Office

Read the latest real estate industry news with a focus on traditional office space leases, office property sale transactions, new office project construction and adaptive reuse repositioning programs, and more.

Manhattan Office Sales Volume Holds Steady in Q1, Even With No Foreign Buyers

Executive Summary Office sales volume closes Q1 2018 at $4.5B Average prices reach 4-year high of $1,266 per square foot Google buys Chelsea Market in record-setting $2.4B deal…

Pfizer To Relocate Global HQ to New Hudson Yards Office Gem

  After almost 60 years of residing at 235 East 42nd St., Pfizer is ready to move on. The leading pharmaceutical company is going to leave its global…

Hines Tops Out Tallest Multi-Tenant Office Building in Chandler

  Hines, a privately-held real estate firm, has placed the last concrete beam atop The Offices at Chandler Viridian. Upon completion, scheduled for November 2018—per Yardi Matrix data—the…

Iconic Miami Tower Lands Two New Tenants

  The iconic 47-story Miami Tower in downtown Miami, Fla., has recently added two new tenants to its roster. BDO USA, a branch of global accounting network BDO…

Nestle’s Nespresso Opens Office in Manhattan

  Nespresso, a Nestle brand, is going to open a new office in Manhattan—more precisely, in the Chelsea neighborhood. The luxury coffee and espresso machines provider has signed…

Former WeWork Executive Opens Coworking Hub in Santa Monica

  Frank Bistrian, a former WeWork executive who launched his own coworking company named work well win, plans to open an entrepreneurial hub in Santa Monica, Calif. The…

Cerus Consolidates Office Roots in California

  Biomedical product manufacturer Cerus Corp. is consolidating its presence in Concord, Calif., its home city, by entering a long-term lease agreement with Sierra Pacific Properties, the manager…

Kemper Relocates Corporate HQ to Iconic Chicago Skyscraper

  Out with the old, in with the new—Kemper Corp. is going to leave its current headquarters at 1 East Wacker Drive and relocate to 200 East Randolph…

Is Your Job Likely to Be Taken Over by AI?

In its most recent global report concerning the future of work, McKinsey & Co. estimates that, by 2030, up to 800 million individuals could lose their jobs to…

SendGrid Triples Orange County Office Footprint

  Digital communication platform SendGrid is set to triple its footprint in Orange County, Calif., by relocating its local offices to the heart of the region’s fast-growing technology…