Notes on buildings, tenants, and the market.

To successfully meet the needs of the modern workforce, companies need to prioritize the values they care about, and property teams need to provide the intentional workplace environments that will attract and retain ...

Commercial real estate (CRE) owners and operators that are looking to reduce their carbon footprints and optimize their property operations cannot do so without smart technologies. And, in order to meet their long-term ...

Today, flexible work environments are driven by a single truth: the hybrid workplace is what modern tenants want. And to meet their demands, office buildings need to be more than a location that produces work. From the ...

Joanna Morrow and Adriana Silva Senior Property Manager and Regional Marketing and Events Manager At LBA Realty, Joanna and Adriana support two different sides of the business. On one hand, Joanna manages the day-to-day ...

Last week, we talked about the importance of technology in the workplace and its ability to enhance the tenant engagement journey — all the way from initial activation to building full-fledged customer loyalty. And, ...

After a tumultuous two years, the commercial real estate (CRE) industry is at an inflection point. The increased use of smart building software and emphasis on flexible, hospitality-driven workplace experiences has ...

In the first episode of The Let’s Go Show, Michael Beckerman, the CEO of CRETech, joined Chase Garbarino to discuss how they got started in commercial real estate (CRE), the recent technological challenges in the ...

The secret to enhancing tenant engagement in the workplace is making sure your property’s physical infrastructure and technology stack work together in unison. HqO’s Engagement Experts have identified three stages of ...

Every commercial real estate (CRE) property, tenant, and employee has different needs. Driving renewed value to the office requires a unique approach to workplace events and engagement strategies. Despite recent changes ...

Experiences have taken the commercial real estate (CRE) industry by storm. So much so, that a strong focus on personalized workplace experiences is the key behind modern property teams’ ability to attract and retain ...

Determining a clear vision for the future of commercial real estate (CRE) is a difficult task, but there are some things we know for certain. Our cities are fundamental to the future workplace experience. Cities were ...

Palmer Simpson HqO Account Executive, Canada Palmer Simpson joined HqO in July 2021 to oversee all Canadian accounts and help grow HqO across Canada. Prior to HqO, Palmer worked in Global Investments and Asset ...

You may have heard about human-centered design, but do you know how it applies to the workplace? Today’s top companies are putting their customers first by using modern workplace amenities to help their employees ...

Anna Kassaraba Senior Software Engineer at HqO Anna is a Senior Software Engineer at HqO, reporting to the Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) teams. She is a front-end engineer focusing on mobile development, and is ...

Professor Andrew Baum has been thinking about and studying the real estate industry since 1970. He recently began teaching MBA students and executives at the University of Oxford, soon realizing that his students wanted ...

In August 2021, 4.3 million U.S. workers quit their jobs. An additional 15% of the workforce plans to leave their job before the start of 2022. What’s the reasoning behind this massive shift, which has been dubbed the ...

Thijs van der Burgt, CEO of the Netherlands-based tenant and engagement platform Office App, has a long history of technology ventures. Though his prior companies focused on health and parenting, Thijs was inspired to ...

Though the pandemic certainly accelerated the need for digital technologies, real estate data and analytics solutions were being taken up by commercial real estate (CRE) companies before then. In 2019, nearly 77% of ...

The office has changed a lot since March 2020, when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 virus a global pandemic. As the entire world scrambled to adjust to heightened health and safety protocols, ...

Traditionally, building amenities have been a way for commercial real estate (CRE) companies to enhance their properties, retain and attract office tenants, and even charge higher rent. The difference between an ‘okay’ ...