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Steelcase shares fall on revenue miss / AIA/Deltek ABI Reports Moderation in the Slowdown in Business Conditions at Architecture Firms in February / Indiana Furniture Announces Move to New Corporate Headquarters / Allsteel Launches Podcast and Magazine Spotlighting Workplace Innovation and Design / Tech Tenant Trends Push Down on Office Leasing / Office Sector Questions Are Beginning to Find Answers / All Hub, No Spokes: The Death of the Suburban Office / The Office Of The Future: How Workspaces Must Adapt For The Hybrid Era / Most US firms are yet to match their culture to the demands of flexible working / The hidden damage desk jobs are doing to our ears / The Rise Of ‘Office Peacocking’ In The Workplace In 2024 / What Does a Quality Office Workplace Smell Like? / Reviving flexible workspaces – a guide to saving failing operations / Stressed at Work? Your Office Phone Booth Could Tell Your Boss / and much more…
Teknion Enters into a Strategic Partnership with British Furniture Brand Modus / Bisley Acquires Stake in Sustainable Furniture Brand / 4 Years Into Pandemic, Office Use Showing No Signs Of Big Bounce Back / Improving Focus and Privacy in the Workplace / To Understand Office, Follow the Headquarters / Downtown Ground-Floor Retail Key To Enticing Office Workers Back, Greater Revitalization / Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” / 2024: The Year of the Intentional Workplace / Revolutionizing Workplace Dynamics: Creating a Welcoming Destination for All! / Suburban Office’s Reversal of Fortune/ and much more…
Steelcase relocating longtime Chicago showroom / The Battle to Unseat the Aeron, the World’s Most Coveted Office Chair / JSI Announces Entry to Healthcare Market with JSI Health / Landscape Forms Announces New Partnership with Leading School Furniture Company, Smith System / Allsteel Announces Textile Partnership with Kvadrat / IKEA's New Office Furniture Collection Is a Gamechanger for WFH Days / HON Partners with Mayer Fabrics to Introduce 110 New Colorways / Employees Moving Further and Further Away From Workplace / Americans Don’t Care as Much About Work. And It Isn’t Just Gen Z. / Dallas Keeps Building Offices Amid High Vacancy, Slow Leasing / More Workers Piled Into Offices In February, With Visits Up Almost 19% / Deconstruct Your Office Into Core Resources To Rebuild Productivity / and much more…
Hermes vs. Office Furniture Titans: A Surprising Financial Face-off / The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity Opens in Richmond, California / The big engine that could: U.S. economy barrels ahead and puts recession forecasts in rear view / Innovations Unveils Luxury Showroom in the Pacific Design Center / Haworth closes furniture plant / Interface Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results / How 3 Texas Cities Came To Lead The Nation In Empty Offices — And Why There May Be Further To Fall / 60% Of Office Vacancies Concentrated In 10% Of Buildings: JLL / CEOs turn to hybrid working to cut costs as suburban office footfall booms / Citadel’s New Real Estate Chief Sees A Return To A Different Kind Of Office / The Workplace Must Be a Destination, Not an Obligation / The Power of Pet-Friendly Workplaces / Deutsche Bank’s Return-to-Office Push Sparks Worker Backlash / How Tomorrow’s Workforce Will Shape Future Workplace Design / The hybrid working office: ushering in a new era for the workspace / and much more…
HNI Reports Earnings Growth and Margin Expansion in Q4 and Full Year 2023 / DIRTT Reports Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial Results / Haworth Group Reaches New Milestone in 2023 / Artcobell names Kevin Smith as President / What Many Get Wrong About the US Office Market / More Evidence 'Flight to Quality' a Myth Amid Dismal Office Report / Steelcase Earns Top Score in Industry for Climate Change Disclosure From CDP / Google opens New York HQ built on renovated 1930s train terminal / Commuting Data Provides More Insight into Remote Work / The Strategy Behind The Pentagon’s Bold Remote Work Pivot / Employee turnover will skyrocket if firms monitor office attendance, says former EY leader / These Are The Top Coworking Amenities & Features To Attract Members / Pawsitivity at Work: Perks & Pitfalls Of Creating Pet-Friendly Coworking Spaces / and much more…
DIRTT Announces Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2023 Financial Results / Keilhauer’s Remimagined NYC Showroom Invites Co-Working, Collaboration and Celebration / Freedman’s Office Furniture Expands To Serve Houston, Texas With New Office Location / Empty Offices, Soaring Debt, Nervous Investors — Exactly How Much Trouble Are Banks In Amid CRE Market Turmoil? / 'No Doom Loop Fears Here': Economists Provide Optimism For Office Market / Commercial Real Estate Trouble Evident in Fading Downtown Construction / Commercial Real Estate Market Plunge Has Lenders Facing a Brutal Reality / Office Agony Isn’t Over, Says Morgan Stanley / Changing shape of workplace is creating new opportunities for property market / The 600-Year Office / An inside look at Gensler's office of the future / How to Be Productive on Fridays? Companies Try New Tricks to Bring Work Back / The seismic shift that’s about to change the American workplace / and much more…
The Office is entering its lounge era / The End of an Era: The Rise and Fall of Trendway Corporation / The return-to-office debate may settling down—in a way that makes everyone unhappy / SRG Partnership Merges with CannonDesign to Forge a Future of Sustainable and Socially Responsible Architecture / Arper to Open New Showroom Space in Chicago / ‘Zombie Offices’ Spell Trouble for Some Banks / Where Office Development is Happening / CBRE Could Pay More Than $1B To Buy Global Facilities Management Firm / Visits To Dallas-Area Office Buildings Down 34% From Pre-Pandemic Levels / Mercato Place Continues its Evolution as the Go-To Source for Samples / Why More Corporate Offices Are Moving to Suburban Downtowns / Bring Office Cubicles Back; Improve Employee Productivity, Hybrid Work / Is There Still a Place for Desks in the Modern Office? / Alluring Tenants with Reimagined Properties and Hospitality-Infused Amenities / and much more…
Office Tours on the Upswing Especially in NYC and LA / Manhattan Office Leasing Drops Nearly 40% Last Month / Steelcase Recognized as One of the World’s Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE / Danish modular office furniture maker expands in UK with London base / HNI Office India Ltd Unveils State-of-the-Art Experience Centre in Hyderabad / Newsweek Recognizes Steelcase as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces / Finding the Upside Amidst Office Troubles / Office-Backed Loan Delinquency Continues Climb, Posting Biggest Jump Since September / The Real-Estate Downturn Comes for America’s Premier Office Towers / New York is lapping San Francisco in the return-to-office race / Companies’ hard-line stance on returning to the office is backfiring / Underutilized office space? I just can't be bothered with it / Should you keep your office? Small business owners rethink its value. / and much more…
Gensler’s New San Francisco Office: A Prototype for the Future of Work / The office of the future could be your car, says Cisco / U.S. Hotel Construction Reaches New Record / Wurkwel Ventures Acquires FurnitureFinders / Haworth and Architype Announce Strategic Representation Partnership / ABI December 2023: Architecture firm billings remain soft to end the year / OFS Acquires Adaptive Architecture Pioneer ROOM / Kimball International Announces New NYC Showroom Location / Studio TK Welcomes New President, Koorosh Sharghi / Bank of America's return-to-office policy just got more foul / New Office Pre-Leasing Above the Norm / A study’s surprise finding: Most workers want to be in the office more often / Putting ‘Place’ Back in the ‘Workplace’ / More Remote Workers Facing Threats, Layoffs As Big Companies Clamp Down / Forty percent of firms expect people to work from the office five days a week / and much more…
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