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Lauren July 29, 2020
The leading global provider of mission-critical software-as-a-service platforms and on-demand technology to the flexible workspace industry, announces the launch of Smart Access. In a flexible office portfolio, space access is a common pain point for operators and their members. Administering entry...
Lauren July 29, 2020
As WeWork fights to retain tenants around the world in what some are calling a vacancy crisis, other companies in the flexible office space industry see mixed results. Convene began to reopen its offices in late June, but with most clients’ average Convene lease lasting 18 months, companies are hesitant to recommit. CEO Ryan Simonetti told Bisnow in June he hoped for 25% to 50% occupancy at b...
Lauren July 29, 2020
The pandemic has made business more dependent on cloud-computing than ever—and companies are now racing to rein in the soaring costs. Cloud spending at Audi Business Innovation GmbH, a unit of Volkswagen AG -owned car maker Audi, jumped 12% between March a...
Lauren July 29, 2020
When it rains, it pours. These aren’t the drops that seem to drench New York City nearly every afternoon this summer, but the lawsuits that are piling up against Knotel, claiming the flex-office company is skipping out on rent. Since the beginning of July, at least four landlords have sued Knotel alleging the company owes a total of $1.6 million in unpaid rent, court records show.
Lauren July 29, 2020
WeWork enjoyed explosive early growth as a refuge for small startups and freelancers. Now, it is ditching that image while trying to revive its business with larger, more-traditional corporate clients. With the new emphasis, WeWork hopes to weather a serious downturn in the office market triggered by the coronavirus. In June, large companies accounted for 65% of its new customers, said Sandeep Mat...
Lauren July 28, 2020
Fewer than one-tenth of Manhattan office workers have returned to the workplace a month after New York gave businesses the green light to return to the buildings they vacated in March, according to the city’s leading landlords, brokerage firms and empl...
Lauren July 28, 2020
Today, 98% of people have a smartphone, the most desired credential, yet only 5% use them to unlock the doors to their office. This may soon change as 44% said access control is now more important to them after the coronavirus pandemic.   Nexkey
Lauren July 28, 2020
Tishman Speyer rolled out its coworking concept, Studio, to two more Manhattan buildings, as some predict flexible office leases to become more popular for businesses in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Commercial Observer has learned.
Lauren July 28, 2020
Google will keep its employees home until at least next July, making the search-engine giant the first major U.S. corporation to formalize such an extended timetable in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The move will affect nearly all of the roughly 200,000 full-time and contract employees across Google p...
Lauren July 27, 2020
A shift potentially as monumental as the movement of workers into factories during the Industrial Revolution has swept the globe, only this transition happened in months, and moved people in the opposite direction—back home. Despite its speed, we’re still in th...