HPFi® Price Increase / CBD Offices Face Prolonged Challenges / Law Firms Drive Leasing Boom with Record-High Activity in Early 2025 / Delays, Cancellations Of Construction Projects Becoming More Common / Investors And Lenders Want Office Again / Office Market Pain Persists Despite Manhattan’s Glow-Up / NYC's Already-Sluggish Life Sciences Market Hit By Federal Funding Cuts / Federal Office Space Shrinks Marginally as Rent Commitments Rise / It’s Time to Kill the Casual Workplace / 79% Of Workers Want To Leave Corporate Jobs To Start Their Own Business  / What It Costs to Build Offices That Win Employees Back / From Place To Platform: How Work Location Became A Service / A Surprising Reason To Feel Good About Returning To The Office / and much more…

Vitra unveils Manhattan showroom in "industrial" New York loft / What Pennsylvania factory workers at PS Furniture say about Trump’s tariffs now / Office Recovery: A Post-Pandemic Patchwork / The New Workplace Experiences That People Crave / JLL Sees Office Leasing Surge as Market Recovery Gains Momentum / U.S. Corporate Relocations Quintuple / The Largest Hotel Companies Are Preparing For A U.S. Downturn / DOGE Has Walked Back More Than Half Of Its Claimed Real Estate Cuts / Little evidence that hybrid working has encouraged high skilled people to relocate to cheaper regions / It’s Time for the Traditional Conference Room to Make Way for New Spaces / The latest news about NeoCon, DesignDays and Clerkenwell Design Week / and much more…

HNI Delivers Strong Start to 2025 / DIRTT Revenue inches up 1% / Furniture startup Branch launches SF Retail Store / Manhattan Office Leasing Shows Signs of Cooling After Strong Start to 2025 / Class A Office Values Down 40% Since 2020—Yet Investors Eye a Market Bottom / Amazon Is Gobbling Up Midtown / Standard Reporting Underestimates the Value of Office Furniture Reuse / How Summer FOMO Is Shaping the Canadian Workplace / Is the Furniture Industry Failing to Connect the Dots? / HSBC faces desks shortage after ordering staff back to the office / AI At The Front Desk: Are Bots The Future Of Reception In Coworking Spaces? / Maximizing Magnets and Minimizing Barriers to Improve Office Life / and much more…

Kokuyo to Acquire HNI India / Interface Reports First Quarter Sales Gain / How Will the Trade War Affect Commercial Construction? / Office Sector Logs Fourth Straight Quarter of Positive Absorption / Universities Put Developments On Ice As Trump Cuts Billions In Research Funding / Prime office rents around the world continue to rise / Future of Work 2025: WEF report sets out the unsurprising but profound changes ahead / The United State of Work: Julia Hobsbawm on the Global Transformation of Work / The Convergence of Tech and the Financial Workplace / 'Tell Me The Rules': Builders, Manufacturers Sit On Hands Awaiting Trump Administration Clarity / How Law Firms in Mid-Tier Markets Are Leading Workplace Innovation / Agency Is the New Workplace Amenity / Everyone wants to work in a fancy building these days. WeWork got the memo / and much more…

ABI March 2025: Architecture Billings Drop Again as Uncertainty Grips Clients / Nook Holds Prices Steady / WeWork CEO Says Tariff Uncertainty Could Fuel Surge In Demand For Flexible Offices / New York City Sees Best Office Leasing Activity Since 2019 / CRE Market Sentiment Plummeted By Most In Q1 Since Pandemic, Survey Finds / Law Firms Office Footprints Stabilizing Amid RTO Push / Federal Lease Terminations Drive 8M SF Of Office Occupancy Losses / Michigan approves $160M tax break for Muskegon’s Shaw Walker project / Modernism has been "misread and simplified" says Formafantasma / Is Furniture as a Service (FaaS) part of your Corporate Real Estate Strategy? / Great Expectations: What Is Today's Workforce Looking For As It Returns To The Office? / and much more

Office Furniture Supplier Vari Agrees To Pay $1.1 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Overcharging Federal Agencies / Virco Q4 Loss Wider-Than-Expected, Sales Miss Estimates, Stock Down / Crandall Office Furniture expands as remote work boosts demand / Humanscale Introduces Humanscale Living at Salone del Mobile Milano 2025 / Distressed Office Sales Spike as Urban Vacancy Rises and Remote Work Persists / The Office Market’s Newest Foe: Tariffs and Trade Wars / Trump Revokes Downtown Location Rules, Pushing Federal Offices to Cheaper Areas / Trophy Or Nothing: Study Shows Steep Drop-Off In Office Visits Below Top-Tier Buildings / Review: Salone del Mobile & Milan Design Week 2025 / "I was shocked" by dominance of luxury brands in Milan says Philippe Starck / Inside the factory where Ikea builds its flat-pack furniture / Five Years After COVID: How Work Has Evolved And Where It’s Headed / and much more…

