Notes on buildings, tenants, and the market.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has changed almost every aspect of our daily lives, it has only accelerated the adoption of touchless technology in the workplace. Tenant-focused needs such as a direct line of communication ...

In our 2021 Industry Outlook, The State of Tenant Experience, we discuss the rise of “phygital” or omnichannel experiences for the office — or the use of technology to bridge the divide between the physical and digital ...

In today’s environment, it is more important than ever to know who is accessing your properties and when. A post-COVID world increases the need for the right visitor management solutions for the office, due to specific ...

Google has become well-known as one of the best places to work in the world. The company focuses on the employee experience better than any other — its offices are amenity rich, featuring coffee bars and restaurants, ...

As we reflected in our 2021 state of tenant experience report, an incredible amount has changed this past year — including the modern-day tenant experience. As you read on, we’ll walk you through what you need to know ...

When thinking about a typical commercial real estate tenant, many overlook the small details of their day. From their morning commute, to their favorite coffee, to even post-work activities such as doctor’s appointments ...

What Makes a Building “Smart”? If you’re a part of the commercial real estate (CRE) community, you’ve undoubtedly heard the term “smart building” countless times over the years. But what is smart building technology, ...

The image of an accelerating, ever-enlarging snowball rolling downhill is one of the most universally understood symbols of a force; once begun, it continues to grow with a powerful, unrelenting, and unstoppable ...

The logistics around where, when, and how people work have changed drastically — especially due to the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. To triumph over constantly evolving health and safety regulations, ...

In recent years, the tenant experience (TeX) space has been flooded with new software providers and offerings, often making it difficult to identify the best property management app from the rest. However, the pandemic ...

Today’s commercial real estate landscape is more complex than ever. Tenant and office building needs have evolved – and are continuing to evolve – at a dizzying rate. The flexibility offered by hybrid work models, which ...

It’s safe to say that technological innovation has been constantly evolving for the past several years. However, no one would have been able to predict the whirlwind of digital adoption before the COVID-19 pandemic ...

With an increased emphasis on workplace experience taking hold of commercial real estate (CRE), the need for young talent in the workforce has become paramount to the industry’s success. In 2019, the United States ...

Recently, we released our commercial real estate outlook for the upcoming year, The State of TeX in 2021. With all the changes that the global health pandemic has brought to the CRE and proptech industries in 2020, a ...

The use of technology to bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds in a unique and interactive way for the end-user is a fairly new practice, but one that is not disappearing anytime soon. “Phygital” ...

Smart technology in buildings has been one of the biggest trends in construction since 2015, and it continues to gain strong momentum as the office sector enters a new era of technological innovation. What is a smart ...

When we released our commercial real estate forecast last year, The State of TeX in 2020, none of our predictions could have anticipated the complete digital revolution that was to come. Due to the onset of the global ...

When our CEO Chase Garbarino announced HqO’s $34.2 million Series B funding round back in December of 2019, he stated: “It has been two years since we launched our first version of the HqO platform. At the time, we ...

There is something undeniably electric about Opening Day. The beginning of a new season brings with it a renewed spirit of hope, alongside a fresh, unbridled enthusiasm born of the promise of new possibilities, shared ...

It’s no secret that building design has come a long way. Though what we currently think of when we envision a smart building — a fully tech-enabled, supercomputer of the future — has only been around since the start of ...