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Should Employees Work at Home
By: Washington Realty Group, Inc.
October 2011
The mobile workforce is growing. With every smart phone release, app download and cloud service announced, operations executives and staffing managers are provided more options for ways to leverage a remote workforce.
However, it's not as easy as providing them a headset and a GoTo Meeting log-in; there are serious considerations that should go in to such decisions. Real estate matters, for example, can be greatly affected by an increase in at-home employees, especially if space is already designated to them. So, these types of decisions are best made when they can be overlapped with an occupancy plan. Thus, they need to be planned well ahead of expiration of a current lease.
When it comes to deciding which employees are actually fit to be productive under less supervision, Fast Company magazine published a very helpful infographic.
http://www.fastcompany.com/1773946/infographic-should-you-let-your-employees-work-from-home
Created by Mindflash, the informative flowchart, at times entertaining, illustrates clearly the prospective "decision matrix" business leaders may use when establishing their money and spacesaving mobile workforce.
While this may not be the same criteria every company would use, it does offer a very good rundown of the most basic questions and points of concern. As companies learn to be more productive with fewer employees, work-at-home scenarios are going to become a more common challenge to company real estate decision makers. |
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CRE Execs More Bearish Based on Economy and Govt. Impact
By: Randyl Drummer, Costar Group
10/5/2011
The number of real estate executives surveyed by DLA Piper who described themselves as "bearish" in their outlook over the next 12 months spiked at this year's annual real estate confab, with more than 70% of those surveyed taking a dour view of near term prospects. Many said that global financial volatility, stagnant job growth, federal government gridlock and an economic recovery that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke this week told Congress is "close to faltering" has taken a toll on their confidence levels.
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What U.S. Stocks Follow More Than Anything Else
By: John Melloy, CNBC
10/11/2011
Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/id/44863504/What_US_Stocks_Follow_More_Than_Anything_Else |
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Austin Job Market Among Strongest in U.S.
By: Sarah Drake, Austin Business Journal
9/14/2011
Employers in the Austin-Round Rock area expect slightly stronger hiring levels this fall, according to a Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. Austin was ranked fifth on a list of U.S. cities with the most healthy employment outlooks.
Among the companies surveyed, 71 percent will maintain headcount, 19 percent plan to increase staff levels, while eight percent will reduce workforce.
Read more: http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2011/09/14/austin-job-market-among-strongest-in.html |
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More Apartments for Downtown Austin
By: RECON
9/23/2011
Judging by recent evidence, downtown Austin continues to be a prime spot for luxury apartment living. The Austin American-Statesman reports that two new residential towers are in the works here.
The former Whitley Printing Co. building at East Third and Brazos Streets is being replaced by a 16-story tower with 277 luxury apartments.
According to John Needham, a principal with the developer, locally based Riverside Resources, the building will take a year and a half to finish. It will include 10,000 sf of commercial space plus a 6,000-sf restaurant.
In addition, Endeavor Real Estate Group, also locally based, has announced plans to build 350 apartments in a 34-story tower at West Fifth and Bowie Streets. Jamil Alam, a principal with Endeavor, said the building will have 45,000 sf of office space. |
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