Selecting the best location for your U.S. manufacturing plant

Written By:

Michelle Comerford

CoreNet Global’s the SOURCE magazine, December 2022

Selecting the right location for your U.S. manufacturing plant is a complicated process. It is critical to have knowledge of the process, the stakeholders, the regulators, and the information you should consider in making this decision, to ensure nothing is missed that might otherwise cost you time and money during the site-selection process or in the future. This guide will provide you with a foundational understanding of site selection in the U.S. to guide you through the process and identify helpful resources.

How much office space do you really need?

Written By:

Saanthia Bulchandani

CoreNet Global’s the SOURCE magazine, December 2022

How much square footage a company needs for its office has always been a tricky question to answer. And now, with hybrid work here to stay, it’s an even more complicated puzzle. Yet, thoughtful and intentional solutions are possible – especially with new technology such as spatial intelligence and occupancy sensors. By analyzing real-time data and adjusting to changing employee needs, you can create a dynamic and agile workplace that utilizes your company’s space sustainably and cost-effectively.

How decisions around work are creating the next normal for office recovery

Authors:

Craig Leibowitz, Sheila Botting and Julian Adams

CoreNet Global’s the SOURCE magazine, December 2022

The question has lingered for more than two years: Just when will employees return to offices? During the depths of the lockdown and recovery period from mid-2020 through 2021, office visitation was influenced by government regulations, informed by infection rates, shaped by the ways people commute and competitive office-labor-market conditions, and the need for in-person interaction with colleagues and clients. Now, traffic is more strongly influenced by new norms of day-to-day work as pressure to return to offices increases and economic conditions face rising headwinds.

Sheila Bodding, President of The America’s for Avison Young’s Professional Services, and Craig Leibowitz, Director of Innovation and Insights Practices, discuss the return to work office since the pandemic and Avison Young’s Vitality Index and other relevant data.

Leigh Stinger of Perkins & Will is joined by Chuck Hardy, Chief Architect of the US General Services Administration; Sara Andersen, Head of Real Estate and Workplace Effectiveness at Genentech; and Rome Poppler, Director, Enterprise Real Estate at Ameriprise Financial Services, to discuss the big opportunities and issues they are facing in today's world.

Stephen Brown, Senior Vice President, Global Market Development at International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) provides an overview of WELL updates and discusses the benefits of the WELL Standard. Tori Sheppard, Technical Account Manager at IWBI and CoreNet Global Young Leader Recipient, and Jaclyn Whittaker, SVP of Commercial at IWBI, also join the conversation.

Michael Zucchero, Technical Service Lead, ISS North America, offers an overview and thoughts on three relevant topics in Integrated Facilities Management Technical Services. Topics discussed are talent, asset management optimization, and technology enablement.

CoreNet Global feature's The Workplace Leader. Making the right CRE decisions with Sabine Ehm.

The Workplace leader is a podcast featuring Corporate Real Estate executives and learning how they make decisions day by day to shape the next generation workplace. Hosted by Sabine Ehm. Presented by Locatee.

This episode features Alexandra Sanchez, Director Real Estate & Facilities for Americas at Organon. She shared their approach to branding in the office spaces and why she believes that office perks are only done well if you use them to facilitate working experience and relationships.

James Woodburn, Executive Director, WPC Asia Pacific, discusses differences and similarities in adoption of hybrid working in Japan, India, Australia, Singapore, and other key markets in Asia.

Rakesh Kishan, Managing Principal, Trascent, talks about the future of hybrid work, how to get more employees back into the office, and how demand for office space will change.