MillerKnoll Stock Tumbles on Sinking Demand for Its Furniture / A.I. Could Prove Worse for Office Occupancy Than Remote Work / Indiana Furniture Set to Open New Chicago Design Studio at NeoCon 2024 / Amazon Plans To Cut $1.3B In Costs By Shedding Office Space / Office Vacancy Rate Still Going Up in San Francisco / Legal Office Leases Up 50% From Recent Lows / Bisley secures Tesla and Amazon deals / Coworking spaces for spies feature next-level security — and kombucha on tap / Work-Life Balance Replaces Hustle Culture / Feeling Unproductive? Your Office Lighting Might Be to Blame / When Hybrid Work Just Becomes Work / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | March 25, 2024
Steelcase shares fall on revenue miss / AIA/Deltek ABI Reports Moderation in the Slowdown in Business Conditions at Architecture Firms in February / Indiana Furniture Announces Move to New Corporate Headquarters / Allsteel Launches Podcast and Magazine Spotlighting Workplace Innovation and Design / Tech Tenant Trends Push Down on Office Leasing / Office Sector Questions Are Beginning to Find Answers / All Hub, No Spokes: The Death of the Suburban Office / The Office Of The Future: How Workspaces Must Adapt For The Hybrid Era / Most US firms are yet to match their culture to the demands of flexible working / The hidden damage desk jobs are doing to our ears / The Rise Of ‘Office Peacocking’ In The Workplace In 2024 / What Does a Quality Office Workplace Smell Like? / Reviving flexible workspaces – a guide to saving failing operations / Stressed at Work? Your Office Phone Booth Could Tell Your Boss / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | March 18, 2024
Teknion Enters into a Strategic Partnership with British Furniture Brand Modus / Bisley Acquires Stake in Sustainable Furniture Brand / 4 Years Into Pandemic, Office Use Showing No Signs Of Big Bounce Back / Improving Focus and Privacy in the Workplace / To Understand Office, Follow the Headquarters / Downtown Ground-Floor Retail Key To Enticing Office Workers Back, Greater Revitalization / Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” / 2024: The Year of the Intentional Workplace / Revolutionizing Workplace Dynamics: Creating a Welcoming Destination for All! / Suburban Office’s Reversal of Fortune/ and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | March 11, 2024
Steelcase relocating longtime Chicago showroom / The Battle to Unseat the Aeron, the World’s Most Coveted Office Chair / JSI Announces Entry to Healthcare Market with JSI Health / Landscape Forms Announces New Partnership with Leading School Furniture Company, Smith System / Allsteel Announces Textile Partnership with Kvadrat / IKEA's New Office Furniture Collection Is a Gamechanger for WFH Days / HON Partners with Mayer Fabrics to Introduce 110 New Colorways / Employees Moving Further and Further Away From Workplace / Americans Don’t Care as Much About Work. And It Isn’t Just Gen Z. / Dallas Keeps Building Offices Amid High Vacancy, Slow Leasing / More Workers Piled Into Offices In February, With Visits Up Almost 19% / Deconstruct Your Office Into Core Resources To Rebuild Productivity / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | March 4, 2024
The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity Opens in Richmond, California / The big engine that could: U.S. economy barrels ahead and puts recession forecasts in rear view / Innovations Unveils Luxury Showroom in the Pacific Design Center / Haworth closes furniture plant / Interface Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results / How 3 Texas Cities Came To Lead The Nation In Empty Offices — And Why There May Be Further To Fall / 60% Of Office Vacancies Concentrated In 10% Of Buildings: JLL / CEOs turn to hybrid working to cut costs as suburban office footfall booms / Citadel’s New Real Estate Chief Sees A Return To A Different Kind Of Office / The Workplace Must Be a Destination, Not an Obligation / The Power of Pet-Friendly Workplaces / Deutsche Bank’s Return-to-Office Push Sparks Worker Backlash / How Tomorrow’s Workforce Will Shape Future Workplace Design / The hybrid working office: ushering in a new era for the workspace / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | February 26, 2024
