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fromABA Journal
2 days ago

Legal industry is expanding its office footprint, new report finds

For the first time in three years, more law firms are planning to expand their office footprint, rather than contract, according to a new report from commercial real estate brokerage CBRE.
Law
#remote-work
Remote teams
fromFast Company
1 day ago

Why employees are giving up remote work and moving back to urban centers

The pandemic-induced migration from cities has reversed, with workers returning to urban areas due to tightening return-to-office mandates and job availability.
Remote teams
fromFast Company
1 day ago

Why employees are giving up remote work and moving back to urban centers

The pandemic-induced migration of workers from cities has reversed, with many returning due to tightening return-to-office mandates and evolving labor markets.
Remote teams
fromFast Company
1 day ago

Why employees are giving up remote work and moving back to urban centers

The pandemic-induced migration from cities has reversed, with workers returning to urban centers due to tightening return-to-office mandates and evolving labor markets.
Remote teams
fromInc
1 week ago

Why Employees Are Giving Up Remote Work and Moving Back to Urban Centers

The pandemic-induced migration of workers from urban areas is reversing as tightening return-to-office mandates draw employees back to major cities.
Remote teams
fromSacramento Bee
4 weeks ago

Work from home in California? These 10 state jobs offer remote, hybrid schedules

California state departments continue hiring for remote and hybrid positions through June despite governor's return-to-office order, offering competitive benefits including access to the nation's largest public pension system.
Remote teams
fromFast Company
1 day ago

Why employees are giving up remote work and moving back to urban centers

The pandemic-induced migration from cities has reversed, with workers returning to urban areas due to tightening return-to-office mandates and job availability.
Remote teams
fromFast Company
1 day ago

Why employees are giving up remote work and moving back to urban centers

The pandemic-induced migration of workers from cities has reversed, with many returning due to tightening return-to-office mandates and evolving labor markets.
Remote teams
fromFast Company
1 day ago

Why employees are giving up remote work and moving back to urban centers

The pandemic-induced migration from cities has reversed, with workers returning to urban centers due to tightening return-to-office mandates and evolving labor markets.
Remote teams
fromInc
1 week ago

Why Employees Are Giving Up Remote Work and Moving Back to Urban Centers

The pandemic-induced migration of workers from urban areas is reversing as tightening return-to-office mandates draw employees back to major cities.
Remote teams
fromSacramento Bee
4 weeks ago

Work from home in California? These 10 state jobs offer remote, hybrid schedules

California state departments continue hiring for remote and hybrid positions through June despite governor's return-to-office order, offering competitive benefits including access to the nation's largest public pension system.
Data science
fromTechCrunch
1 day ago

People would rather have an Amazon warehouse in their backyard than a data center | TechCrunch

Public opinion on data centers is divided, with significant opposition and concerns about electricity prices.
fromFast Company
1 day ago

The architecture world just got its second union

This contract, the second in the industry, sets a standard for workers at Sage and Coombe and beyond, according to Architectural Workers United, which has been instrumental in organizing efforts.
NYC startup
Brooklyn
fromUrbanplacesandspaces
1 day ago

Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

Siloed transit planning hinders effective connections between projects like IBX and Penn Station Access, limiting regional transit network potential.
fromPhilosophynow
3 days ago
Philosophy

The Collective City

Islamic philosophy invites plurality and coexistence, emphasizing the importance of dialogue and the acceptance of error in understanding.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
4 days ago

New bin rules begin in England but not all councils are ready

New rules mandate weekly food waste collections in England, but many councils are unprepared to meet the deadline.
Portland
fromopb
4 days ago

Ashland council votes to remove city offices from community center

Ashland City Hall closed due to safety issues, employees relocated to community center, which is now banned for office use.
Careers
fromBusiness Matters
6 days ago

How to Recruit UK Talent without a Local Entity

Hiring international employees in the UK is possible without a local entity through various strategies like independent contracting or using an Employer of Record.
Social justice
fromPUNCH
5 days ago

What Does a Bar Owe Its Neighbors?

