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Delta Variant Pushes Back the Return to the Office

Facebook is now pushing its return to office to January 2022 at the earliest because of the spread of the Delta variant.  Amazon, American Express, McDonald’s, Capital One and Well’s Fargo have followed suit. Facebook has adapted a hybrid model, where...

Is Zoom a Threat to New York’s Commercial Real Estate Market?

Will Zoom put New York City’s economy on ice? It is clear workplaces are adopting a hybrid model, allowing remote work, cutting back on the need for office space. Office vacancies in Midtown and the Financial District, New York’s most commercial areas...

NYC Construction Sites Shut Down

Violating safety regulations has led to building inspectors shutting down over 300 city construction sites. Seven construction worker deaths have occurred this year. Construction worker injuries have been on the rise as well, with 1,097 injuries occurring on sites...
The “15 Minute City”

The “15 Minute City”

Regus is helping to make Professor Carlos Moreno’s “15 minute city” a reality. Moreno, a professor at Sorbonne in Paris, theorized a 15-minute city based on 4 pillars – proximity, diversity, density, and ubiquity.  The idea is...

Economic Recovery for New York Lingers

Covid-19 changed patterns of work and travel in New York City. The result of which is New York’s economic recovery lags the rest of the country. In New York, only half of the jobs lost due to the pandemic were restored. This is in part to New York’s dependence on...