The Rise Of The Destination-Worthy, Hospitality-Influenced Workplace

After more than a year of working remotely, how do companies get employees to return to working in the office in a post-COVID world? That’s the million-dollar question employers are continuing to wrestle — and with the coronavirus vaccine rollout now fully underway, new ideas continue to emerge about how to entice people back.

Abu Dhabi’s Aldar in deal with world’s biggest venture capital investor Fifth Wall for ‘proptech’

NOW LIVE! What Successful Start Up Founders Share in Common, Part 1

Ryan Freedman, General Partner at Alpaca Ventures, discusses the most important criteria for Alpaca Ventures when making a new investment, the 5 characteristics he sees in the most successful founders, and the value in understanding industry pain points as an entrepreneur.

Two tales of jobs in tech hubs

Jobs are coming back more slowly in America’s top tech centers than in other cities — but it’s not the tech jobs that are lagging, according to a new analysis from the jobs site Indeed. What’s happening: Pandemic-era remote work is still keeping white-collar workers in tech hubs at home, and that’s slowing down the recovery of local shops and restaurants in those communities….

To Save Penn Station, New York Wants to Build 10 Skyscrapers

For years, one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s top priorities has been an enormous development in the heart of Manhattan that would be among the largest real estate projects ever built in the United States.

Studio, Tishman Speyer’s Flex Brand, Opens New Locations at 11 West 42nd Street and 175 Varick Street

New York, NY (May 5, 2021) –Tishman Speyer today opens two new locations of its own coworking brand, Studio, in New York City at 11 West 42nd Street and 175 Varick Street. The 42nd Street location offers nearly 40,000 square feet of premium and flexible work space, and Studio at Varick Street is initially comprised of three floors with the potential to grow to up to 80,000 square feet, as the brand’s first location in Downtown Manhattan. The new spaces expand the brand’s Manhattan footprint whic…

Bobby Goodman Joins Swivel as Its Chief Revenue Officer

AUSTIN, Texas, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Swivel, a digital leasing platform that enables marketing, leasing, and flexible utilization of office space, today announced Bobby Goodman as its new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Goodman joins Swivel in the wake of record company growth in 2020, a series of new high-impact technology and go-to-market partnerships in 2021, and in anticipation of new product announcements that will help Swivel deliver even more impressive value for office space own…

Google Adopts Hybrid Workweek, With 20% of Its Employees to Work Remotely

Alphabet Inc.’s Google announced a series of moves to offer employees more workplace flexibility, allowing a fifth of its staff to work from home permanently and another fifth of workers to shift to a different geographic location.

The International WELL Building Institute Joins CREtech Climate as Industry Partner

New York, NY (May 6, 2021) — CREtech Climate, a platform devoted to educating and inspiring investment in climate tech, sustainability and ESG throughout the Built World, is proud to announce the addition of the International WELL Building Institute™ （IWBI™）as an Industry Partner. As part of this engagement with CREtech Climate, Jessica Rose Cooper, Chief Commercial Officer at IWBI™, will serve on the prestigious CREtech Climate Leadership Board, adding a critical voice to drive the environment,…

Dutch couple become Europe’s first inhabitants of a 3D-printed house

A Dutch couple have become Europe’s first tenants of a fully 3D printed house in a development that its backers believe will open up a world of choice in the shape and style of the homes of the future.