CFN's The Working Space | December 1, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | December 1, 2025

Shareholder sues Steelcase over ‘tainted’ $2.2B sale agreement with HNI Corp. / DOGE Disbands 8 Months Early, With Most Lease Terminations Rescinded / DIRTT Announces Board and Leadership Updates / Trump White House spending $1.75 million on new furniture, redecorating / German furniture company König + Neurath files for insolvency after 100 years / Bright Spots Emerge Amid Office Market’s Post-Pandemic Shakeup / Construction Starts Jump 21% As Megaprojects Break Ground / NYC Office Development Poised For Biggest Opportunity Since GFC, Landlords Say / For the first time in its history, ORGATEC has an overarching theme / Aging Workforces Are Becoming A Major Drag On Economic Growth, New EBRD Report Finds / AI and robotics could replace as many as 40 percent of US jobs, McKinsey report suggests / Making Work Fun Is The Secret To Getting More Done / Cisco Wins RTO Culture ‘Tug of War’ for Its California Workplaces / Hybrid Habits Hold Firm as Friday Office Visits Lag / Flexible Workspaces And The Rise Of Corporate Downsizing / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | November 24, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | November 24, 2025

ABI October 2025: Billings continue to decline at architecture firms / German office manufacturer seeks self-administration to secure future / MillerKnoll Strengthens Taiwan Presence by Appointing York Business Interiors as its Authorised Dealer / U.S. Office Construction Activity Stalls As Vacancy Holds Near Record Highs / Economist: Office Leasing Could Rebound as Workforce Outgrows Current Space / Foot Traffic To The Office Steps Up In Q3, Survey Finds / Ford gets a huge new headquarters for an ambitious new era / Robert Propst Invented the Cubicle. But Don’t Blame Him if You Hate It. / What JPMorgan’s New HQ Can Teach Landlords About Workplace Demand / Office Market Recovery Is Real Only For Elite Districts, Leaving Most Cities Struggling / Designing for Perpetual Change: JLL's Stephen Jay on Building Workplaces People Choose to Use / How Acoustic Design Is Evolving for the Modern Workplace / Creating Spaces That Adapt, Inspire and Connect – The New Workplace Experience / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | November 17, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | November 17, 2025

HON Reimagines Chicago Presence with New Fulton Market Space / The Future of Work Is Being Built by Furniture: Europe’s Office Market Heads Toward $25.63 Billion / Designing a Better Tomorrow: MillerKnoll’s 2025 Better World Report / Danish office furniture brand pulls out of UK after costly expansion / CEKA emerges from insolvency with new investor partnership / Data Center Work Holds Up the Entire Construction Industry / Sun Belt Office Markets Heat Up as Companies Migrate South / Los Angeles Lags As The Country's Office Market Shows Signs Of Healing / Can MillerKnoll’s Saudi Expansion Redefine Its Global Growth Ambitions? / Why Experience — Not Efficiency — Is Now The Workplace Design Metric That Matters Most / Glassdoor Data Exposes Rising Worker Frustration Across U.S. Companies / Is The Flex Industry Growing Well — Or Just Getting Bigger? / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | November 10, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | November 10, 2025

DIRTT Reports Steep Sales Decline and $3.5 Million Loss as Tariffs Bite and Projects Stall / Creative Office Resources Expands to the Midwest with Acquisition of Continental Office / Pedrali makes debut at Interihotel with immersive hospitality installations / US residential furniture orders dip slightly as consumer confidence remains muted / Big Tenants, Small Leases: Changing Dynamics in Office Leasing / Chicago's Office Utilization Is Steadily Creeping Up / Shaky Economy, Travel Slowdown Hit Hospitality Companies / The chair of tomorrow / The Next Workplace Blueprint Requires a Technology-Centric Approach / 4 Generations, One Office / More Than Just a Seat: The Lounge as the New Travel Destination / Countries where the workweek is getting shorter fastest / Return-to-Office Mandates Are Driving Women In Tech To Quit, Survey Shows / Rising Costs, Shifting Market Have Office Landlords Tightening The Purse Strings On TI / WeWork CEO On The Flex Boom — ‘We’re Not Taking Down Space Fast Enough To Meet Demand’ / and much more

CFN's The Working Space | November 3, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | November 3, 2025

