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Occupancy Analytics In Higher Education
Higher Education

Occupancy Analytics In Higher Education

When students returned to campuses and classes this fall, many colleges and universities found themselves at opposite ends of a housing crisis: a shortage of space for first-year students who deferred or didn’t enroll in a full course load during the height of the pandemic. Meanwhile, others...

Sue Bork March 24, 2026
4 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
Deferred Maintenance: Costly, Risky, and Common
Higher Education

Deferred Maintenance: Costly, Risky, and Common

Deferring maintenance and repairs may appear to save corporations and organizations money in the short term, but the long-term costs are significant and disruptive, even resulting in complete shutdowns of facilities. Strategic Space Planning teams need to know the risks and consequences...

Alex Trotto - Staff Writer March 24, 2026
4 min read
Bringing Them Back: Campus Management Focused on Risk Mitigation
Higher Education

Bringing Them Back: Campus Management Focused on Risk Mitigation

Despite the surge in COVID cases over the recent months, colleges are determined to learn tocoexistwith the virus. Universities are now focused on adapting to and accepting the new normal in order to keep students engaged and re-enrolling. In a public announcement, Northeastern University’s...

Alex Trotto - Staff Writer March 24, 2026
3 min read
6 Things Facilities Directors Will Tackle In 2022
Higher Education

6 Things Facilities Directors Will Tackle In 2022

Directors of facilities are no strangers to the many struggles and responsibilities that come with their job titles, but the pandemic has introduced entirely new challenges. Already a member of upper facility management, their strategic outlook is now vital to successful return-to-office...

Alex Trotto - Staff Writer March 24, 2026
4 min read
Walk This Way
Higher Education

Walk This Way

_The_ _Purposeful Intent_ _“Walk this Way” event in New York City brought together leaders in corporate real estate across industries to discuss the future of work. The event featured roundtable discussions and special guests such as DMC and Innovation and Creativity Consultant Duncan Wardle._...

Jason Brown March 24, 2026
3 min read
4 Tips to Reshape the New Workplace
Higher Education

4 Tips to Reshape the New Workplace

This summer several high-end tech companies – Google, Apple, Facebook, and Twitter to name a few – have pushed back their return to office dates, or paused until further notice. Google, one of the first companies to completely pull their employees from the workplace at the start of COVID, is...

Staff Writer March 24, 2026
2 min read
Lambent Raises $12 Million in Series A Funding
Higher Education

Lambent Raises $12 Million in Series A Funding

BOSTON, August 24, 2021 — Lambent, a crowd analysis and intelligence software company, today announced that it has raised $12 million in Series A financing led by Nimble Ventures, with additional new investment from Gutbrain Ventures, PBJ Capital, and Micromanagement Ventures. _Existing investors...

Staff Writer March 24, 2026
3 min read

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