Place

As business and political scenarios shift, what’s next for New York City?

New York is halfway through a decade of reinvention. As the city’s commercial identity shifts, a team of local experts look at the options for radical reinvention or incremental change

Placemaking AI

Placemaking with purpose: how AI-driven insights can unlock office attendance

From AI-driven insights to creating inclusive spaces, this case study of The Crown Estate’s partnership with Placemaking AI demonstrates the power of data to meet evolving employee expectations

Breaking the banking box: how financial workplace is busting boundaries

From AI-powered office planning to hospitality-driven employee experience, the Future Financial Workplace event in New York highlighted where the banking industry is heading next

How a lack of desks could hinder the great office return in 2025

Aggressive cuts to desk space by many large companies since the pandemic are now hampering the drive by business leaders to bring people back to the office on a more regular basis

The Where of Work: a multidisciplinary lens on coodinating the workplace

As work undergoes seismic shifts, new research highlights how coordinated strategies can solve challenges from different stakeholders to design interconnected workplaces

From geopolitics to green buildings, Europe’s real estate looks ahead

A survey from the Urban Land Institute and PwC shows that confidence remains fragile as European real estate faces up to geopolitical turmoil, sustainability pressures and tenant demand uncertainty

Why climate action is needed to make cities attractive to investors

Two new global research studies reinforce the message that cities need to manage increasing climate risks – from extreme heat to flooding – if they want to be competitive in the future

Call to demolish Canary Wharf towers signals dilemma of the CBD

UK developer Sir Stuart Lipton says that only drastic measures can safeguard the future of London’s troubled financial district, but transitioning to mixed use is not an easy challenge