Commercial Furniture Dealers Brace for Soft Landing / HNI Posts Solid Q3 with Workplace Furnishings Momentum and Steelcase Deal on the Horizon / Humanscale opens APAC headquarters and showroom in Singapore / U.S. Office Market Sees First Vacancy Drop In Years As Forecasts Turn Positive / The Office Market Is Shrinking — Flex Space May Be The Only Way Back To Growth / Office Demand Fractures Along Remote Work Lines / Fall High Point Market Recap / Tenant Buildout Costs Outpace Allowances as Material Prices Climb / Manhattan Property Sales Surge To Highest Quarterly Volume in Three Years / Trump Fires Federal Design Board Ahead Of Ballroom, Arch Projects / U.S. Office Market Rebounding Faster Than Expected, CoStar Finds / Several Insiders Invested In Virco Mfg Flagging Positive News / Return-to-office mandates are about to backfire / Upholstery tariffs get the headlines. De minimis is the headache / Designed for What Purpose? Rethinking the Role of the Office / We Can’t Optimize Flexible Work Until We Agree On What It Actually Is / Coworking’s Quiet Takeover Goes Coast to Coast / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | October 27, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | October 27, 2025

JPMorgan Chase opens $3 billion NYC headquarters, reshaping the city's skyline / Architecture’s Long Slowdown: The ABI Hits a New Low as Firms Brace for a Prolonged Downturn / MillerKnoll Announces New Chief Financial Officer / Doshi Retreat: A Haven on the Vitra Campus / A4LE and EDmarket Unite to Shape the Future of Learning Environments / Office Market Enters New Cycle as Vacancy Declines for First Time Since 2019 / San Francisco’s U.S. Leading Office Visitation Growth Could Spread California-Wide / Manhattan Investment Sales Nearly Triple As Big-Ticket Office Deals Return / Wilkhahn: New ‘WiChair’ swivel chair / Allsteel Explores the Office as a Hub for Collaboration, Culture, and Connection / Making Work Fun Is The Secret To Getting More Done / Office Foot Traffic Rebounds as RTO Mandates, Fall Routines Drive Recovery / Office Operators Weigh Consolidation, ROI and Engagement / The New Economics of Sports Venue Design / Workplace design that support health, learning and growth / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | October 20, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | October 20, 2025

Momentum Acquires B+N Industries, Bridging Architectural Systems and Interior Surface / U.S. Office Vacancy Declines For First Time Since 2019 / Humanscale joins WORKTECH Academy as global furniture partner / Hybrid Work Sparks 164% Boom In Flex Spaces Outside Big Cities / Gateway Markets See New Rent Highs Amid Improving Office Fundamentals / What is the radical future of the workplace? / What Fashion Week’s Return To Corporate Chic Tells Us About The Future Of Work / The Office Market Is Shrinking — Flex Space May Be The Only Way Back To Growth / Flexible Workspace Occupancy Holds Steady At 72.5% / Innovation hubs are struggling. Here's what's next / 5 Non-Negotiables for the Tech-Enabled Office / JPMorgan Unveils the Office Tower of the Future / Experience-Based Working: Putting People First is the Way Forward / The 7 Trends Shaping The Coworking World In 2025 / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | October 13, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | October 13, 2025

DIRTT Gains Over $7 Million in New Projects as Market Activity Accelerates / Fursys Expands into Southeast Asia as Domestic Sales Stall / Teknion on the New Collaboration in the Workplace / Trump tariffs drive up US prices as consumer burden rises / Atlanta’s Office Sector Sees Positive Absorption for First Time in 2025 / 3 In 10 Companies To End Remote Work By 2026 / Here’s Where Remote and Hybrid Work Are Headed Next / Manhattan Office Now Set for Strongest Annual Leasing Since 2014 / A Multigenerational Workforce Demands Multigenerational Design / The Future of Real Estate Metrics: Human Connection / Who is Designing AI Workplaces? / Flexible Workspaces Are On The Rise, But Managing Them Is The Real Test / Remote Or Bust: Workers Would Rather Lose 25% Of Their Pay Than Give Up WFH / The real reason why your workplace strategy isn’t working / Miami’s Office Visitations Outpace Gateways Including Manhattan and Dallas / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | October 6, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | October 6, 2025