Versteel Announces Tariff-Free Promotion for American Manufactured Tables / Component-maker Kaidi ramps up Grand Haven manufacturing plant / Kimball International Opens Health & Education Experience Center / Italian furniture makers experience impact of Trump’s tariffs at Milan Design Week / NOffice Construction Falls To New Lows In Top U.S. Markets / Tech Deals Lead San Francisco Office Leasing to 10-Year High / Want to Make the Office More Neuroinclusive? These Experts Offer a Start / The Building as Brand: A Watershed Opportunity in Manhattan Office / Remote Work’s Hidden Superpower: Cutting Emissions and Boosting Business / RTO Trends Slow as Weather and Hybrid Models Shape Workforce Patterns / Only half of Europeans say they work in psychologically healthy workplaces / Productivity concerns put brakes on adoption of flexible working / and much more…

Herman Miller Expands European Retail Offering to Four New Markets / Office sector is regaining its central role in commercial real estate - at a cost / Office Fit Out Costs Surge Amid Inflation and Material Price Increases / Stantec To Buy Page To Create Second-Largest U.S. Architecture Firm / Manhattan Clocks Most Active Quarter For Office Leases Since 2019 / Trump Administration Quietly Piloting New Program To Rethink Federal Offices Nationwide / Manhattan Office Availability Tumbles to Five-Year Low / Federal Workers Walk Into Chaos Amid Return to Office / Rethinking the office: Why organizations are turning to modular furniture / Live Event Amenities: The Next Frontier for Creative Workplaces / The Building as Brand: A Watershed Opportunity in Manhattan Office / Companies are offering 'recharge days' to workers enraged about return to office / Workplace As A Service: A Thought Experiment In Office Evolution / This Invisible Tech Is Molding The Future Of Office Space Utilization / and much more…

Boss Design acquired by Japanese based furniture maker Okamura / Steelcase Posts 9% Order Growth for the Quarter while MillerKnoll Growth Flatlines / Allsteel Dealer Insidesource Merges with Workpointe / UK furniture Manufacturer Bisley Reduces Losses Despite Decline in Revenue / Tariffs drive higher costs for MillerKnoll and Steelcase / Office Sector Sees Light at the End of a Five-Year Tunnel / GSA Releases New List Of Properties Slated For 'Accelerated Disposition' / I Turned These Office Chairs Into a Seesaw for Adults / Poltrona Frau joins LVMH and Prada in a high-tech fight against dupes / Janus et Cie’s new CEO has a plan: ‘It’s product, product, product’ / Maximizing Workplace Collaboration with ChatGPT / Suburbs are the New Business Hotspots as Flex Workspaces Skyrocket / High-Impact Spaces: A Tech-Rich Solution for Hybrid Work / Halfway Home: Redefining Workplaces Five Years After Covid / Coworking Growth Outpaces Traditional Office Development / and much more…

ABI February 2025: Architecture firm billings soft to start the year / U.S. Office Furniture Market to Reach USD 27.61 Billion by 2032 / CBRE Warns of Tariff Impacts on CRE / 'Pure Chaos': Inside The CRE Fallout From DOGE's Slash And Burn Campaign / CBRE: Tariffs Could Drive Construction Costs Up 5%, Put Projects On Hold / DIRTT Receives Top Honor in Manufacturing on Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025 / Erwan Bouroullec on his ‘Mynt’ office chair for Vitra / 2025 Outlook on Global Design Trends / Federal Workers Met With Cockroaches, “Complete Chaos” In Office Return / The Quiet Trends: A New Signal For Progress In The Future of Work / 'Is design dead?' Design leaders wrestle with the question / New management takes the helm of ORGATEC / and much more…

