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Designing for a Destination Office
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How Hospitality-Inspired Thinking Can Reshape the Way We Experience the Workplace By Nicholas Willis The role of traditional office space has evolved over the last several years. The office environment has been reshaped in part by attendance and the emergence of remote and hybrid work. Once vibrant environments that were designed for employees to have
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A brief history of price setting and information warfare By John Jarvis We live in an age of data and AI is weaponizing that data. Depending on where you sit, all that data is either your best friend or your fiercest foe. Imagine you are shopping for a new car. You call up your local
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By Alex Musetti & Will Tober We can’t tell you how many times we have toured a stunning, high-design office that feels more like a museum than a workplace. Every amenity is there, from the sleek fitness center and the high-end espresso machine to the shuffleboard table. But despite all these high-end details, if culture
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Beware the Status Quo By John Jarvis The term VUCA was invented by the U.S. Army War College in the 1980s to describe post-Cold War international dynamics. It is an acronym for volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. This clearly describes the state of play in so much of our lives today in 2026. In times
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By Jason Hughes I’ve always believed there are leadership lessons everywhere if you’re paying attention. Sports in particular have a way of revealing mindset in its purest form. The discipline, the preparation, the resilience. Recently I watched a short interview with Cooper Kupp, Super Bowl MVP and one of the most respected receivers in the
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By Jason Hughes In the fast-paced life cycle of business, we spend much of our time focused on what’s next: the next client, the next milestone, the next strategic move. That forward momentum is healthy. It drives performance and pushes us to improve. But without pausing to reflect and practice gratitude, it’s easy to become
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A Q&A With Jason & Shay Hughes Fifteen years ago, Hughes Marino was built on two bold ideas: that tenants deserved a true non-conflicted advocate and that commercial real estate could be elevated through a more sophisticated, service-driven model supporting both our clients and our advisors. While a lot of exciting things have changed over
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Why real estate strategy separates thriving aerospace companies from those that plateau By Gavin Curtis Space and defense companies can fail for many reasons—funding shortfalls, financing challenges, intense competition and more. But one area where management can have an outsized impact on a company’s success is through smart facility planning. Even technically brilliant companies can
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A well-structured build-to-suit (BTS) can deliver the exact facility your team needs, without overpaying for features you’ll never use. The key is attacking cost barriers head-on: establish ruthless cost visibility, choose procurement models that align incentives, standardize wherever possible and use digital decisioning to avoid missteps before they happen. BTS is a development approach in
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A cooler, more predictable capital market is reshaping how companies take control of their real estate in 2026. With commercial real estate interest rates stabilizing near 6%–6.5% for industrial and 6.5%–7.25% for office property, and a looming $1.8 trillion maturity wall creating motivated sellers and creative capital, buyers have more choice—and leverage—than they’ve had in
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Relocating an office in 2026 is a complex, multi-stakeholder initiative, comprised of part logistics, part change management and part technology program. Office relocation encompasses moving a company’s physical workspace, including furniture, equipment, personnel and IT infrastructure, in addition to shifting to an entire new location while protecting continuity and cost. If you’re asking, “what’s the