Location is Everything – Part 2
WE’RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE In Part I of Location is Everything we took a deep dive into the effects of COVID-19 on the retail and restaurant industries, including the varying impact on different...
View ArticleThe Real-Time Occupancy Management Imperative
In April, 2020, CoreNet Global conducted an updated survey of its 11,000 members to gauge the evolving corporate real estate response to the COVID-19 challenge, and to identify practical steps their...
View Article7 Tips for Managing a Virtual Workplace
There are a lot of advantages to adopting a virtual workplace. It can increase employee satisfaction by creating more flexible work environments, and long term, it can reduce costs associated with...
View ArticleReal-Time Occupancy Management: The Future of Space Optimization
The normalization of remote work and the rise of the dynamic workplace has created a unique challenge for modern employers: you have a fixed supply of space, but variable demand. As employees switch...
View Article6 Effective Store Layout Examples
In a retail store, layout isn’t just about improving navigation. It’s about optimizing your space for the products you want to sell and the experiences you want to create. You need to give customers...
View Article9 Tips for Crafting a Post-COVID WFH Policy
Before COVID-19, working from home was a bit of a novelty. Not every company gave their employees the option, and it was often a privilege not everyone could exercise. But as a result of the pandemic,...
View Article10 Workspace Optimization Metrics for the Post-COVID Office
Before COVID-19, workspace optimization was all about densification. Companies explored innovative ways to fit as many bodies in each office, floor, and building as possible, walking the fine line...
View Article9 Essential Features for Desk Booking Software
Conference rooms and workstations represent valuable space. And for every moment they’re not being used, that space is wasted. If you want to make the most of your real estate, you need an intuitive,...
View ArticleIWMS Software: The Complete Guide
The more your organization grows, the more unwieldy it becomes. Large enterprises have to manage resources for hundreds of thousands of employees across tens of thousands of locations. And every one...
View ArticleThe Executive’s Guide to the Hybrid Workplace
Modern enterprises often don’t have a fully in-person or fully remote workforce. Some employees come to campus every day. Others are distributed across the country—or even the world—and rarely, if...
View ArticleThe Executive’s Guide to Space Management
Space management is how businesses plan, monitor, control, and optimize their physical space. Through strategic space planning, companies can reduce the size of their real estate portfolio or use it...
View ArticleThe Executive’s Guide to Workplace Management
Workplace management is how businesses plan, structure, and optimize their facilities to improve space utilization, increase productivity and efficiency, and boost employee satisfaction. It involves a...
View ArticleLocation Strategy: 5 Factors for Selecting Your Next Site
In retail, location is everything. Whether you’re running a restaurant chain or operating retail stores, your location has a massive impact on your business’ success or failure. Real estate is one of...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Lease Accounting
Leases allow organizations to pay for access to land, facilities, and equipment without bearing the full responsibility of owning them. Corporate leases legally bind an organization to pay for access...
View ArticleASC 842: What Businesses Need to Know
ASC 842 is a new accounting standard codification issued by the Federal Accounting Standards Board (FASB) that prescribes how public and private companies need to disclose leases in financial...
View ArticleThe Demand for Lease Flexibility: A New Trend in Corporate Real Estate
Not long ago, lease administrators would have given anything for lease renewal options. Businesses wanted long-term arrangements with the option to continue the relationship when the contract expired....
View ArticleThe Enterprise’s Guide to Omnichannel Retail
Wherever a customer interacts with your brand—on Facebook, via chatbot, over the phone, or in person with an associate—they’re expecting the same service. These interactions are all part of one...
View ArticleWhy Office Booking Software Is More Important Now Than Ever
Not long ago, office booking software had pretty limited utility for most businesses. Every employee had an assigned workstation, and they only needed to interact with a reservation system when they...
View ArticleWhat Is a Tenant Improvement Allowance?
A tenant improvement allowance (also referred to as TI or TIA) is a sum of money a landlord agrees to pay for a tenant to build out or renovate a leased property to meet their business needs. The...
View ArticleWhy Automatic Wayfinding Is Vital to the Hybrid Workplace
Not long ago, if you wanted to drive to a place you’d never been before, you printed off the directions from MapQuest.com. Go back just a little further, and keeping a map in your vehicle was your...
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