Co-Working

Smart Cities

Modern Workers Need Agility to Navigate the Challenges of the Open-Plan Workplace

September 2nd, 2019
Smart Buildings

WeWork Makes Another Software Acquisition as IPO Looms

August 1st, 2019
Smart Cities

WeWork Sells Office Space, We Company Sells an Entrepreneurial Culture

WeWork sits on the ledge between being an overvalued real estate player, and being one of the key driving forces for an innovation-focused movement that is redefining the way companies and workers operate. However, recent deals may mark a turning point, allowing the firm to develop resilience while also supporting its primary vision. Critics say […]

Smart Buildings

Co-Working: Does the Hype Match the Reality?

Co-working and the rise of workplace-as-a-service may be the dominant real estate story of 2018. With real estate firms like Boston Properties, Tishman Speyer, among others, starting to offer their own co-working brands (or planning to launch them), this market will continue to be scrutinised in 2019. There are other entrants, too. Office Depot has […]

Smart Cities

Will WeWork Out in the End? Riding the StartUp Wave on a Surfboard of Debt!

“What happens when startups disappear and WeWork gets stuck with a lot of expensive space?” – that is the question posed by Andy Kessler in his recent article for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) titled “The Company Implosion Pageant”. Kessler, writes a regular column for WSJ on technology and markets and where they intersect with […]

Smart Cities

WeWork: Millennial Fad or New Era for the Workplace?

During a recent visit to one of the two WeWork coworking office buildings in Seoul’s Gangnam district, I was met with DJs setting up speakers in the meeting space we normally use. “There’s a party here later. Let’s head to the 10th floor, they have a new craft beer in the lounge up there,” I […]

Smart Buildings

Workplace-as-a-Service is Changing the Office Landscape Forever

The workplace is constantly developing but the evolution currently underway is changing all the rules. Facilitated by technology, workplaces are progressively getting smarter and greener but the evolutionary change comes from unprecedented new levels of flexibility. Flexible spaces, flexible hours and even flexible locations are all coming together with technology to create the Workplace-as-a-Service. “The […]

Smart Buildings

WeWork, WeLive, WeGrow but Will We Succeed in the Long Term?

What could possibly go wrong for a start-up after raising $6.9 billion in their first eight years? Quite a lot apparently, according to a growing number of experts commenting on entrepreneur focused office-space-rental company WeWork, the seventh most valuable private-market start-up in the world. The level of investment itself is, of course, proof that others […]

Smart Buildings

The Smart Building… As-A-Service

According to the latest report from Memoori – Occupancy Analytics & In-Building Location Based Services 2017 to 2022, “value-added services such as space utilization, indoor positioning, connected lighting and asset tracking are helping to drive the adoption of as-a-Service business models.” “As-a-Service” is when the customer purchases a service or subscription from a third-party service […]

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