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Workplace Flexibility: Getting to the Other Side of COVID-19

Workplace Flexibility: Getting to the Other Side of COVID-19

2020 was a year of relentless uncertainty, and that uncertainty has extended into the real estate world to our expectations about the future of workpl...

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CiCi Awards 2021 Corporate Investment Awards

While 2020 has certainly presented some challenges on the corporate investment front, many large projects continued apace, and the year is shaping up ...

Texas: The New Home for HQs

Texas: The New Home for HQs

Texas continues to lead the nation in terms of job creation and economic activity. The Lone Star State’s strategic geographical location, diverse prof...

Short-Term Realities and the Commercial Real Estate Long Game

Short-Term Realities and the Commercial Real Estate Long Game

The immediate and short-term realities of the commercial real estate market are, to put it mildly, somewhat murky. The most significant factors playin...

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COVID-19 Has Upended the Traditional Company-Worker Location Dynamic

Since the end of WWII, the world’s manufacturers have pursued the lowest cost of production with little regard to tariffs, trade policy and shipping i...

Ports and Depots Keep the U.S. Economy Humming with Access to Markets

Ports and Depots Keep the U.S. Economy Humming with Access to Markets

In 2019, the United States imported goods valued at about $2.5 trillion from its international trading partners and exported $1.65 trillion abroad. Tr...

COVID-19 Drives Digital Transformation, Reshoring

COVID-19 Drives Digital Transformation, Reshoring

An unprecedented course of events is transforming global supply chains. Tariff uncertainty from trade wars and resiliency concerns revealed by the CO...

Washington State: Leading the Way in a Changing World

Washington State: Leading the Way in a Changing World

Washington’s international reputation for invention, innovation and inclusion is well known, and well deserved. The state’s world-class businesses and...

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Workforce and Quality of Life

One of the most critical factors a company needs to succeed is a location that will support the business, its workers, and their families. This means...

A Focus on Biotechnology for 2020

A Focus on Biotechnology for 2020

According to the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), he United States is home to 2,946 biotechnology companies, with a total revenue of almo...