Bartenders in urban areas face challenges of homelessness and mental health crises, requiring a balance of compassion, safety, and quick decision-making.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

Logistics Landscapes: The Architecture of the 24-Hour Supply Chain

Warehouses are the defining architecture of the 21st century, reshaping urban landscapes and logistics infrastructure significantly.
fromNextgov.com
1 week ago

Agency data leads worry about staff capacity to tackle statutory requirements, survey finds

Among the 189 CDO and other data leader respondents to the annual survey conducted by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Data Foundation, about 40% said they had lost six or more employees last year.
EU data protection
Careers
fromEntrepreneur
5 days ago

Your Team Doesn't Need a 'Work Family' - It Needs This System That Holds Up When It Counts

Teams struggle with clarity, not effort; accountability erodes when support blurs lines between family and business.
fromHoodline
1 week ago

Hybrid HQ Shuffle: SC&H Packs Up Sparks, Plants Flag in Hunt Valley

The new headquarters at 226 Schilling Circle, Suite 300, provides roughly 20,000 square feet of workspace, with floor-to-ceiling windows, a cafe, and expanded conference and breakout areas. 'After 19 years in Sparks, we needed a headquarters built for how we work today and where we're headed tomorrow,' CEO Pritpal Kalsi said in the company's release.
Real estate
SF politics
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks ago

The ROAD to Housing Act passed big, here is what it missed

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act represents bipartisan recognition of a housing affordability crisis impacting the American Dream and political stability.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Campaigners celebrate after new town plans dropped

Campaigner Aysha Hawcutt stated that residents were 'not anti-homes', but believed the Adlington plan was 'the wrong proposal in the wrong place'. She expressed pride in the community's resilience against the development threats.
London politics
Careers
fromFortune
6 days ago

America has a workforce crisis. The solution is already here - and it's being wasted | Fortune

The U.S. economy faces a structural workforce crisis due to declining birth rates, negative net migration, and underutilization of skilled immigrants.
Remote teams
fromAxios
2 days ago

Office vacancies hit record high

Companies are reducing office space needs due to a shift towards remote and hybrid work models post-pandemic.
Real estate
fromInc
2 weeks ago

Why Connectivity Is the New 'Location' in Commercial Real Estate

Digital infrastructure and connectivity now rival or surpass traditional location as the primary factor determining real estate value for business properties, with 96% of U.S. business leaders willing to pay premium prices for reliable connectivity.
#oracle
Remote teams
fromCalifornia Post
4 days ago

Oracle axes thousands of jobs in massive layoff - notifying fired employees with 6 a.m. email

Oracle laid off thousands of employees via email, citing organizational changes and business needs, causing widespread fear and frustration among remaining staff.
Remote teams
fromCalifornia Post
4 days ago

Oracle axes thousands of jobs in massive layoff - notifying fired employees with 6 a.m. email

Oracle laid off thousands of employees via email, citing organizational changes and business needs, causing widespread fear and frustration among remaining staff.
Higher education
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

I moved 13 times over 15 years to advance my career. I would never wish this on anyone.

Frequent relocations for academic career advancement create emotional exhaustion and disconnection despite professional success, ultimately revealing the psychological cost of mobility.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks ago

Real estate recruiting now hinges on leadership and systems

Real estate agents now prioritize workplace culture, leadership quality, and business support systems over commission splits when choosing brokerages.
Productivity
fromFast Company
4 weeks ago

3 signs your meetings have a culture problem

Corporate meetings have become increasingly frequent and unproductive, requiring leaders to redesign them as opportunities to build organizational culture through genuine connection and candid communication.
Parenting
fromBusiness Insider
4 weeks ago

I work at a coworking space that has an on-site preschool. It's completely changed my life and my parenting.

