Corporate Real Estate
September 18, 2011
The Office of the Future A more mobile workforce is without question a growing trend as technology and mobile devices allow employees to work from just about anywhere. How the workforce is distributed is a topic you will begin to hear more about from corporate real estate managers over the next couple of years. The [...]
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September 15, 2011
The United States has the Highest Share of National Employment in Large Enterprises I have come across a few articles in the recent past about how the corporate office campus was an endangered species, which I have dismissed as unsubstantiated rhetoric. However, much of that chatter seemed to die down after a flurry of recent [...]
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September 9, 2011
Making Sense of the Office Market Yesterday as I read this headline from Bloomberg: “Financial Demand for Office Space Is Steady Amid Job Cuts, Landlords Say.” I couldn’t help but think about the fact I have not seen anything written recently about “Shadow Office Vacancy”. Rewind back to last year and you will remember there [...]
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May 24, 2011
CoreNet Global Summit Matthew Fanoe, Vice President of Real Estate at Coca Cola Refreshments discusses changes in the corporate real estate landscape at the recent CoreNet Global Summit in Chicago. He shares his thoughts on: The relationship between the CRE end user and service providers Trends in workspace design The impact of technology in the [...]
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October 8, 2009
The result: an immediately reduced rental rate If you have been following the latest developments in the commercial office space market you are reading headlines such as “Office Rents Dive as Vacancies Rise” and “Office Space Vacancies reach Multi-year Highs” and it is no surprise office market fundamentals have deteriorated substantially during the current economic [...]
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September 24, 2009
Controlling occupancy cost begins with the understanding of the “Three L’s” Beyond occasionally reviewing market surveys, lease agreements and floor plans, senior managers in many companies rarely concern themselves with all the nuances of corporate real estate. Executives may not perceive that they can have significant impact on their cost structure by aggressively managing their [...]
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September 6, 2009
Occasionally, a tenant prematurely vacates the leased premises. When negotiating your lease it may not seem to be a clause of primary importance. However, we don’t always foresee challenging economic times and given the amount of sublease space currently on the market only proves why it is critical to pay special to attention to these [...]
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What About the Shadow Office Vacancy?
September 9, 2011Making Sense of the Office Market Yesterday as I read this headline from Bloomberg: “Financial Demand for Office Space Is Steady Amid Job Cuts, Landlords Say.” I couldn’t help but think about the fact I have not seen anything written recently about “Shadow Office Vacancy”. Rewind back to last year and you will remember there [...]