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As many employers invite or require their workers to return to the office, following safety guidelines is crucial to employees’ physical well-being and peace of mind.

Crowdfunding Is Lowering Barriers to Commercial Real Estate Investment. Here's How to Get the Most From It.

Has the decline in high street shopping brought about a new opportunity for flexible workspace operators to move into town centers and change the way we all work?

IWG, the world’s largest flexible workspace company, has made its first move to capitalise on the retrenchment of WeWork, taking over a Hong Kong office vacated by its rival.

There are a lot of ways to size up buildings, whether by measuring their height, comparing styles of architecture or dissecting their histories. But in the era of climate change, more and more emphasis is being placed on a building's "green" credentials, as environmental impact leads decisions around design, construction and operations. On Earth Day, look through CNN Style's round-up of 18 noteworthy green buildings from around the world.

Investors are facing a huge challenge stemming from the lack of economic clarity due to the coronavirus outbreak. The need to assess current portfolios is becoming increasingly important for investment managers with low liquidity, for listed real estate companies with discounts to their net asset value (NAV), as well as for private equity investors with positions in operating companies.

Europe’s warehouses are increasingly focussing on creating high-quality work environments as competition heats up in a tight labour market. In such conditions, developers and investors are increasingly aware they must upgrade the traditional warehouse workplace to sign up tenants – and in turn ensure these tenants can attract and retain the staff they need, explains Balazs Juhasz, industrial consultant at JLL Hungary.

Quiet zones, amenities for parents and gender-neutral facilities are increasingly common for companies seeking to nurture a diverse range of employees. As more companies set their sights on creating inclusive workplaces, there’s a growing focus on design that accommodates a wide range of physical, mental and emotional needs to enable all employees to do their job to the best of their abilities.

IREX is to launch live streaming with the office real estate experts via Zoom on April 23, 2020 to discuss the most popular and important subjects on construction and organization of office life. Ecological problems are now especially acute in big cities. Moreover, it is necessary to pay attention not only on streets, creating parks, squares, recreation areas and controlling harmful emissions, but also on the workplace ecology. Working in office, the employee is defenseless against infections. Due to that, in the context of pandemic, the majority of the office workers had to switch to a remote work. The recent months showed that it is time to change trends and standards of office constriction. It is required to provide not only convenient workplaces and comfortable relaxation areas, but also to protect employees from harmful effects as much as possible.

Big data is changing established ways of working within real estate from the inside out. Transaction data used in analysis is now days, rather than months old. Numerous site visits are no longer the first part of the buying or leasing process; long before investors or companies set foot in the building, they’ll have reviewed a shortlist that uses data to match their requirements to its plus and minus points.

Herenstaete, an iconic 64,600-square-foot property, is currently undergoing a sweeping renovation that will yield modern, sustainable office space while preserving historically significant features. CBRE Global Investors enhances its presence in the Netherlands office market with the acquisition of Herenstaete, a historic office asset in Amsterdam.

Paris emerged as the most liquid real estate market in the world Global property consultant JLL is reporting this week that worldwide commercial real estate investment volumes increased by 10% in the fourth quarter of 2019, to $245 billion. This brought full-year activity to $800 billion, up 4% from the elevated levels seen in 2018, making 2019 the strongest year for commercial real estate investment on record.

Commercial landlords swept up in coworking and open office trends have not lost sight on the importance of physical office space in accommodating the Millennial and Gen-Z consumer.

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Russia's international co-working office space company SOK has opened a 3,000 square meter shared workspace facility in Tel Aviv's Nitsba Tower with more than 500 work stations. SOK says the office workspace has a special eco-friendly design to provide its 500 tenants with the best conditions for productive work.

Hugh Jones will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer of Reed Exhibitions on February 1st, succeeding Chet Burchett who is retiring and returning to Texas after five years.

Amazon is said to be on the hunt for new office space in London as the e-commerce giant doubles down on its commitment to the capital after Brexit. The tech firm has called in advisers at Cushman & Wakefield to find a building with roughly 200,000 square feet of office space, the Times reported.

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A report from JLL reveals that the level of investment into Russia’s real estate was up by almost a quarter (24%) year-on-year in the first half of 2019 to $1.6 billion.

JLL presents the Q1 2019 results of the branded hotel market* in Moscow, Moscow Region and St. Petersburg.