Life science includes many specialties in medical fields such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, environmental and biomedical devices, therapeutics, and biomedical technologies. The commercial real estate needs of these companies are similarly varied and complex. While start-ups...

Over the last year and a half, we have witnessed a transformational change in how we conduct our work. For many, going to the office daily is no longer essential. The pandemic fully demonstrated that technology enables us to effectively work anywhere. That ‘choice’ in where to work is...

With the emergence of greater demand for advances in medicine and healthcare, the top innovation clusters of Boston-Cambridge, San Francisco, New York City, New Jersey, and Philadelphia have experienced increased funding levels from diverse sectors in recent years. This increase in...

Trust — The contract between employers and employees has shifted. Employers will learn to trust that their employees will do the jobs they need to do. Prior to 2020, many employers did not embrace remote work and thought employees could only work efficiently if they were being...

The emergence of the Delta variant has managed to buy employers, designers, and office building owners extra time to consider how best to eventually bring office workers back to the workplace. Those considering every aspect of the matter may have pondered how to lure employees who...

Unassigned seating is not a new concept; it is one that has been present in the workplace industry for years. While the thought of not having a dedicated workspace might have made employees feel a bit uneasy in the past, the pandemic re-established the trend’s promising future as it...

Institutions of higher learning are facing many challenges in the coming decade. A demographic shift in the college-age population, constrained governmental funding, economic uncertainty from donor bases, and perhaps most traumatic of all, the life-altering impact of a worldwide...

Unassigned seating is not a new concept; it is one that has been present in the workplace industry for years. While the thought of not having a dedicated workspace might have made employees feel a bit uneasy in the past, the pandemic re-established the trend’s promising future as it...

The pandemic permanently changed healthcare design in several ways. Temperature checks have become the norm along with spaced out seating and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) stations. Many of these practices will remain after the pandemic’s conclusion, since the avoidance of any...

Workers returning to the office in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how to comfortably welcome them back, is a pressing question facility managers are wrestling with these days.

Because people have worked remotely for as many as 15 months, many have reached a comfort level using...