Why banking and financial services organizations need dedicated real estate experts

Written By:

Bobby Magnano

Narrated By:

Gayle Crew

CoreNet Global’s the SOURCE magazine, February 2023

Evolving and complex needs trickle down to real estate...

The financial services industry is amidst a rapid transformation due to expanding regulations, the rise of fintech, evolving customer and employee expectations, and changes jump-started by the pandemic. Financial leaders need advisors skilled in navigating the corporate real estate (CRE) implications of a changing landscape – now more than ever.

Mike Eardley, Director of Energy and Sustainability at EBI Consulting, discusses corporations' path to net zero and the growing number of local laws governing carbon emissions

Marti Grimminck, Founder and CEO of International Connector, discusses what today's youth are looking for in their work and their workplace.

Written By:

Penny Brinsley

Narrated By:

Gayle Crew

The pandemic has hastened the adoption of many workplace technologies. Occupancy sensors are a notable example, as are room-booking apps and data-driven hygiene programmes.

One facet of technology that has gone slightly under the radar is the use of virtual models.

Written:

Addy Walcott

Narrated By:

Gayle Crew

Connection and community vs the comfort of working from home

Hospitality is characterised as “the act of being friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors”. Hospitality-inspired office design builds on the same premise, re-establishing the importance of the office and strengthening the community workplaces can offer.

Written By:

Brett Sample

Narrated By:

Gayle Crew

Real estate is one of your top operating expenses. So why waste it? If you aren’t measuring and reacting to your space utilization, you’re probably paying for space you don’t need and inhibiting your employees. Right now, you might have unused space you could reallocate instead of investing in additional real estate.

Written By:

Marlyn Zucosky

Narrated By:

Gayle Crew

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered many people’s work lives since March 2020. Remote and hybrid work became the new normal during the last two and a half years, and it is widely anticipated that it is here to stay... For tenants in commercial office spaces and building landlords alike, designing amenities to accommodate the new norms of work life are extremely beneficial.

Join us as we speak to Ryann Menges, PE - Director of ESD New York, about many new regulations that are addressing the categories of energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, renewables, resource conservation, and more.

On this episode, Saeed Fathali, PhD, PE, LEED AP, provides an in-depth discussion of seismic risk, seismic resiliency and the long term benefits of valuing these assessments. Saeed Fathali is Director of Seismic Risk and Resilience Assessments for EBI Consulting.

Understanding the nuances behind cybersecurity insurance policies

Written By: Jason Lund

CoreNet Global’s the SOURCE magazine, December 2022

According to a recent report from Cybersecurity Ventures magazine, cybercrime is expected to account for a loss of $10.5 trillion globally by 2025 – a staggering number that is roughly half of the recorded U.S. gross domestic product in 2021. Unfortunately, many building owners and operators today have a common misconception that their properties are sufficiently covered if a cyberattack were to occur.