Reading Time: 3 minutes Ticket-buying fans have long been at the center of the sports business ecosystem. These are the valued customers that invest their time and money to attend a game – despite the inconveniences – rather than engaging in the minimal effort required to watch the contest on television. To sports teams, the most important fans of …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog is co-authored by HqO’s Julia Paolucci and Greg Milnarik Throughout the pandemic, CRE has tackled the unforeseen — showing agility, flexibility, and creativity in its problem-solving. As light emerges at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, the real estate industry now appears energised and empowered to take on the next collective obstacle requiring …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Panta rhei. So observed Heraclitus of Ephesus approximately 2,500 years ago. Literally translated from ancient Greek as “everything flows” or “all things are in flux,” the philosophical concept of panta rhei is perhaps more resonant to us in the familiar vernacular, “there is nothing so constant as change.” The commercial real estate industry has been …
Reading Time: 3 minutes Google has become well-known as one of the best places to work in the world. The company focuses on the employee experience better than any other — its offices are amenity rich, featuring coffee bars and restaurants, gyms, massage services, dry cleaning pick-up and drop-off, and so much more. It is truly an experience worth …
Reading Time: 5 minutes As we reflected in our 2021 state of tenant experience report, an incredible amount has changed this past year — including the modern-day tenant experience. As you read on, we’ll walk you through what you need to know about what qualities make a good tenant experience in 2021, including what makes a good tenant and …
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Reading Time: 5 minutes When our CEO Chase Garbarino announced HqO’s $34.2 million Series B funding round back in December of 2019, he stated: “It has been two years since we launched our first version of the HqO platform. At the time, we believed (and experienced first-hand in our offices of old) that commercial real estate needed to become …
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is something undeniably electric about Opening Day. The beginning of a new season brings with it a renewed spirit of hope, alongside a fresh, unbridled enthusiasm born of the promise of new possibilities, shared by every fan who flocks back to the stadium. With the long, dormant off-season finally over, months of pent-up energy …
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s no secret that building design has come a long way. Though what we currently think of when we envision a smart building — a fully tech-enabled, supercomputer of the future — has only been around since the start of the 21st century, one could argue that concepts for building automation dated back to as …
Reading Time: 4 minutes If you know HqO, you know that enhancing physical office spaces with digital experiences is our bread and butter — we help people to love where they work. We have long stressed that creating a community in the workplace requires a tenant-first approach, and while the recent global health pandemic has changed a lot, it …
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Reading Time: 4 minutes At Spatio Metrics, we’ve seen that workplace design has a significant impact on human health, productivity, and wellbeing. As we adapt to new ways of working and staying healthy amidst the pandemic, the role of physical office space needs to adapt as well. It has never been more important to have a thoughtful approach to …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Guest Blog by Haven Diagnostics With cases of COVID-19 continuing to fluctuate across the United States, employers are struggling with the question of how to bring employees back to the workplace. Though the CDC produces a one-size-fits-all checklist for office re-entry, many commercial real estate (CRE) landlords are taking an extra level of precaution by …
Resolving a Patchwork Problem: Technology Innovations for a Safe Return to the Workplace Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes We recently shared a few tenant experience program ideas that commercial real estate landlords and property teams could utilize to engage tenants remotely. In a similar vein, we’ve been taking a closer look at suburban commercial office properties, which have the opportunity to capture increased demand due to the current market’s unique set of circumstances. …
5 Programming Ideas To Reactivate and Elevate Your Suburban Office Portfolio Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes From the moment they wake up until the moment they fall asleep — and even for those several hours in between — your tenants are tech-enabled, using multiple technologies to collect data on and improve every aspect of their day. If you’re not facilitating that convenience in the office as well, why should they stay …
Your Tenants Demand a Tech-Enabled Life — Don’t Let Your Building Fall Short Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutes What if we told you that the things you can’t always see about your office — such as the hidden data revealing how tenants really use your building — have the most influence on the success of your business, now and in the future? Differentiating with data is just the strategy to gain a leg …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes No two ways about it, the competitive environment has changed. An imposing new contender has swiftly entered the arena with swagger and clout that was unimaginable just a few short months ago. The challenger – remote working – is hardly new to the game. But when the pandemic began, the robust meeting solution technologies that …
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