Matching expectations of today’s workspace users

Julian Barker, head of smart places at British Land, explains what the developer means by the term and the steps it is taking to make its buildings future-proof.

The smart building developer has acquired 60 St Thomas Street, on London’s South Bank, from Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

Hubble and Essensys, two specialists in coworking and serviced offices, have conducted separate studies into the rise of flexible space. Here are some of my takeaways from scanning the 170 pages they produced.

The fast-growing tenant community platform has added respected proptech commentator and advisor Antony Slumbers, and Linda J Isaacson, director of business intelligence at First American Title, to its advisory board.

Adoption of technology is accelerating across the UK and US, with a strong chance of rapid rollout if the solution is proved right in the first instance, according to Gabrielle McMillan, chief executive and co-founder of Equiem, the global tenant engagement platform.

Co-working giant WeWork has acquired workplace services platform Managed by Q as part of its mission to ‘transform the office’ in a cash and stock deal.

A system that highlights safe roads for cycling, a database of British trees and an indoor mapping solution were among the technologies selected by the government’s Geospatial Commission and Innovate UK agencies.

Wellbeing is a word that business and building owners can no longer avoid. The new generations of employees expect their places of work to have wellbeing at the forefront and not as a luxury.