A coworking space with on-site childcare solved irregular scheduling challenges, enabling stress-free work while maintaining proximity to a young child.
Startup companies
fromYahoo Life
1 month ago

My city was filling up with digital nomads, so I converted my family home into a business

Hana Nguyen built a coworking business in Da Nang, Vietnam after discovering the concept through a foreign friend, starting in a hotel space before launching her own venture in her family home.
SF politics
fromSacramento Bee
3 weeks ago

Union proposes 100% remote work as California state workers resume negotiations

California state worker unions are negotiating with labor officials over Gov. Newsom's July return-to-office mandate requiring four days weekly in-office work, with unions demanding full telework options and free parking.
Fundraising
fromwww.bbc.com
4 weeks ago

Charity hopes new HQ can bring people together

Health Connections Guernsey purchased Beatrice House for £1m to create a community hub where younger and older islanders connect through intergenerational activities and support services.
Design
fromDwell
3 weeks ago

What Live/Work Spaces Have Looked Like Through the Ages

Dual-purpose live/work housing has existed for centuries across cultures, with medieval European burgage plots and Japanese machiyas exemplifying how merchants historically integrated commerce and domestic life in single structures.
Remote teams
fromAbc
6 days ago

How to approach your employer about working from home and flexible work

Improving access to flexible work arrangements, including working from home, is essential for employees facing rising living costs.
fromeLearning Industry
1 month ago

Top Customer Service Skills Every Employee Needs To Deliver Exceptional Experiences

Customer service skills define how effectively employees represent a brand and resolve customer needs. In every industry, these skills determine whether a business builds loyalty or loses trust. Customers today expect responsiveness, empathy, and accuracy across every touchpoint-from phone calls and chats to social media interactions.
Business intelligence
LA real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
34 years ago

Valley Should Welcome Local Jobs

The San Fernando Valley's opposition to commercial development contradicts residents' complaints about long commutes, as the region lacks local job centers despite having over one million residents.
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

The impact of road signs on economic development

When routes are well organized, there are clear directional signs, and speed limits become reasonable. The early installation of warning signs allows transport companies to plan deliveries more accurately and avoid delays. For businesses, time is money. When a truck carrying goods does not spend hours detouring due to an unclear traffic scheme or stuck in traffic where it could have been avoided thanks to competent traffic management, fuel costs, driver wages, and vehicle maintenance costs are reduced.
Alternative transportation
#hybrid-work
fromFortune
2 months ago
Remote teams

'Hybrid creep' is the latest trick bosses are using to get workers back in the office | Fortune

Remote teams
fromForbes
1 week ago

The Power Of Presence: Your Office Is Not A Strategy

Organizations must define the purpose of office space to create effective hybrid work strategies.
fromFortune
2 months ago
Remote teams

'Hybrid creep' is the latest trick bosses are using to get workers back in the office | Fortune

Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
4 weeks ago

Landforms Office / Billboards

Phosart Studio Landforms functions as an architectural manifesto integrating real estate operations, workspace design, and model homes to translate territorial scale into built experience.
Productivity
fromFast Company
1 month ago

5 ways to design better meetings and improve your work calendar

Treat meetings as products requiring intentional design, testing, and optimization rather than default calendar events, transforming organizational productivity and reducing the $1.4 trillion annual cost of ineffective meetings.
Careers
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

HR is supposed to design career paths. So why are its own so unclear? | Fortune

HR professionals face unclear career progression and high turnover, with 26% lacking clear paths and 41% considering leaving the field despite HR's role in designing career frameworks for others.
Miscellaneous
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

7 Unbuilt Masterplans Reimagining Urban Futures Through Ecology and Collective Space

Unbuilt urban masterplans explore adaptive spatial frameworks that recalibrate mobility, ecology, and collective life through climate-responsive design and public space integration across diverse global contexts.
Remote teams
fromForbes
1 week ago

Smart Leaders Are Rethinking Their Workforce Strategy For AI

CEOs and boards must rethink workforce strategy to leverage AI-driven productivity gains while addressing concerns about layoffs.
LA real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
26 years ago

Developer Takes Big Steps to Win Public Support

A developer is conducting an extensive $50,000 grassroots campaign distributing informational packets to 4,000 neighbors to build support for an 866-home project in Santa Clarita Valley.
New York City
fromInc
1 month ago

140 Cities in Maine, L.A.'s Olympic Committee, and NYC: The Urban Tool That's About to Change Everything

MIT researchers created the first complete pedestrian activity model for New York City, revealing movement patterns and crash vulnerabilities, applicable to any U.S. city and enabling better infrastructure funding allocation.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