NeoCon 2026 to Offer Preview Day / What to know about the new furniture and cabinetry tariffs / Trump's sweeping furniture tariffs spares UK and EU / Chicago Office Vacancies Hit Record as Tenants Flock to Trophy Towers / Steelcase 2025 Impact Report Highlights the Strength of Community and Progress Toward a Net-Zero Future / AI Companies Accelerate Office Leasing In Manhattan / U.S. Hiring Plans Collapse To Lowest Level Since The Great Recession / Frank Lloyd Wright, coming soon to a theater near you / Why Some Investors Still See Life in Office Buildings / MillerKnoll Expands Research-Backed Workplace Planning Guidance to Support Employee Wellbeing / Beyond Mandates: The Future of Hybrid Work / 30 Rare Eames Designs Hit the Auction Block / Thonet celebrates 100 years of Bauhaus-inspired tubular steel furniture / No Evidence Of AI Jobs Apocalypse (Yet), Yale And Brookings Study Finds / The Office Power Shift: The Future of Corporate Real Estate Is No Longer In The Hands Of The C-Suite / Service charges rise as firms invest to encourage people to spend more time in the office / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | September 29, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | September  29, 2025

Steelcase and MillerKnoll Deliver Steady Results—Is the Worst Finally Over for the Office Furniture Giants? / Trump announces new tariffs on upholstered furniture / Ikea in the crosshairs as Trump adds 50% furniture tariffs / ABI August 2025: Softness persists at architecture firms / RSC, LLC Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation and Service Excellence / Allsteel Reimagines Showroom Experience with D.C. Design Lab / America’s Office Slump Is Gutting City Budgets and Taxpayers Are Paying the Price / White House Threatens More Permanent U.S. Federal Workforce Layoffs In Shutdown Standoff / U.S. Office Recovery Splits as New York Gains and West Coast Vacancies Climb / Boston Office Demand Returns to Pre-Pandemic Levels / San Francisco Office Set for Positive Absorption Thanks To Small Tenant Demand / No More 'Asking For The Moon.' The Office Amenity Race May Finally Be Slowing / Big Employers Struggle to Enforce Office Return Mandates / How Hospitality’s Third Places are Supporting Remote Work / The Rush to Return to the Office Is Stalling / Designing for Joy and Delight / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | September 22, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | September  22, 2025

NeoCon to Launch Premier Lighting Exhibit in 2026 / Commercial Office Furniture Market Driven by Workplace Modernization, Ergonomic Innovations, and Sustainable Design Trends / DIRTT Reports Significant Project Wins and Increased Pipeline Growth / Mega Merger: Perkins&Will And A+I Forge A Bold New Era / KI announces 33.4k square-foot addition to manufacturing facility next to Green Bay HQ / India’s Flexible Office Boom Smashes Global Records And Leaves U.S. In The Dust / Why Flexible Workspace Is Now Central To Business Growth And Occupier Success Strategies Worldwide / AI-Driven Plug-And-Play Leads to Major Office Availability Decline in San Francisco / Office Visits Slip in August After Strong July Showing / 'The Extra Push': How Marketing Became The New Survival Tactic In U.S. Office Leasing / Designing a New Way to Think in the Age of AI / Why Flexible Workspace Is Now Central To Business Growth And Occupier Success Strategies Worldwide / The Product–Market Fit Crisis In Commercial Real Estate: Why The Cost Of Mismatched Portfolios Is Staggering For Landlords / Flexible working policies have only a limited effect on how people actually work  / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | September 15, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | September  15, 2025

MillerKnoll Honored by Fast Company on 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators List / Are Trump’s tariffs helping domestic manufacturers? / Why MillerKnoll (MLKN) Shares Are Sliding / CBRE Hires Former Facebook Exec To Launch Office Innovation Lab / "Furniture's ingredients have changed mostly for the better" says Bruce Hannah / JLL Report Finds Hybrid Work Is Now The Global Standard, Warns Buy-In Hinges On Office Design / 'The Office' vs 'The Paper': How The 2 Shows Compare / Silicon Valley Is Graying, Pushing The Future Of Innovation Out The Door / Experts Explain How Microdosing And Culture Change Are Shaping The Future of Workplace Wellness Programs / Women Lean Toward Hybrid Work While Men Prefer More Office Time / Design as Storytelling: How AI Is Transforming the Way We Imagine, Create, and Connect / The Product–Market Fit Crisis In Commercial Real Estate: Who’s Really Listening To Occupiers? / The winner of the World Design Medal 2025 has been revealed / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | September 8, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | September  8, 2025