Haworth Group Posts $2.5 Billion in 2024 Revenues | NARBUTAS’ sales continued to grow in 2024. New factory in Lithuania to increase capacity | KI and Senator Leaving TheMart - Heading to Fulton Market | Sunon Eyes Fulton Market Showroom | Bacteria might eat the next chair you buy | Construction Cost Growth 'Far Too Hot' As Tariffs Begin To Bite | These Unexpected Cities Are Leading The Office Market Comeback | Top-Tier Office Owners Cut Back on Tenant Concessions; See Rent Growth | CRE Loan Delinquencies Hit Highest Percentage In 10 Years, And The Rate Could Go Higher | D.C. Hitting New Return-To-Office Highs After Federal Mandate | Why America is turning into a nation of homebodies | The Great Rethink: How Workplace Challenges Sparked a New Era of Office Design | Office vibes are 'weird and not fun': Can we regain their lost spark? | Remote And Hybrid Work Take A Hit As Offices Make A Comeback, New Survey Shows | and much more…

Outdated offices are sabotaging 'return to office' policies / Landlord Concessions Fell In 2024, Another Sign Of Office Market Turnaround / Legal Leasing Volume Drops in Manhattan Despite Strong Demand / The State of the Office Market  / Hotels Rode A Business Travel Wave — Now Comes The Undertow / Trump’s Tariffs Roller Coaster Causing 'Major Whiplash' For CRE / Manhattan Office Sees February Dip, But Long-Term Trends Remain Positive / Five Years Later: How the Pandemic Reshaped Work Forever / Is Belonging the New Currency for Workplace Design? / The Consultants Are Coming — Are Coworking Spaces Equipped To Handle The Federal Layoff Fallout? / Expert Reveals Why Hybrid Work Backlash Is Exploding And How To Fix It / 2025 Office Design Trends For A More Engaging Workplace / How Branded Healthcare Environments Can Build Trust and Community / and much more…

ABI January 2025: Architecture firm billings remain soft to start the new year / DIRTT Reports Fourth Quarter 2024 Sales Decline 4% / Interface Reports Fourth Quarter Sales Climbed 4.3% / Premier Tech Incubator 1871 Leaving TheMART / German Furniture Manufacturer files for Insolvency / Park Avenue Office Availability Hits Six-Year Low / Law Firm Leasing Hits Record-Breaking 10.2M-SF in Q4 / It's A Mixed Bag For Lab Leasing As Renewals Dominate / NYC Office Buildings See Resurgence as Investors Pile Into Bonds / Massive Federal Office Space Cuts Jeopardize $15.6B in CRE Loans / Office Demand for Larger Spaces is Back / More Than 700 In GSA's Real Estate Office Accept Offer To Resign / Controversy erupts over luxury office furniture order for German Ministry / DOGE Move to Slash Federal Leases Threatens Office-Market Recovery / Here are the Top US Cities Embracing Smart Infrastructure / Pedrali showcases vision for future workspaces / and much more…

BIFMA asks Administration to reconsider imposing new tariffs / HNI sales dip in Q4; expects lower sales in Q1 / McKinsey Forecasts $800 Billion Office Market Loss / One Of The World's Largest Employers Aims To Make Big Push Into U.S. Facilities Management / Inflation Concerns Resurface as US Public Braces for Higher Prices / In-Office Mandates Drive Office Leasing Momentum /JBG Smith Reports Widening Losses, Falling Occupancy as Trump Uncertainty Looms / JLL Sees 16% Revenue Growth Driven By Office Leasing, Capital Markets Improvements / A longtime furniture industry analyst rings the alarm bell / Designing Workplaces to Tell Your Brand's Story / Is RTO relevant? Why ‘butts in seats’ don’t necessarily equate to business success / Return-to-Office Policies Spark Talent Exodus In Premier Firms / These Are the Companies That Might Cut Space Because of DOGE / and much more…

Flos B&B Italia Group rejects Haworth's $1 billion offer / Flokk Acquires Via Seating, Expanding US Portfolio / $96K Fraud Scheme Lands Harrisburg Office Furniture President Charges / DIRTT's Update on Litigation with Falkbuilt, Smed and Loberg / HON Unveils New 3,700-Square-Foot Workspace Spec Suite in Atlanta / More Signs Point to an Office Turnaround / Is The Office Apocalypse Finally Over? World’s Largest Commercial Real Estate Services Company Showing Signs Of Life / Construction Material Costs Jumped In January In Anticipation Of Trump Tariffs / Landscape Forms Announces Key Leadership Changes to Support Continued Company Growth / Tech Industry Drives Office Space Expansion, Renewals Dominate Mega Leases / Innovant Welcomes Courtney Pirosko-Platzman as VP of Sales to Drive Growth Across North America / Employees Are No Longer Going Quietly — Revenge Quitting May Define 2025 / Constant Remote Work Appeals Unmask A Hidden Workplace Crisis / and much more…

