#Hybrid Work

AI can analyze patterns and predict space needs—but only when it has the right data. Discover why real-time, sensor-driven platforms like Lambent Spaces are the essential foundation that makes AI-powered space optimization actually work.

Across Florida, higher education facilities leaders are reimagining campus operations to meet new financial, environmental, and cultural demands. Sustainability expectations are growing, budgets are tightening, and the ways students and staff use campus spaces are evolving faster than ever....

The  modern workplace will continue to undergo major changes next year and beyond. Crowded offices and tightly-packed cubicles are artifacts of the past. Today’s workforce seeks flexibility and mobility. And that’s where occupancy analytics comes in. By gaining visibility into how your spaces are...

Across social feeds, “analog baskets” or “ anti-doomscrolling baskets” are showing up as curated collections of screen-free activities: a paperback, a deck of cards, a sketchbook, maybe a small craft kit. These baskets make it easier to choose offline time by removing the friction of “what do I do...

Large occupiers are expanding, trading up to prime space, and clustering in core markets—this is the moment for CRE teams to turn utilization intelligence into their unfair advantage.​ The big shift: expansions, upgrades, and core markets CBRE’s “ Expansions by Large Occupiers Dominate Top 100...

Facilities organizations are often tasked with thinking big. They steward campus master plans, shape the built environment for decades to come, and apply rigorous design standards to ensure that new construction and major renovations meet institutional needs. At the macro level, Facilities teams...

New York City commercial real estate is getting more expensive. Again. From Midtown towers to downtown creative hubs, the price per square foot continues to rise while corporate budgets are expected to do more with less. Recent reports and industry analyses highlight climbing rents and renewed...

When it comes to space planning in higher education, universities often find themselves stuck in a paradox. While most campuses have policies and governance frameworks to oversee their physical footprint, few have the tools, processes, or integrated data systems required to manage space...

Ease into the week – and then back out. That’s what employees want. Mondays and Fridays at home with all team meetings Tuesday through Thursday. It’s creating a bell curve of occupancy – predictable, sure, but strains operations and inflates the cost of use due to uneven occupancy distribution....

It’s no secret that for many institutions of higher education, “business as usual” is no longer an option. Increased competition, funding limits, demographic and technological changes, and student success are just some of the many challenges facing universities. And for many of those universities...

Why Perks Alone Aren’t Bringing Employees Back In the race to reignite in-person work, lavish perks—think catered lunches, foosball tables, wellness rooms—were heralded as the answer to lure employees back to the office. Yet, for many organizations, these incentives are failing to earn employee...

Embarking on the journey of occupancy analytics can be daunting, especially for organizations managing sprawling campuses or diverse portfolios. Sara Walsh, Executive Dean of Finance and Administration, at Brown University School of Public Health, recently spoke at Tradeline University’s Space...