It’s been almost two months since I started on a change in path and stood up 4th Spaces. In those two months, I have received one question more than any other: what do you like doing most? At first, it was a tough question to answer on the spot. There is so much that goes…
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The question of the year in Corporate Real Estate: What is success?
Welcome to 2024. If we thought 2021, 2022, and 2023 were wild real estate years, we had no idea what was still ahead. I have already put my wagers down on the fact that there will be no “return to normal” as defined by how things worked before COVID. But I am increasingly thinking that…
Workplace technology post-pandemic has changed almost as much as the physical workplace model has.
Some days it feels quaint to look back at how we worked five short years ago. Video calls were not common. Hybrid working was a niche concept. Most of our days in the office were spent plugged into a desk. Most of our days were AT the office. One thing that recently struck me is…
The massive changes to CRE over the past and coming years mean stress and burnout to individuals.
I enjoy looking at the incredibly uncertain landscape that is Corporate and Commercial Real Estate. For me, it is a wide-open opportunity to figure out new solutions and implement them. I get excited by change because it presents a challenge I have not yet faced. It is a chance to prove myself against the world….
The long-term downsizing of a real estate portfolio requires a lot more than just building smaller workplaces. It must be a partnership of all areas of the business led by a strong CRE team.
I have spoken over the last six months to many corporate real estate leaders dealing with the no-win scenario of being told by Finance to cut costs by reducing space while being told by the business that there must be enough space to maintain a 3-day-a-week in-office mandate. The two directions are incompatible in the…
Taking time to stop and recognize your biases will help you better approach the problems you are trying to solve.
Hi, my name is David, and I actively hold many biases about the right ways to approach corporate real estate. All of us have biases. They are formed through teaching and experience. There are many ways that biases both help and hinder us in our everyday lives. Sometimes making things easier (a bias against a…
If you are evaluating Work from Home against Work from Office, you are looking at the wrong problem.
I am astonished at the number of articles and think pieces that continue to come out comparing the pros and cons of WFH to WFO. Somewhere, the world collectively decided these two concepts are mutually exclusive when the truth is the opposite. It is entirely possible for companies and individuals to maximize the collective benefits…
6 big predictions on where Corporate Real Estate is heading over the next three years.
There is a general sense that the world of Real Estate (both Corporate and Commercial) is due for massive change. The pandemic has shown that the way work was done before can dramatically change leading to more work-from-home days and smaller corporate workplace requirements. This then could have a knock-on effect on commercial real estate…