Falkbuilt Case Dismissed / Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration / 60% of U.S. workers expect more RTO mandates in 2025 / The $20 million business of gutting failed Bay Area tech companies / Declining Sublease Inventory Signals Potential Office Rebound / Landscape Forms Celebrates 50 Design Awards in 2024 / Seattle is dealing with record-high office vacancies / Prime Office Leasing Hits Three-Year High Amid Growing Tenant Demand / Manhattan Office Thrives with 24.4% Leasing Volume Increase / Michael Graves Architecture Announces Acquisition of Kollin Altomare Architect / How the keepers of L.A.’s most famous homes chose what to save from fires / Art Imitates Life? RTO Mandates Spark Office Romance In Upcoming Hallmark Movie / Office Optimism Builds As RTO Mandates Push Downsizing To Lowest Level Since 2019 / Take up of flexible office space hits highest levels since 2019 / Office Attendance Hits Postpandemic High / and much more…

Haworth Partners with StruXure / NYC office demand leads U.S. markets / U.S. Flexible Workspace Industry Continues Expanding, Grew 2% In Q4 2024 / Coworking Sees Steady Growth as Hybrid Work Reshapes Office Trends / Steelcase Recognized as One of the World’s Most Admired Companies / European office sales slumped to lowest since 2009 last year, data shows / Office Investment Increases for First Time Since 2021 / Billions in Office Market Value at Risk as GSA Considers Massive Lease Reductions / Interest In NYC Office Space Is Back To Prepandemic Levels / The architecture industry may soon be unrecognizable / Gen Z Is More Fed up With Their Jobs and Work Than Gen X, Baby Boomers / Return-to-Office Mandates Apply to Everyone, Except a Chosen Few / 3 ways smarter design can solve the noise problem / Versteel Introduces the Nerita Chair with Focus on Art, Comfort, and Craftsmanship / and much more…

Business conditions end the year on a weak note / Flexible Office to Continue Expanding as Hybrid Work Evolves / La-Z-Boy Healthcare | Knú Comfort Names Adam Stemle President / Empowered Ventures Acquires Whitney Brothers / Behind Manhattan's Resilience for Office / Trump’s Return-To-Office Mandate Faces Pushback / Sunon Furniture Taps Fort Worth For National Distribution Center / Hotel Fundamentals Continue to Languish Amid Flat Occupancy Rate / Will Dress Shirts Return to the Office? / Remote Jobs: Employer-Employee Tensions Over Return-to-Office Far From Settled / Remote work is now the top requested workplace accommodation  / Designing for Experience: How Coworking Spaces Are Adapting to Support Older Professionals / What Offices Can Learn from Gyms / and much more…

HB Workplaces Acquires MBI Seattle / Landscape Forms Expanding Manufacturing / Francis "Mike" Joseph Tuohy, 88 | Veyer Recalls WorkPro Office Chairs Due to Fall Hazard / CBRE Acquires Industrious For $400M / Wilkhahn names ex-Sigel chief as new CEO / Construction Slowdown, Leasing Acceleration Drive Office Demand / Yardi Acquires Deskpass And Hubble To Expand Flexible Workspace Offerings / Why Quality in Commercial Office Space Hinges on Workplace Experience / The Stories Behind Severance’s Eerie Office Design / Starbucks proves it was never really a 'third place' / Small businesses remain upbeat about flexible working / 22 Million Reasons to Accommodate Work-From-Home Requests / Remote work is here to stay / We still display status in office design, but in new and subtle ways / and much more

Flokk Looks to Expand in the North American market / Eames House threatened as 1,000's of buildings destroyed in LA fire / Studio TK Commits to a Collaborative Partnership with Outdoor Furniture Brand POINT / JPMorgan Chase Mulls Full Office Return for Employees / Marketing Moments - Herman Miller on Facebook / CDW about to get the Sandow makeover / Office Leasing Surges, Vacancy Rate Plateaus in San Francisco / JPMorgan To Call The Rest Of Its Staff Back 5 Days A Week / Over 500 Amazon Employees Push Back Against 5-Day Office Mandate / AT&T’s RTO Creates Chaos With Desk Shortages And Parking Issues / Bringing Spaces to Life: The Integral Role of Service Design in the Design Process / Inside a DE&I office design / Room & Board and Gensler Debut Their First Product Collaboration with Human-Centric Lincoln Desk Collection / and much more…