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Google Is Betting Big On The Office

September 24, 2021

According to the New York Times, Google announced on Tuesday that it would spend $2.1 billion to buy a sprawling Manhattan office building on the Hudson River waterfront, paying one of the largest prices in recent years for an office building in the United States and providing a jolt of optimism to a real estate industry lashed by the pandemic.

by David Harrison

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Bad Office Makes for Good Residential

September 23, 2021

Guest Post by Steven Paynter, Principal, Gensler

Going into the pandemic, the city of Calgary, Alberta, was already facing an existential crisis. The office vacancy rate had risen to 24 per cent due to plunging oil prices. A year on, and the vacancy rate is hovering around 32 per cent. To put that into perspective, the corporate office vacancy rate is double that of Detroit’s when it declared bankruptcy in 2013. Calgary now has 12 million square feet of vacant office space on the market.

by CoreNet Global

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Hybrid Schmybrid – Don’t Believe the Workplace Hype

September 22, 2021

Guest Post by Rob Kubiak, Director, Research & Analytics, Wurkwel

The Hybrid Workplace. Return to Office dates being pushed back. The Great Resignation. Full-time remote work. Flexible working. Future of the Office. Employee wellness. Cybersecurity. Digital Nomads. Vaccination policies. Work-Life Balance.

by CoreNet Global

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Investing in Employees at Work

September 21, 2021

Physical spaces drive culture and talent development

Guest Post by Deirdre Jimenez, AIA, NCIDQ, BIFMA President & CEO

Returning to the office provides companies the ultimate opportunity for change and rebirth. The pandemic has disrupted many industries, and, for most, working from home has lost its allure. In addition to increasing productivity and community, companies that return to the office have greater opportunities for creating a culture of talent development, which is pivotal in building long term competitive advantage.

by CoreNet Global

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Why This Badge Matters to Me

September 20, 2021

Guest post by Vik Bangia, MCR, CEO Verum Consulting, LLC

Last week, CoreNet Global issued digital credentials in the form of badges like this one. The badges acknowledge member achievements in various areas such as years of membership, faculty roles, volunteer roles, and different types of professional designations earned through the association.

by CoreNet Global

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4 essential workplace tech features to manage the return to office

September 15, 2021

From our “Workplace Agility” Thought Leader Partner, MRI Software

Guest post by, James Foster

As work-from-home restrictions ease for many countries, people around the world are beginning to think about returning to the office. This introduces some challenges for businesses to adapt office environments to a different way of working.

What will the office look like once workers begin returning? Without a doubt, there will be plenty of new safety protocols involving strict personal hygiene and physical distancing, but how do we make this transition as simple and as safe as possible?

by CoreNet Global

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Nyriad Moves Global Headquarters from New Zealand to U.S.

September 15, 2021

Data storage firm Nyriad Inc. announced that ithas relocated its global headquarters from New Zealand to the U.S. as it prepares to launch the industry’s first storage solutions based on a new architecture that redefines how data is stored, according to a press release posted on HPCWire.

by David Harrison

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Is Pittsburgh Becoming a Hub for Automated Vehicles?

September 13, 2021

Aurora, a self-driving technology company that has plans to go  public, has named Pittsburgh its home base, even though the company has operations in San Francisco and Dallas, according to NextPittsburgh.com

by David Harrison

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Google Searching for Return

September 9, 2021

Google is delaying the return to work for employees for a third time, as reported on CNBC.

by David Harrison

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5 Elements of Comfort to Optimize for Better Workplace Health

September 8, 2021

Guest Post by Pippa Boothman, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Disruptive Technologies

Traditionally, the most important role of workplace managers is to help organizations optimize their resources. Now, resilience, sustainability, and employee safety are at the very top of corporate agendas. 

by CoreNet Global

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Still bricks and mortar!

September 7, 2021

Insurance giant Genworth will move employees to temporary space as it redevelops its Richmond, VA headquarters. 

by David Harrison

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4 Emerging Patterns About Hybrid Work and the Future of the Office

September 6, 2021

From our “New Workplace Realities” Thought Leader Partner

Guest post by Janet Pogue McLaurin

Early on in the pandemic, the Gensler Research Institute began conducting a series of workplace surveys in various countries around the world to understand how, and where, office workers want to work in a post-pandemic future. Our research is ongoing, and workers continue to experiment with how and where they work in the face of ongoing uncertainty around the virus, but after 18+ months we’re beginning to see some universal truths and patterns about the hybrid future of work.

by CoreNet Global

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