HNI Reports Earnings Growth and Margin Expansion in Q4 and Full Year 2023 / DIRTT Reports Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial Results / Haworth Group Reaches New Milestone in 2023 / Artcobell names Kevin Smith as President / What Many Get Wrong About the US Office Market / More Evidence 'Flight to Quality' a Myth Amid Dismal Office Report / Steelcase Earns Top Score in Industry for Climate Change Disclosure From CDP / Google opens New York HQ built on renovated 1930s train terminal / Commuting Data Provides More Insight into Remote Work / The Strategy Behind The Pentagon’s Bold Remote Work Pivot / Employee turnover will skyrocket if firms monitor office attendance, says former EY leader / These Are The Top Coworking Amenities & Features To Attract Members / Pawsitivity at Work: Perks & Pitfalls Of Creating Pet-Friendly Coworking Spaces / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | February 19, 2024
DIRTT Announces Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2023 Financial Results / Keilhauer’s Remimagined NYC Showroom Invites Co-Working, Collaboration and Celebration / Freedman’s Office Furniture Expands To Serve Houston, Texas With New Office Location / Empty Offices, Soaring Debt, Nervous Investors — Exactly How Much Trouble Are Banks In Amid CRE Market Turmoil? / 'No Doom Loop Fears Here': Economists Provide Optimism For Office Market / Commercial Real Estate Trouble Evident in Fading Downtown Construction / Commercial Real Estate Market Plunge Has Lenders Facing a Brutal Reality / Office Agony Isn’t Over, Says Morgan Stanley / Changing shape of workplace is creating new opportunities for property market / The 600-Year Office / An inside look at Gensler's office of the future / How to Be Productive on Fridays? Companies Try New Tricks to Bring Work Back / The seismic shift that’s about to change the American workplace / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | February 12, 2024
The Office is entering its lounge era / The End of an Era: The Rise and Fall of Trendway Corporation / The return-to-office debate may settling down—in a way that makes everyone unhappy / SRG Partnership Merges with CannonDesign to Forge a Future of Sustainable and Socially Responsible Architecture / Arper to Open New Showroom Space in Chicago / ‘Zombie Offices’ Spell Trouble for Some Banks / Where Office Development is Happening / CBRE Could Pay More Than $1B To Buy Global Facilities Management Firm / Visits To Dallas-Area Office Buildings Down 34% From Pre-Pandemic Levels / Mercato Place Continues its Evolution as the Go-To Source for Samples / Why More Corporate Offices Are Moving to Suburban Downtowns / Bring Office Cubicles Back; Improve Employee Productivity, Hybrid Work / Is There Still a Place for Desks in the Modern Office? / Alluring Tenants with Reimagined Properties and Hospitality-Infused Amenities / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | February 5, 2024
Office Tours on the Upswing Especially in NYC and LA / Manhattan Office Leasing Drops Nearly 40% Last Month / Steelcase Recognized as One of the World’s Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE / Danish modular office furniture maker expands in UK with London base / HNI Office India Ltd Unveils State-of-the-Art Experience Centre in Hyderabad / Newsweek Recognizes Steelcase as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces / Finding the Upside Amidst Office Troubles / Office-Backed Loan Delinquency Continues Climb, Posting Biggest Jump Since September / The Real-Estate Downturn Comes for America’s Premier Office Towers / New York is lapping San Francisco in the return-to-office race / Companies’ hard-line stance on returning to the office is backfiring / Underutilized office space? I just can't be bothered with it / Should you keep your office? Small business owners rethink its value. / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | January 29, 2024
Gensler’s New San Francisco Office: A Prototype for the Future of Work / The office of the future could be your car, says Cisco / U.S. Hotel Construction Reaches New Record / Wurkwel Ventures Acquires FurnitureFinders / Haworth and Architype Announce Strategic Representation Partnership / ABI December 2023: Architecture firm billings remain soft to end the year / OFS Acquires Adaptive Architecture Pioneer ROOM / Kimball International Announces New NYC Showroom Location / Studio TK Welcomes New President, Koorosh Sharghi / Bank of America's return-to-office policy just got more foul / New Office Pre-Leasing Above the Norm / A study’s surprise finding: Most workers want to be in the office more often / Putting ‘Place’ Back in the ‘Workplace’ / More Remote Workers Facing Threats, Layoffs As Big Companies Clamp Down / Forty percent of firms expect people to work from the office five days a week / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | January 22, 2024