MillerKnoll Announces Makes Major Executive Changes / Virco Reports Solid Operating and Net Income for Second Quarter and First Six Months, Despite Significant Reduction in Revenue / Global Office Furniture Market Size to Reach USD 88.58 Billion by 2033 / Global furniture industry braces for heavy blow from US tariffs / Lifestyle Districts See Office Rents and Sales Outpace Traditional Markets / Houston Leads The Nation In Discounted Office Sales / Surprisingly Strong August Adds Wind To NYC Office Developers' Sails / San Francisco Office Market Edges Toward a New Cycle / How to reduce emissions of office renovations / 19 questions with MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen, who is done talking about return to office / Stanford Economist Debunks The Future Of Remote Work / A third of employees are quietly sabotaging workplace AI / Earlier Departures Expose the Costs of Office Mandates / After Mass Layoffs, DOGE Now Pleads For Tech Workers To Join Shrinking Federal Ranks / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | September 1, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | September  1, 2025

What do the new U.S. import tariffs mean for Europe’s furniture makers? / Swiss National Bank reduces stake in Steelcase amid market shifts / Teknion Opens New Legacy Space in Toronto, In Partnership with the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund  / Teknion Welcomes Magnus Aspegren as Chief Creative Officer / Government Taste Shift Could Reshape Certain Office Markets / Investors Pour $3B Into New York Towers as Demand Rebounds / 12 Cities Saw Office-Using Job Growth While Vacancy Rose in Others / Nearly Half of Office Sales Are Closing at a Discount / SURVEY: 35% Of Contractors Already Affected By Immigration Enforcement / Consumer Confidence In Jobs Sinks To Four-Year Low, Overshadowing Business Investment Gains / Ten Metros Lead Job Growth As Dallas Drops off List / Can design make you healthier? / Designing, Testing, and Perfecting Interiors Before They’re Built / Younger people want more office time as remote work leaves many feeling isolated  / New Survey Finds Majority Of Employees Believe AI Will End The Office Era / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | August 25, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | August 25, 2025

ABI July 2025: Business at architecture firms remains soft / New Survey Finds Majority Of Employees Believe AI Will End The Office Era / Three Years of Decline: What the ABI Reveals About Architecture’s Future / Groupe Lacasse Announces Key Leadership Appointments / Workrite Ergonomics Appoints Scott McPartlin as President / Why Empty Offices Are the Biggest Real Estate Opportunity of the Decade / How Can We Furnish a Better Future? / This furniture company brought midcentury modern design to America / Why working in an office still matters / Remote Work Cuts Time At The Desk Without Hurting Productivity, Gallup Finds / The Data-Driven Blueprint For Optimizing Corporate Real Estate In The Hybrid Work Era / Why We’re Leaving the Office Earlier but Still Showing Up on Time / AI is the new office spouse. Here's why that matters / Big Tech’s AI Obsession Is Creating Colossal Risks For The Future Of Work / AI isn’t just replacing tasks. It’s replacing the office, the manager, and maybe even the mission / Why Modern Hiring Centers Matter in Today’s Competitive Job Market / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | August 18, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | August 18, 2025

Humanscale Tops MMQB Sustainability Scorecard / MillerKnoll Earns 2025–2026 Great Place to Work® Certification / Humanscale Living debuts in new Paris showroom during Paris Design Week / ‘It’s A One Of One’: Why The Mart Probably Won’t Sell Anytime Soon / New York City Office Visits Top Prepandemic Levels / Apple, Nvidia Among Tech Companies Buying Bay Area Office In Renewed Investment Push / Downtown LA Faces Billions In Losses As Office Towers Sit Empty / How Law Firm Office Fit-Out Costs Compare Across the U.S. / Prime Office Costs Climb as Demand for Class A Space Stays Strong / Small U.S. firms paying Trump tariffs face $202 billion annual hit / The Human Building and the New Productivity Metric for Real Estate / Can Rarify Revolutionize the Design Industry? / Where are the iconic office furniture products of yesterday? / These 3 Countries Are Leading The Pet-Friendly Workplace Pack / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | August 11, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | August 11, 2025

