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Today, the acute asthma attack of a primary school-aged girl in February 2013 was ruled by a U.K. court to be due to air pollution. It is thought to be the first ruling of its kind in the world. Only a year after Ella Kissi-Debrah died,...

Industrious, an office space provider that counts WeWork among its rivals, named a new head of legal as it bolsters its management team ahead of a potential public listing in 2021. The New York-based company hired Clem Turner, head of the alternative capital practice at law firm Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC, in a newly created role as its top lawyer.

Breather, a startup that rents office space by the day, has run out of air. The Montreal-based company plans to shutter more than 400 locations in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. In some cases, it will assign outposts to third parties, who will close them to repay the company’s creditors, the Globe and Mail reported.

While offices remain closed and travel isn't an option, some companies are turning to virtual reality to bring employees together. Let's face it: Slack sessions and Zoom happy hours can only go so far to promote company cohesion. VR can provide another outlet, even if the technology is still in its infancy.

The campus infrastructure team at the National University of Singapore was getting frustrated. The team wanted to refresh the university’s aging buildings and create a smart campus with connected, automated systems and a cooler, more comfortable outdoor environment. But they couldn’t find a way to make the dozens of standalone systems in the university’s 260 buildings — from ai...

More than $1 billion in buying power has left #Tribeca #NYC since the pandemic began; half of that was in the first 60 days. #COVID19 's $34 billion dollar bite out of the Big Apple -- #locationdata #humanmobility #CRE

In less than a year, the pandemic shot us more than a decade ahead in the workplace transformation. The pandemic's acceleration of telecommuting has changed much more than the way we attend meetings. We'll see lasting impacts on company culture, the job market, demographics and cities.

Empty co-working spaces are helping push office vacancies in big cities to levels not seen in decades, threatening the commercial-property sector’s reputation as a haven for investors. Office buildings are often considered relatively protected from economic shocks because most tenants are locked into long-term leases of five years and often more. Landlords could count on steady income even at ti...

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Co-working franchisor Office Evolution is continuing its Texas expansion by signing leases for the brand’s first locations in San Antonio and Austin. These will be Office Evolution’s fifth and sixth locally owned locations in the Lone Star State.