Herman Miller's new logo looks a lot like its old, and that's by design / Dan Chong named New President of Boss Design North America / Ultrafabrics and Allgood partner to bring the world’s best performance fabric to luxury hardware / Yulio Technologies Inc. unveils groundbreaking Augmented Reality (AR) integration for CET Designer / Kravet acquires Caroline Cecil Textiles / Review: imm cologne 2024 / 'Hard To Fathom': NYC Says Office Values, Even At Class-B Buildings, Rose Last Year / Office Tenants Search For Value While Shrinking Footprints / Trophy Office Space Is Hot. What Will It Take To Build More? / Thinking Outside the (Big) Box / Why It’s Important To Get Metrics Right For Hybrid and Remote Work / Remote Work Doesn’t Seem to Affect Productivity, San Francisco Fed Study Finds / Why it’s time to leave the home office behind / Design for Human Aspirations / The Impact of Office Design on Employee Wellbeing and Productivity / Room & Board is B Corporation Certified / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | January 15, 2024
The US Office Furniture Market to Hit $19.38 Billion by 2028 / Office Visits Remain in Holding Pattern / What Surya CEO Satya Tiwari wants to do with Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams / MillerKnoll Named to Newsweek’s 2024 List of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity / U.S. Office Vacancy Breaks All-Time Record / DIRTT Announces Closing of Rights Offering / Here’s Some Optimism for Office / Is There Enough Class-A Office Stock to Meet the Flight to Quality? / Office Footprints Stabilize as Use of Flex Space Increases / Record Number of Manhattan Office Towers with High-End Rents / Skanska To 'Postpone Future Growth' In U.S. Amid Office Market Challenges / More Law Firms in New York Opt for Larger Spaces / Investors in Virco Mfg have seen enviable returns of 413% over the past three years / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | January 8, 2024
Stylex Acquired by European Giant Flokk in a Contract Furniture Industry Shake-Up / US employers add surprisingly strong 216,000 jobs in sign of economic strength / Record-High Concessions Are Stifling Office Rent Growth / LA Office Availability Hits Record High To Finish 2023 / Manhattan Office Market Closes Sour 2023 On High Note / Houston Office Leasing Declined 35% Last Quarter As Tenants Vet Landlord Finances / $117B In Office Debt Coming Due This Year, Pushing Some Big Owners To The Brink / One wish for 2024. A more sophisticated approach to the workplace and hybrid working / An Exhausting Year in (and Out of) the Office / Do people want to return to office? Most say they do / Remote is Better for Workers, Employees, and the Planet / The Bouroullec Brothers Split Up / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | January 1, 2024
Business Conditions Remain Soft at Architecture Firms / MillerKnoll Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Misses Expectations / Steelcase Reports Mixed Q3 Fiscal 2024 Results Amidst Revenue Decline and Improved Margins / Office Asking Rents Will Decrease 3% to 4% in 2024 / Los Angeles Offices Are Trading for Bargain Basement Prices / CRE Prices Continue to Decline / Optimism Grows for Soft Landing in Manhattan's Office Market / A look back at all of the furniture layoffs and shutdowns of 2023 / WORKSPACE announces expansion to Saudi Arabia / San Francisco Office Vacancy Nearly 36% in Fourth Quarter / Economists: 44% Of U.S. Office Loans Underwater, Threatening More Bank Failures / Overcoming Challenges In Hybrid Meetings With Hybrid Conference Rooms / I Think I Know How This Ends / New York Is Full of Empty Offices After Covid. Make Way for the Playground City. / Building A 24/7 Workspace — How To Make Money Beyond The 9 To 5 / Return to office, quit rates, rise of generative AI: How work changed this year / All the ways offices got better in 202 / and much much more…
CFN's The Working Space | December 18, 2023
Ralph Lauren Announces Strategic Collaboration with Haworth to Accelerate Growth of Luxury Furniture Business / Deskmakers acquires Peter Pepper Products / Contract Associates acquired by Furniture Marketing Group / Platzman Retires from AIS / The New Metrics to Measuring Office Use / In-Office Work Schedules Spiking / Office Occupancy Hits New Pandemic-Era High As More Employers Plan To Add Space / Understanding the Nuances Behind the Office Market / Open or Private? It’s Time for a New Workplace Model. / Here’s Why Your 2024 Corporate Workplace Strategy Needs Coworking / So is this an office or a cafe? Here is how workspaces are evolving / 5 Ways Gen Z Will Shape Worklife In 2024 / Gen Z is bringing a whole new vibe to the workplace: anxiety / Your office is about to enter its Experimental Phase / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | December 11, 2023
