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No commercial real estate sector has emptied out more amid the coronavirus pandemic than office, and its future is also the most uncertain. After months of working from home, millions will someday return to their offices with radically different expectations and worries than they had before the crisis. How landlords and employers will respond to those concerns isn’t known, but trends in office...
There is increasing confusion over the future of short-term private accommodation rental brand Stay Alfred. The U.S.-based high-end property platform suspended operations at the beginning of April, as the coronavirus outbreak took a firm grip on cities across the country and travelers were urged to stay at home.
Anna’s bright blue eyes light up as she explains her reasons for moving to the city in retirement. A little more than a year ago she sold her four-bedroom suburban home and moved into a two-bedroom apartment downtown. When asked why she downsized to less than half of the space she enjoyed for decades, the excited 70-year-old retiree exclaimed, “Everything is right there. Anything I want—food...
Amazon has started to use thermal cameras at its warehouses to speed up screening for feverish workers who could be infected with the coronavirus, employees told Reuters. The cameras in effect measure how much heat people emit relative to their surroundings. This requir...
In a preprint academic paper published in early April, MIT researchers describe a model that quantifies the impact of quarantine measures on the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Unlike most of the models that have so far been proposed, this one doesn’t rely on data from studies...
Two independent WeWork directors failed to fast-track their lawsuit over SoftBank Group Corp.’s decision to scrap a $3 billion stock purchase that was part of a rescue package the struggling office space provi...
Before the pandemic, Yiying Lu was known for her work designing the Twitter Fail Whale and the dumpling and boba tea emojis. In the past few weeks, Lu said she was called to a higher purpose. From her apartment in San Francisco, she toiled away in a Slack channel with two
As experience designers, we think of friction as any moment that prevents an uninterrupted flow through the built environment, and we try to come up with solutions that can create “frictionless experiences.”
In the wake of the global pandemic, today’s COVID-19 world has created significant challenges for commercial real estate professionals: real estate discovery will move online, collaborating online will be more common, office space will need redesign. Owners and brokers need solutions, tenants need guidance. Join us as we discuss innovative strategies to collaborate and help commercial real estat...
A survey of corporate real estate professionals at large corporations globally indicates that workers will return in waves, as opposed to all returning at once. From 8-13 April, CoreNet Global conducted a survey of its 11,000 members to gain insight on a key question confronting corporate real estate (CRE) professionals: how, when and under what circumstances will employees begin to return to thei...