I have never fully understood the “earn the commute” refrain. I understand the issues with being on a packed bus on a hot and humid Sydney February afternoon with no aircon. It’s no fun but these days very rare. Interesting, not that long ago it...
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School is back, holidays are over, and it's time to get to work. In our opinion, flex is going to be one of the main themes of the office industry for 2026. If you look at the bigger picture of the economy, geopolitics, and technology - uncertainty...
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Office space absorption has been CREviews’s focus over the last weeks, and we promise this to be the last one for a while. Last week Dror Poleg, Economic Historian, highlighted an article by Chip Cutter of the WSJ (26 October 2025), “More Big Companies Bet They Can...
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Last week Managing Director of Leesman, Kyle De Bruin, presented Leesman’s latest report titled “Rhythms”. Like Kyle’s presentation at the Corenet conference the other week, it was brilliant. The Rhythms report “captures the evolving rhythms of employee behaviour in a hybrid working world, aiming to increase the understanding of three core...
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The annual CoreNet conference “The Revolution of Experience” was held last week at the fantastic new Illumina venue in 1 Elizabeth Street. It was voted by many as the best conference yet and I agree. Congratulations to the Corenet team on such a successful event. The wider CRE...
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Following last week’s CREview on office space, one reader noted there was no reference to white collar employment. Ask a young person about white collar employment and the first reaction may be, “no one wears white collars anymore”. They do, just not in the numbers when...
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The question on the lips of the CRE industry is – how much office space does an office tenant actually need? Well, it depends. It is almost impossible to answer the question in a generic sense because there are so many determining factors, and it depends...
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Dr Nigel Oseland is a Chartered (Environmental) Psychologist whose speciality is workplace strategy, design briefing, change management, research, and post-occupancy evaluation. He is a global leader in this field and presented at a CoreNet Global event last week. It was a great event and got...
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Last week we attended Spaceful’s event at the Museum of Contemporary Art; Unlimited: an Exploration of Future Workplace Innovation. It was a great event from every perspective, the venue, the vibe of the space, the hosts, the Exhibition Centre for exhibitors, the guest speaker, the...
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The original serviced office operators were successful in providing small professionally run office “units” for customers, from small self-employed entities to global corporations. A common thing in the 1980’s was its use by global entities needing a small branch office or beachhead in a particular market. In those...
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