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Culture Insights Office Sector

Attracting And Retaining Employees Has Employers Getting Creative

  • January 26, 2023
Employee needs have shifted dramatically in the last three years. The task of recruiting and retaining employees has begun to extend beyond the traditional compensation package. What matters now is not just how and where employees work, but the means in which employers demonstrate how much they value the contributions of employees. Here we take a glimpse at the current labor market and some of the ways businesses are getting creative with benefits and job perks to attract and retain workers.
Insights Sustainability

Exploring the “E” in ESG: First of a Three-Part Series on Environmental, Social and Governance

  • January 19, 2023
As a corporate priority, companies are now making tangible moves to create value through Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). But what does it really mean beyond the buzzwords and terminology? In KBS’ three-part series, we’ll take a deep dive into each element of ESG — and its strategic application to the commercial real estate industry (CRE).
Economic Trends Educational Insights

Inflation and What it Could Mean for Commercial Real Estate

  • January 12, 2023
Inflation is the economic worry of the moment, a headache that could affect commercial real estate over the coming months. But should CRE actually be seen as a hedge against inflation?
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Keeping Employees On-Site Calls for an Amenity Rich Office Environment.

  • January 3, 2023
In the wake of what’s transpired over the past two and a half years, workers are seeking out employers who offer flexibility and on-site amenities that support their wellbeing — all while nurturing the personal connections that fuel office culture and camaraderie.
Insights Office Sector

Top 7 Workplace Trends for Drawing Employees Back to the Office

  • December 12, 2022
In terms of lingering employee attitudes toward careers and job satisfaction, the pandemic really struck a nerve. Working from home, taking meetings through Zoom, and performing job responsibilities virtually, have all left a marked impression on peoples’ work attitudes.
Industry Trends Insights

How Life Sciences is Invigorating Commercial Real Estate

  • November 18, 2022
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that the life sciences have had a tremendous, life-saving impact across the globe. Vaccines and treatments now allow most people to avoid Covid’s worst outcomes — results that would not have been possible without an existing infrastructure replete with life sciences facilities. But Covid is just the latest and most visible concern being tackled.
Economic Trends Insights

What an Economic Downturn May Mean for CRE in 2023

  • November 14, 2022
As 2023 approaches, the big question for commercial real estate (CRE) is what happens next. We’re leaving the world of pandemic economics behind — along with a series of shifts and spikes no one had fully anticipated. The most basic issue for the coming year concerns the value of money. Will the inflationary spike that began in 2022 continue into the coming year and beyond? And what does it mean for CRE?
Industry Trends Insights

What’s Next for CRE’s Industrial Sector?

  • October 19, 2022
The transformation of retail has given the already-stout industrial sector an added boost, but with economic headwinds in the forecast, will industrial players soon have to say “so long” to “so good”?
Industry Trends Insights

What Modernized Building Codes Mean for Commercial Real Estate

  • October 11, 2022
Earlier this summer, the government announced a multi-faceted initiative for new building codes designed to modernize commercial and residential infrastructure for disaster resilience and energy conservation. The National Initiative to Advance Building Codes is part of an ambitious approach to dealing with climate change. Here are a few insights on the initiative and the impact that modernized building codes have on commercial real estate (CRE).
Industry Trends Insights

Multifamily CRE Remains Strong in 2022 

  • September 27, 2022
Investment in multifamily commercial real estate (CRE) started off the year with a bang, and the segment appears to be headed for a strong and smooth finish. Trends in multifamily CRE have seen double-digit boosts in rent growth and heightened investor interest. But what’s waiting for this thriving industry the remainder of the year?
Insights Thought Leadership

The Redefinition of Office Markets: Q&A with Gio Cordoves, Western Regional President of KBS

  • September 13, 2022
While COVID-19 shuffled the deck for many in commercial real estate (CRE), the office market had already begun to redefine itself prior to the pandemic. In addition to historically defined categories of CBD and Suburban, new office markets have been emerging as the sector continues its evolution. We caught up with Gio Cordoves, western regional president of KBS, about these emerging office markets and how the definition of office is changing in the post-pandemic environment.
Industry Trends Insights Office Space

The Big Shift in Office: The Purpose-led Workplace

  • September 7, 2022
As unemployment rates continue to remain low, companies are challenged to find what factors will attract and retain the best talent — and how keeping talent happy and productive impacts their bottom line. Enter the “Big Shift” in commercial real estate (CRE) — the pivot to regenerative, “purpose-led” offices, which JLL defines as redesigned space that creates a more collaborative environment to foster high-quality work and interaction while providing stimulating, nurturing ambience.
Industry Trends Insights

CRE Takes a Journey into the Metaverse

  • August 30, 2022
Commercial real estate (CRE) relies heavily on social trends and technology to stay current and competitive. One of the latest developments to have captured our collective imaginations is the metaverse, perhaps because of its sci-fi sounding name — or, due to the investments made in the technology by global brands, FinTechs, and even celebrities. A potentially multi-trillion dollar opportunity buoyed by nearly 400 million current users (projected to reach five billion by 2030), the metaverse may be poised to become the next big tactic in business strategy.
Industry Trends Insights

Multi-tenant Retail Opportunities in Commercial Real Estate

  • August 18, 2022
Call it a recovery or even a renaissance, but multi-tenant retail has tenaciously and innovatively rebounded to the delight of consumers, operators and investors. Multi-tenant, and its sub-sector, open-air shopping centers, have emerged as a bright spot in the post-COVID retail landscape.
Insights

CRE and the Life Sciences Boom

  • August 11, 2022
Due to the increased pressure produced by the wake of COVID-19, commercial real estate (CRE) industries such as the life sciences have had to accelerate innovation to stay afloat. Similarly, industrial saw a rise in demand for space to support the sector’s new and expanding activities. Let’s look closer at the Life Sciences Boom and how CRE has taken strides to accommodate its growth.
Industry Trends Insights

E-Commerce Continues to Fuel CRE’s Industrial Segment

  • July 28, 2022
As a powerful supporting driver of Commercial Real Estate (CRE), e-commerce has shown how it can endure, even through a pandemic and supply chain shutdowns. Learn more about how e-commerce has helped maintain a steady demand for space — and how the Industrial sector is responding.
Industry Trends Insights

Taking the LEED — Sustainability Trends in Commercial Real Estate

  • July 20, 2022
The global seismic shifts we’ve experience in the past few years — the pandemic, the push for social justice and climate-driven events — have converged to permanently alter trends in commercial real estate (CRE). Add to that the ticking clock for reversing the climate crisis, and we can see why sustainability trends in CRE are of the highest priority, worldwide.
Industry Trends Insights

As the Office Continues to Evolve — so Does the Employee

  • July 5, 2022
The evolved workplace is here, something not at all like the traditional offices last seen in 2019. As a result of the pandemic, a revised relationship now exists between organizations and employees. A new middle ground is beginning to emerge, a more welcoming and supportive environment where new creative office environments play a central role.
Industry Trends Insights

PropTech: Bringing a Technological Edge to Office CRE

  • June 20, 2022
Property technology — more popularly known as “PropTech” — is a buzzword being thrown around in the commercial real estate (CRE) world today, especially post-pandemic where smarter and more sustainable technological solutions are pushed to the center of conversations.
Economic Trends Industry Trends Insights

Retail Revival – Mixing Digital Convenience with the Brick & Mortar Experience

  • June 8, 2022
From “phygital” to fulfillment, industrial to ESG, there’s an evolutionary resurgence in retail that presents new opportunities for innovative commercial real estate companies.
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