One of the world’s largest real estate investment managers has agreed to provide two sustainability-linked loans against assets in the UK and the Netherlands – its first in the region.

Commercial real estate needs “sustained investment” in smart tech and data analytics to keep up with new ways of working, according to JLL.

On-demand flex office providers are on the rise. PlaceTech caught up with Andreas Angelakis, workplace and culture manager at global online marketing company Uberall, to find out why the company chose Upflex to help accommodate staff in the new work-life revolution.

Over recent years we have seen landlords placing a greater importance on the inclusion of flex office space as they recognise the growing need to offer tenants greater choice and flexibility, writes Cal Lee, global head of Workthere, the flexible office business within Savills.

With a distinctive diagrid structure and an atrium that functions as “lungs” for the office, the 33-storey Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank HQ is a model for healthy buildings in a post-pandemic world.  

When developers Oliver Holland and James Keegan bought an old office building in Newcastle, UK, they challenged themselves to reimagine it as a grade-A space centred on effortless tenant experience.

Leases getting shorter and occupiers committing to shorter tenancies seem to be pandemic-driven trends. But as Re-Leased’s data shows, reality is a little more complex.

Designed by architects Pilbrow & Partners, the Kensington Building has transformed the site of a historical London department store into a workspace with exceptional sustainability credentials.

Ditching both physical key cards and access control through building apps, Chicago’s 167 Green Street has become one of the first US offices to use Apple Wallet as a key throughout the building.