#Hybrid Work

The Power of Well-Planned Office Spaces
Corporate Real Estate

The Power of Well-Planned Office Spaces

Key Points Activity-Based Workspaces are meant to encourage and enable specific behaviors for employees who want to gather to whiteboard, workshop, watch a training or eat lunch together. It’s a workplace-design ethos that isn’t new but is now a priority as corporate leaders sweat out RTO rates....

Ellen OBrien March 24, 2026
3 min read
Armored Things Expands Space Planning & Analytics Platform, Rebrands as Lambent
Higher Education

Armored Things Expands Space Planning & Analytics Platform, Rebrands as Lambent

Boston, MA – September 27, 2022 – Armored Things, a leading provider of AI software for smart space planning, today announced the launch of an expanded version of its software platform with new analytics, planning and reporting capabilities. The company also announced it is rebranding as Lambent,...

Kate Coble March 24, 2026
3 min read
Optimizing Hybrid Work Strategies with Smart Space Planning
Corporate Real Estate

Optimizing Hybrid Work Strategies with Smart Space Planning

KEY POINTS The Return-to-Office trend seems to have stalled. Many companies are landing on a hybrid work strategy with an average of 2.5 days in a corporate space. Nearly 60% of companies are settled into Hybrid Work Schedules. Despite some companies demanding employees return to offices full...

Ellen OBrien March 24, 2026
4 min read
6 Things To Know About The New Workplace Experience
Higher Education

6 Things To Know About The New Workplace Experience

The rules for the new workplace experience are still being written. Employers are walking a fine line as they try to offer up a smart space and place for employees to get their best work done – and not simply reopen the same old offices. So, what have we learned in the last two years? A lot of...

Nupur Patra March 24, 2026
4 min read
CRE Leaders Focus on Utilization Rates as No. 1 Guiding Factor
Corporate Real Estate

CRE Leaders Focus on Utilization Rates as No. 1 Guiding Factor

The latest CBRE research reveals utilization as the top metric Corporate Real Estate (CRE) leaders prioritize when considering portfolio performance. Utilization locked in the top spot for the second consecutive year, landing in front of Cost Per Seat and Seat Density – two drill-down metrics....

Jason Brown March 24, 2026
4 min read
5 Higher Ed Campus Space Planning Trends to Watch
Higher Education

5 Higher Ed Campus Space Planning Trends to Watch

At University of Nebraska, at William & Mary, at University of Tennessee, Knoxville – at just about any modern college campus – annual Space Planning reports require making predictions about how much new space needs to be allocated – or not – and where. In 2023, though, campus planning decisions...

Julie Roberts March 24, 2026
4 min read
Make Your IWMS Smarter with Occupancy Intelligence
Corporate Real Estate

Make Your IWMS Smarter with Occupancy Intelligence

There are lots of reasons to love your IWMS – generating detailed work orders, automating preventative maintenance, and seeing portfolio-wide energy use metrics. What is IWMS? Ideally, these systems offer a centralized platform for real estate portfolio management, including infrastructure and...

Natalie Cassinelli - Lambent West Coast Director March 24, 2026
2 min read
Higher Education Grapples with Hybrid Work and Smart Space Planning
Higher Education

Higher Education Grapples with Hybrid Work and Smart Space Planning

Three critical themes emerged from our recent Lambent webinar “ _Flexibility for the Future: Strategic Campus Planning_ _”_ featuring Marc Fournier, Georgetown University VP of Real Estate and Auxiliary Services and Edward Wagoner, Real Estate Leader and CIO, JLL. Higher Education Hybrid:...

Nupur Patra March 24, 2026
3 min read
Why Higher Ed Institutions Need SaaS Space Planning Software
Higher Education

Why Higher Ed Institutions Need SaaS Space Planning Software

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are building out more types of campus spaces to differentiate their brand and outpace their competitors. From popular vendors (Starbucks) and whiteboard collaboration spaces in libraries to Esports arenas and combination lounge-study spaces, popular modern...

Bonnie O'Connor March 24, 2026
4 min read
What you need to know about Occupancy Sensors
Higher Education

What you need to know about Occupancy Sensors

As students and employees returned to buildings and offices, sensors were an obvious choice for many administrators. They made sense for many hybrid work environments with so many companies trying to determine how many employees or students are in a space at one time. There’s reasons to...

Nupur Patra March 24, 2026
3 min read
Workspace Design Strategy
Higher Education

Workspace Design Strategy

Workplace design strategy isn’t what it used to be. Hybrid work, remote work, and the increased demand for mixed-use and flexible-use spaces have created unprecedented complexity for space planners across all industry sectors. Workspace design requirements are shifting on a dime, leaving space...

Bonnie O'Connor March 24, 2026
4 min read
Space Planning Job Market Sizzles
Higher Education

Space Planning Job Market Sizzles

In Minneapolis, Wells Fargo, Inc. wants a Space Planner who is able to review and resolve all space requests in the queue. In Massachusetts, Moderna, Inc. wants a candidate to act as a MAC (Move, Add, Change) lead for employee moves. And global real estate management company CBRE is looking for...

Alex Trotto - Staff Writer March 24, 2026
3 min read

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