Pantone's 2024 Color of the Year is ‘Peach Fuzz’ / Fully remote work is on the decline in the U.S. / Haworth Announces 2024 DesignLab Focus on Sustainability & Circular Design / Metalworks Acquires Flairwood, Expands Manufacturing Capabilities, Industries, Customer Base / Steelcase Named Leader in LGBTQ+ Inclusion, Earns Perfect Score on Human Rights Campaign's 2023 Corporate Equality Index / Virco Reports Record 3rd Quarter and YTD Results / Virco Reports Record 3rd Quarter and YTD Results / How commercial furniture firm Forward Tilt grew to $50m in revenue after a decade in business / GM Makes Three Days in Office Mandatory, Ending ‘Work Appropriately’ Policy / Tech Industry Struggles With Hybrid Work Adoption / Pet insurance rises as a hot new workplace benefit / Half of workers take zero breaks during the day / and much much more…
CFN's The Working Space | December 4, 2023
More Fortune 100 companies are buying used office furniture / Can We Beat The Great Gloom? It’s Going To Take A Lot More Than Cushy Office Perks / Creating the epicentre: unlocking the untold benefits of next-generation office spaces / Andreu World Unveils Largest U.S. Showroom Expansion / Return to office is dead, Stanford economist says. Here’s why / Think Companies Are Struggling to Fill Offices? Look at the Government / Manhattan Office Availability Ticked Back Up In November With Dearth Of Big Deals / Flexible workspace market will be worth up to $50bn by end of decade / Post-Pandemic Office Design Emphasizes Calm, Comfort, Privacy / Industry: the art of working from anywhere / London Has More Work-From-Home (WFH) Flexible Jobs Than Paris / New incentives could boost satisfaction with in-person work, but few employers are making changes / Where Remote Workers Have it Best (and Why That Matters for Their Employers) / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | November 27, 2023
ABI October 2023: Business conditions continue to soften at architecture firms / Offices Gain Appeal Among Gen Z, Reshaping Work Norms / Studio Elk launches new home office furniture subscription concept / Landmark Decision Sparks Debate on the Future of Remote Work in Australia / Calgary is leading the way in turning empty offices into housing / Legrand and Microsoft Join Forces: Allowing for Seamless Scalability in The Future Office / How AI is influencing facilities management / Is hybrid really working? / Breaking the sound barrier: The impact of office noise on the working day / From Design Frill to a Business Essential: The New Paradigm of Workplace Strategy / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | November 20, 2023
Joseph Schwartz 97, Marketer of the Original Cubicle / Stance Healthcare to Acquire Arizona-based Plural Studios / Woodlore International Inc. Officially Under New Ownership / Surya acquires Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams brand / Humanscale Pilots Standalone Retail Concept in Hangzhou, China / Office Occupiers Plan To Dramatically Shrink Footprints Even As Attendance Mandates Rise / The Incredible Shrinking Worker’s Office / Half of people say they are less productive in coworking spaces / Office Usage Reaches Highest Mark Since March 2020 / Bringing the MillerKnoll Collective Together in San Francisco / World’s Best Office Property Market Is Seoul, Korea, With 98% Occupancy / 'Return-to-office' rates vary widely across Europe / People spending more time in offices in search of social interaction / and much more…
CFN's The Working Space | November 13, 2023
DIRTT Reports Third Quarter Sales Gain as Losses Continue / Workplace Install Network, Inc. Acquires Office Interiors of Virginia out of Bankruptcy / Hot Desking Is Next Risk to Office Property Market, Morgan Stanley Says / Workers to Spend Up to 25% Less Time in Office, CBRE CEO Says / Class A Offices Moderated JLL’s Vacancy Increases / The fight over return-to-office is turning into a disability dispute / As New Work Patterns Emerge, the Workplace Must Respond / How office furniture changes in ‘flight to quality’ / Using Experience Strategy to Design What People Truly Want / Inclusive office design is essential if we want offices to be worth the commute / Adapting Mixed-Use Buildings for Remote Work / and much more…




















