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Sway Ventures announced that multi-decade commercial real estate operator and former Blackstone backed, EQ Office CEO, Lisa Picard has joined the firm as a Partner. Picard adds to the PropTech team at Sway Ventures, which includes Ray Wirta, former Chairman of CBRE, as well as advisors including Doug Holte, CEO for Hines Global Innovation & ESG; Stephanie Fuhrman, former MD of Innovation at Gr...

When Tim Cook sent his workforce home in March 2020, calling coronavirus a “challenging moment”, it is unlikely the Apple chief executive anticipated that he would have a battle on his hands to get those workers back to the office two-and-a-half years later.

In 2015, private equity giant Blackstone Inc. purchased the Willis (née Sears) Tower and began a half-billion-dollar renovation that would radically change the role the former tallest building in the world would play in downtown Chicago.

With sustainability and hybrid work high on the agenda, the world’s largest flex office provider has teamed up with a Nordic startup to fit out its spaces with reusable furniture.  

In 2015, private equity giant Blackstone Inc. purchased the Willis (née Sears) Tower and began a half-billion-dollar renovation that would radically change the role the former tallest building in the world would play in downtown Chicago.  

Tech giant Amazon is pausing construction on six of its planned office towers — five in Washington state and one in Tennessee — with no timeline on when it will restart building activity.  

JLL has inked a new partnership with a proptech firm as part of its effort to build an ecosystem of tech solutions for office landlords and tenants.  

Industrious, a flexible space provider that counts brokerage giant CBRE among its investors, is joining a major real estate owner, Nuveen, in opening what’s billed as the latest lure for office workers: an upscale workplace lounge concept in New York that includes a full-service bar, restaurant and coffee shop run by hospitality group DMK. There’s even a park.  

Medical software provider CentralReach decided last year to allow all 373 of its employees to work remotely on a permanent basis. Then the company signed a lease for a splashy new office.  

The fully circular and subscription-based furniture service provider NORNORM has teamed up with IWG, with 3.500 offices the world's largest provider of flexible workspaces. Together they are redefining the furniture concept for workspaces across IWG’s portfolio of brands and centres as demand for hybrid working accelerates. The first centre with NORNORM’s timeless Nordic design office furnitur...