Is TheMART for sale? Is this the end of NeoCon? / Kabin Arrives in Chicago: Walter Craven Leads Expansion with New Showroom at THE MART / Orlando Office Sector Poised for Strong End of 2025 After Q2 Leasing Plunges / San Francisco Peninsula Office Demand Recovers Thanks to Downtown Performance / Manhattan's Coworking Market Shrinks For The First Time / Manhattan Office Forecasted To See Strongest Annual Leasing in Six Years as Availability Tumbles / Embracing the Future: Insights from Patricia Urquiola / Office Culture Shifts as Employers and Employees Find Common Ground / CBRE reports strong demand for premium office space and record data centre growth in the UK / Surging Economic Anxiety Is Today’s Most Urgent Workplace Issue Employers Can’t Ignore / As Transactions Lag, JLL Leans Into Workplace and Advisory Services / Gallup Reports Employee Engagement Flat At 32%, Driving $2 Trillion In Lost U.S. Output / How AI is already changing the world of work / Growing number of businesses want people back in the office, but not in all sectors / Worker Mobility Is A Feature, Not A Bug, Of The Modern Workplace / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | August 4, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | August 4, 2025

HNI to Acquire Steelcase / Trump’s 39% Tariff Threatens to Upend Vitra’s U.S. Business / Office Furniture Demand in the U.S. to Drive Market to USD 23.2 / 2025-Q2 to Q3 Market Outlook Report Released Stronger-than-Expected Q2 Billings Offset by Modest Growth Forecasts / ERG Partners with Peopledesign to Rebrand for the Next Era of Contract Furniture / Office Demand Splinters: Chicago, San Francisco Surge While Los Angeles, D.C. Falter / Technology-Fueled Job Cuts Deepen Office Market Slump / The Fog Is Finally Clearing For San Francisco's Office Market As Tailwinds Converge / Herman Miller Gaming Collaborates with Ferris State University to Build State-of-the Art Gaming Space / How Strategic Shifts Can Reignite Employee Engagement / Workers switch off early on Fridays as hybrid working continues to reshape the week / Doing More With Less: Designing Small Spaces for Big Impact / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | July 28, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | July 28, 2025

 HNI grows earnings in Q2 as residential, office furnishings show strength / ABI June 2025: Architecture firm billings remain soft, while inquiries increase / German office furniture maker enters preliminary insolvency / Italian luxury furniture sector braces for heavy toll as US tariffs loom / Office Value Plunge Opens Door For New Conversion Play: Self-Storage / Mapped: The Most Expensive U.S. Cities For Commercial Construction / Return to Office Momentum Will Lift Broader CRE Market / Subtle Luxury, Elevated Design: Davis Unveils New Showroom at THE MART / 33% Of U.S. Office Loans Near Maturity, Threatening Commercial Real Estate Market Stability / NYC Law Firms Are Outgrowing Their Offices / The office isn’t just a space anymore. It’s a strategy to attract talent / Better offices for all as occupiers shift focus away from cost cutting / Return-to-office mandates won’t keep workers in their cubicles – but a lavish workspace can / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | July 21, 2025

CFN's The Working Space | July 21, 2025

Increased Office Visits Point to Meaningful RTO Progress / Beyond The 'AI Arms Merchants': How The Tech Is Really Changing Office Leasing / Tenant Demand Grows Despite Muted Office Leasing in Major Markets / Recovery Continues For Boston's Office Market, While Lab Market Pain Worsens / Manhattan CRE Sales Market Stalls As Buyers 'Keep The Pencil In Their Hand' / Miami Office Market Takes Step Back As Demand Wanes / Myrtle Beach furniture supplier engaged in fraud to underpay customs duties, DOJ alleges / 'It’s about giving people control over their environment to make them feel safe, calm, and focused / Hospitality in the Workplace – Inspired by the Comfort of Today’s Lifestyle / Burned Out And Logged On: How Can We Fix The Well-being Crisis In The Future of Work? / Summer Fridays Aren’t A Dead Perk — They’re A Blueprint For The Four-Day Workweek / Majority Of Fortune 100 Now Require Full-Time Office Return, New JLL Report Reveals / and much more…