Microsoft’s pending acquisition of gaming giant ActivisionBlizzard is the Seattle company’s latest volley in a growing battle to control the future of cloud-based gaming — and ultimately the metaverse. It could also transform the global data center landscape.
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In our monthly surveys of 5,000 American workers and 500 U.S. employers, and in our numerous conversations with managers, a huge shift to hybrid work is abundantly clear for office and knowledge workers. An emerging norm is three days a week in the office and two at home, cutting days on site by 30% or more.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch is reporting that Virginia’s capital city will get a new tallest building when CoStar Group, a commercial real estate analytics and research firm, expands its James River campus with a 26-story skyscraper.
Real-estate software and data firm VTS has agreed to acquire an app company that aims to simplify office life as more workers are heading back to their desks.
VTS, whose primary business is providing online tools to landlords for managing leases and tenant data, said it is buying Toronto-based Lane Technologies Inc. The price is about $200 million, according to people familiar with the matter, ...
Even as some employers command workers back to the office, a handful of housing providers, flush with new venture funding, are betting that one pandemic trend is here to stay—the demand for flexible, short-term apartment rentals.
Office tenants are touring buildings at the highest numbers since the start of the pandemic — an early indicator that companies may be ready to commit to new workspaces and sign leases. But this early activity is still far below where it was pre-Covid.
The sublease market exploded during the pandemic. As companies moved employees offsite and shut down offices, they looked to shed unused space through subleasing. Alpha Lease Management CEO Phil Raglin says that the sublease market is going to become a new normal in commercial real estate.
Current data issued this week by Cushman & Wakefield suggests that most of the world will achieve herd resiliency—i.e., over 70% either vaccinated or infected—by Q2 2022 and that current trends suggest most office workers globally will be able to return to the office in the first quarter of 2022.
Cushman & Wakefield reported that 40% of the workforce had returned to the office as of...
The Delta variant of Covid-19 is slowing, but not ending the recovery of the office sector, JLL is reporting.
Acknowledging Delta has pushed back decisions and added near-term uncertainty, JLL is still expressing confidence the office market will recover and remain a critical part of the workplace, and of investment portfolios.