Fairview, Patrick and Nishit have very different responsibilities. On one hand, Patrick brings over 20 years of experience with him in his role as Tenant Relations Manager at Toronto’s renowned CF Toronto Eaton Centre Complex. He serves as the liaison …

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The Let’s Go Show Recap: The Office Sector Rebound with Michael Bull, Host of America’s Commercial Real Estate Show

Reading Time: 2 minutes Michael Bull’s real estate career started when he was just eighteen years old. Today, he owns his own real estate firm Bull Realty and hosts the country’s leading video and podcast show on commercial real estate (CRE), America’s Commercial Real Estate Show.  What started as a radio show over a decade ago is now a podcast, …

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Retail at Work and the Experiences Driving Tenant Engagement | HqO

Retail at Work: The Experiences Driving Tenant Engagement

Reading Time: 3 minutes We’ve been talking a lot about connected retail experiences, but let’s face it: retail is a fairly broad term. It’s made to encompass all forms of selling goods and services to the public. For example, your daily coffee order is considered retail. However, so are your dry cleaning and specialty service needs. For the office, …

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Pat Rippe of Pennybacker Capital

Reading Time: 9 minutes Pat Rippe Managing Director, Portfolio Optimization As a Managing Director for Pennybacker Capital, Pat oversees the private equity firm’s office portfolio throughout the entire development, re-development, and asset management processes. Whether it’s a renovation and reposition or a ground-up project, Pat collaborates with various teams both inside and outside  the organization to create exciting and …

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How Digital Retail Services Elevate the Workplace | HqO

How Digital Retail Services Elevate the Workplace

Reading Time: 3 minutes We live in a world of connected experiences. We can track the nearest bus or train, avoid highly trafficked roads, and shop for must-have gadgets from our smartphones. We can view customized music playlists sent to us based on our listening preferences, keep tabs on our daily steps and workouts, and plan our days through …

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Canada's Return to Office and the Role of Technology | HqO

The Role of Technology in Canada’s Return to Office

Reading Time: 4 minutes There’s a burning question among Canadians and the larger global workforce: When will we go back to the office? As a commercial real estate (CRE) professional with years of global asset management experience, I wish I had all the answers. Unfortunately, since return to office (RTO) dates for the majority of Canadian companies are tied …

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How Office Design and the Environment Influence Behavior | HqO

How Environment Influences Behavior

Reading Time: 3 minutes Everyone’s interpretation of the perfect workplace is different. If you asked James O’Flaherty, Director of Business Operations at Adtrak, about how to create a more engaging workplace environment, he would probably tell you that it’s about working with what you have. Earlier this year, he set out to rejuvenate Adtrak’s entire 16,500 square foot office …

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Cortney Haney of the Lincoln Centre

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, …

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How a Building Amenity App Can Retain and Attract Office Tenants | HqO

How a Building Amenity App Can Help You Retain and Attract Office Tenants

Reading Time: 3 minutes Technology is impossible to avoid in the modern commercial real estate (CRE) landscape. Office tenants have spoken: According to a recent CBRE study, 62% of tenants seek connected technologies and building apps in their workplaces. An additional 51% of tenants are looking specifically for touchless technologies. Now it’s up to landlords to deliver. Technology remains …

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The Office as a Destination for Engagement | HqO

The Office as a Destination

Reading Time: 3 minutes The office is the highest and best form of engagement with and between tenant employees. It is the place where the labor force can have the greatest impact on creativity, innovation, and collaboration. But don’t take my word for it. Take it from one of the most dominant organizations in American business. On April 27th, …

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