Ontario not purchased or leased new space for thousands of returning civil servants | CBC News

Ontario government has not signed new leases or purchased real estate despite mandating 60,000 public servants to return to full-time in-office work, causing space shortages.
US politics
fromFortune
1 month ago

The leaders' guide to handling an ICE visit in the workplace | Fortune

Employers must tailor their response to ICE depending on the document type: I-9 audit, administrative warrant, or judicial warrant, each allowing different employer actions.
Real estate
fromThedrum
1 month ago

PMG Accelerates Growth in New York and by Building Modern Network of Office Hubs

PMG is expanding its national office footprint with 91,000 square feet of new space in 2022 to support hybrid work, talent attraction, and collaboration with brands and partners.
fromWGLT
2 weeks ago

State Farm to close Corporate HQ and Illinois Operations Center and consolidate Bloomington employees at Corporate South

While we don't know yet what will happen to the Illinois Operations Center or Corporate Headquarters, we will eventually pass back savings to our customers by reducing costs associated with unoccupied space. We simply have too much office space in Bloomington - about double what we need.
Remote teams
Careers
fromeLearning Industry
1 month ago

Beyond Speed To Hire: Driving Project Momentum With L&D Staff Augmentation

L&D staff augmentation success depends on velocity and sustained performance, not speed to hire; rigorous vetting ensures quality candidates deliver results from day one.
Boston
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Readers agree: Build a new Madison Park to benefit Boston's youth

Rebuilding Madison Park on parcel P-3 would provide a state-of-the-art vocational high school offering trades training and tangible public benefit for Boston youth.
#return-to-office-mandates
Remote teams
fromInc
2 weeks ago

Workers Are Returning to the Office-But Their Workspaces Aren't Ready

Companies successfully enforced return-to-office mandates in 2025, but many failed to provide adequately sized or equipped workspaces, forcing employees to improvise workarounds to maintain productivity.
fromHR Brew
1 month ago
Remote teams

HR continues to grapple with RTO mandates as more companies push for fully in-person workweeks

87% of job listings require full onsite work, with office occupancy rising to 55.1 million square feet in 2025, though aggressive RTO mandates create workforce tension and may reflect underlying cultural issues rather than genuine business needs.
Remote teams
fromInc
2 weeks ago

Workers Are Returning to the Office-But Their Workspaces Aren't Ready

Companies successfully enforced return-to-office mandates in 2025, but many failed to provide adequately sized or equipped workspaces, forcing employees to improvise workarounds to maintain productivity.
fromHR Brew
1 month ago
Remote teams

HR continues to grapple with RTO mandates as more companies push for fully in-person workweeks

Remote teams
fromwww.hrdive.com
2 weeks ago

Office space must support learning and well-being to attract workers, design firm says

Employees prioritize physical and mental wellness amenities, focused work spaces, and nature access in office design, with reduced resistance to return-to-office policies as job market tightens.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Can a council do five days' work in four?

South Cambridgeshire District Council adopted a 32-hour, four-day week and reports improved retention, higher applicant numbers, agency savings, and maintained or improved most service metrics.
Remote teams
fromEntrepreneur
3 weeks ago

What Hybrid Work Exposes That Office Life Used to Hide

Hybrid work exposes structural gaps in decision rights, escalation paths, and operating norms that previously operated informally through proximity, requiring explicit documentation to maintain execution momentum.
#hr
Music
fromArtsjournal
2 months ago

Director of Artistic Operations

Director of Artistic Operations coordinates artistic planning, rehearsal and touring logistics, budgets, and systems for The Knights; requires orchestral experience, strong communication, and travel flexibility.
Psychology
fromFast Company
1 month ago

No one knows how to do layoffs. The psychology secrets to doing it humanely

Conducting layoffs causes lasting operational and moral stress for managers, producing anxiety, guilt, and conflict between company duty and personal values.
#return-to-office
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago
Canada news

Unions, public service employees speak out against Ontario return to office policy | CBC News

fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago
Canada news

Unions, public service employees speak out against Ontario return to office policy | CBC News

fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Health, Habitat, and Civic Infrastructure: Designing the City as a National Park

