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Report: South Africa: Green Buildings on the Agenda
Climate change and its impact are being felt globally. As a result of this, like many other countries across the world, South Africa has seen an increase in interest surrounding green buildings and sustainability initiatives. Not only is going green now seen as being responsible and responsive, but more and more customers and stockholders are now taking a keen interest in how the actions of corporations might influence the environment around them. This has had the effect of putting pressure on organizations to be aware of what their environmental footprint is, and how they can reduce it.
South Africa is a developing, rapidly moving economy. While it has faced some bumpy years in the recent past, it is still one of the biggest economies on the African continent, and has, historically, been an African powerhouse. As it matures and develops further, South Africa will need to use more of its resources, thus causing increasing strain on them. Necessarily, there is a heightened awareness in ensuring that natural resources are used in a responsible and sustainable manner as well as managing emissions and pollution generated.
Report: Atlanta Industrial Market - Second Quarter 2016
The Atlanta Industrial Market continued its hot run with the 17th quarter in a row of positive net absorption. Activity and absorption have been so strong that when developers build 45 million square feet of new construction over the past 3 years, the availability rate actually declined from 17.7% down to 13%...the lowest it has been in 20 years. This surge in the industrial market has been driven by pent-up demand, low interest rates, non-recourse financing, a lack of supply and heavy demand for E-Commerce buildings, and a compressed cap rate environment which has seen an all-time high in investment sale prices.
Report: Atlanta Industrial Market - Second Quarter 2016 - Point of View
The Atlanta Industrial Market continued its hot run with the 17th quarter in a row of positive net absorption. Activity and absorption have been so strong that when developers build 45 million square feet of new construction over the past 3 years, the availability rate actually declined from 17.7% down to 13%...the lowest it has been in 20 years. This surge in the industrial market has been driven by pent-up demand, low interest rates, non-recourse financing, a lack of supply and heavy demand for E-Commerce buildings, and a compressed cap rate environment which has seen an all-time high in investment sale prices.
Report: Smart buildings: How IoT technology aims to add value for real estate companies
Technology is changing the most fundamental truth about commercial real estate (CRE) —that value is based solely on location, location, location. While it still matters, of course, that a space be close to customers, employees, and/or suppliers, information-based applications have the potential to add new ways for the CRE sector to create value for customers, differentiate from competitors, and even find new sources of revenue.
Report: Global Occupier Survey 2015/16
2016 marks the launch of CBRE’s suite of commercial real estate occupier surveys for the Asia Pacific, EMEA and Americas regions. This report consolidates their regional research to deliver a synthesized global view of comparative insights on occupier strategies, trends and perspectives from around the world.
Report: The DNA of Real Estate: Europe Q2 2016
The DNA of Real Estate covers the key office, logistics and high street destinations within Europe and provide an overview of their quarterly performances, giving you a summary of prime rents and yields for the respective cities and markets.
Report: A New Legal Brief
New ways of working require new approaches to the design and planning of law space, so Steelcase took an extensive look at the legal industry, conducted primary research and developed new strategies for legal workspaces. This paper offers an overview of the research, examines the work processes and behaviors of the legal industry, and offers new workplace strategies to help law firms adapt to a changing business world.
White Paper: Understanding LEED® Version 4
To set an even higher standard for improved environmental outcomes, the U.S. Green Building Council has changed the LEED Green Building Rating System. All projects registered after October 31, 2016, are to be evaluated under the LEED v4 rating system. According to USGBC, LEED v4 is designed to drive innovation in every aspect of the building lifecycle, enabling project teams to make more informed decisions that will have greater overall benefit for the environmental, human health, and communities.
Report: The purpose-driven professional
The benefits of connecting social impact activities to talent development fall across four dimensions: Recruiting, Engagement and retention, Skills and leadership development, and Sustainable impact.
Report: Managing the burden of your organization inheritance
As a new executive, the team you inherit may not be the team you want for the future, but until you get around to creating your ideal team, you need to make do with what you have. This article talks about how you can work with your inherited team, how to deal with straight- and dotted-line reporting, and the ideal timelines for bringing in change.