11
Dec
2019
Prioritizing Privacy in Office Spaces
Posted On December 11, 2019  By Anthony Pennington-Cross  And has No Comment

Companies have been moving from traditional office space with private offices to open office space for much of the past decade, leading to substantial declines in the amount of space occupied per employee.  According to a Fall 2017 article by Adrian Ponsen in NAIOP’s Development Magazine, […]

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03
Dec
2019
Real Estate as a Service is a State of Mind
Posted On December 3, 2019  By Brielle Scott  And has 16 Comments

Your first step towards success in the real estate as a service model? A major change in mindset. While the traditional real estate approach sees real estate as a product (wholesale blocks of space for rent), the real estate as a service (REaaS) model utilizes a […]

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24
Mar
2017
Idle Capacity is the Foundation of the Sharing Economy
Posted On March 24, 2017  By Rich Tucker  And has 1 Comment

Idle capacity is all around us. Cars often sit unused in driveways or parking lots for hours each day, and a typical office, even if it’s occupied and busy during the business day, normally sits empty after hours, some two-thirds of the day. Tapping into this […]

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17
Nov
2016
Co-napping: A New Way to Recharge Your Workday
Posted On November 17, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 1 Comment

The National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep Health Index cites that Americans sleep an average of 7 hours, 36 minutes each night, with a typical start to the weekday around 6:38 a.m. While that’s within recommended number of hours per night, one-third report their sleep quality as fair […]

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09
Aug
2016
Right Place, Right Time: Predicting the Next Hottest Sectors in CRE
Posted On August 9, 2016  By Brielle Scott  And has No Comment

Technology is disrupting practices and processes across CRE and every major industry around the world. So which trends should you be focusing on? SmithGroupJJR President and Managing Partner Mike Medici will facilitate a discussion on emerging technologies shaping the future of real estate at Commercial Real […]

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13
Jun
2016
Pop-Up (Outdoor) Offices
Posted On June 13, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 1 Comment

Co-working centers and communal, open workspaces may have launched the revolution of the typical office, and now the concept is branching beyond four walls into the shape of pop-up, outdoor offices. OUTBOX, a first-of-its-kind outdoor workspace, opens this month in Silver Spring, Maryland. Designed by applied technology […]

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06
Jun
2016
Dorms: The Ultimate Shared Living Experience
Posted On June 6, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

Think back to your college years: late nights roaming the dorm, raiding each other’s closets and refrigerators, gathering in common areas to study or talk. Sounds an awful lot like “shared living” to me. Today, developer Macro Sea is creating the modern day co-living experience in […]

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07
Mar
2016
Shared Office Space Evolves
Posted On March 7, 2016  By Julie D. Stern  And has No Comment

New shared workspaces continue to pop up all over the world. As noted in a recent Development magazine article, “The Future of Shared Office Space,” “Coworking centers and executive suites facilities that offer shared workspace have become one of the hottest trends among tech startups, freelancers […]

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15
May
2015
And Wouldn’t It Be Nice To Live Together…
Posted On May 15, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

Wouldn’t it be nice if we were older Then we wouldn’t have to wait so long And wouldn’t it be nice to live together In the kind of world where we belong … Those lyrics made famous by the Beach Boys ring true for four couples […]

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