Videos

Jones Lang LaSalle Managing Director Steve Smith assesses the user-demand trends affecting office leasing today, and discusses how the credit crunch continues to impact tenant cash flows, though things are going in an upward trajectory.

Jone’s Lang LaSalle’s Tom Griffin addresses how insitutional owners view their real estate holdings in today’s climate. He also touches on the biggest concerns affecting investors buy/sell strategy.

James Lawler, director of global facilities & real estate, Steelcase Inc., discusses the growth of the flexible workplace and the attitudes, technology and infrastructure that can enable a more productive workforce in a more efficient corporate real estate portfolio.

JLL’s Joe Brady discusses the importance of commercial real estate to shareholder value and how banks are adapting to meet the needs of their customers through adjustments to retail banking space.

Sam Klepper, chief marketing officer & EVP building solutions at Redwood Systems, dives into current trends in building automation that can save both energy and space. Klepper also discusses the technology behind Redwood Systems’ building-performance lighting solutions that are currently employed by several Fortune 500 companies.

Merck’s Clayton Hayden discusses the biggest value commercial real estate brings to the table, how bench-marking is part of a long-range portfolio plan, and how Merck approaches communications and change management.

Tony Gill, strategic projects lead, corporate real estate, at Canadian Tire Corp., speaks on trends in the mobile workplace in both retail and banking sectors. For the successful implementation of a mobility strategy, Gill recommends getting high level corporate sponsorship and working down the ladder.

JLL’s Dave Sawdey discusses the biggest opportunity for commercial real estate organizations to leverage business intelligence, what it will take to get better demand forecasting, and how commercial real estate can better understand variables in the built environment that drive productivity.