Cities around the world share a common goal: to become healthier and greener, supported by civic infrastructure that restores ecosystems and strengthens public life. The question is how to reach this. Global climate targets, local building codes, and municipal standards increasingly guide designers and planners toward better choices. Still, many cities struggle to translate these frameworks into everyday, street-level comfort and long-term ecological protection.
Environment
fromBusiness Facilities Magazine
1 month ago

Why Corporate Real Estate Leaders Are Choosing Secondary Cities - Business Facilities Magazine

C orporate real estate strategy has entered a new phase. Expansion decisions are no longer driven by brand prestige or default gateway markets. Today's environment demands cost discipline, workforce stability, operational resilience, and long-term flexibility. For companies considering expansion or relocation, smaller metros - often called secondary cities - are increasingly landing on the shortlist. Not as compromises. As competitive, strategic options.
Real estate
fromCity Limits
2 months ago

Opinion: Why I Support the Monitor Point Project

You don't have to live long in Williamsburg or Greenpoint to know New York is becoming too expensive for working families. Rents are out of control, and far too many of our neighbors are being priced out of the communities they've called home for generations. As president of the Cooper Park Residents Council, I see every day how the housing crisis affects seniors, parents, and young people who are just trying to stay in the city they love.
New York City
#pwc
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago

Waste management company GFL moves executive office from Ontario to U.S. | CBC News

We expect this approach to gaining broader index inclusion will increase GFL's visibility with investors and ultimately drive a wider shareholder base,
Canada news
US politics
fromFairbanks Daily News-Miner
2 months ago

Remote work policy could end for city of Fairbanks

Fairbanks City Council split over a draft resolution discouraging remote work for city employees, co-sponsored by John Ringstad and Lonny Marney citing COVID-19 receding.
Careers
fromLatimes
1 month ago

Seeking regeneration, more workers take extended breaks in career

Extended career breaks (sabbaticals, mini-sabbaticals, micro-retirements) offer mental, physical, and spiritual resets but face cost, responsibility, and social-judgment obstacles.
Remote teams
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Walls That Work: Why Physical Office Strategy is the New Competitive Edge

Physical office design significantly impacts employee productivity and well-being through psychological and biological factors that influence team performance.
New York City
fromCity Limits
2 months ago

Opinion: The Missing 'For All' Program? A New York City Jobs For All

A voluntary public option providing living-wage jobs with benefits, health care, and union protections would raise the wage floor and stabilize the economy.
Remote teams
fromForbes
1 month ago

How To Ask For Flexible Work, Even If Your Company Enforces An RTO

Employees should reframe flexible work requests as strategic business discussions rather than personal favors, emphasizing productivity gains and cost savings for employers.
New York City
fromCity Limits
2 months ago

Department Of City Planning Shutters Design Division

Department of City Planning disbanded its central urban design team, prompting concerns that neighborhood livability will be deprioritized amid aggressive housing expansion.
New York City
fromCity Limits
1 month ago

Opinion: Automated Permitting is Vital to the Mamdani's Housing Agenda

Automated compliance checks should approve housing, retrofit, and energy projects in real time to speed deployment and reduce living costs.
Real estate
fromHR Brew
1 month ago

How HR can help employees 'earn the commute'

Commute satisfaction declines with longer travel times; employers must improve location access, in-office experience, and manager engagement to justify employees' commutes.
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

Welcome Back to the Office. You Won't Get Anything Done | The Walrus

I was twenty years old and a college student, which meant that I was quite useless. I found out that it was one kind of torture to do pointless work for two or three hours a day-usually, producing research memos that no one read-and then another kind of torture to figure out how to do nothing until it was acceptable to leave the office at 5 p.m.
Careers
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

From military service to the built world: Why construction still struggles with accountability and visibility

Construction mirrors military structure and discipline but lacks integrated systems, causing fragmented data, poor coordination, and risk to budgets, schedules, safety, and trust.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Planet Financial names new correspondent regional sales manager

Scott Henley joins Planet Home Lending to manage correspondent relationships and guide lenders through Planet’s platform, leveraging over 30 years of mortgage industry leadership.
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