The fourth quarter of 2018 ended the year on an optimistic note, characterized by an active leasing market and sustained absorption and rent growth.

Insights on traditional influencers of distribution site selection and the changes going on relative to more human centric industrial building design. The fast growing e-commerce industry and low unemployment rates make it even harder now for companies to attract and retain quality labor. This in turn is impacting the way companies look at their distribution networks as well as the industrial building design. Most anyone would prefer to work in an attractive, productive, comfortable, and safe space. Why have those attributes and other amenities typically found in an office environment, not been incorporated in industrial distribution center designs?

Workplace strategy is changing fast, but there are six trends we expect to last- and add value - even for the most traditional companies.

Leaps in technology have brought our everyday lives closer to the storylines of science fiction films.

For environmentally minded companies, good interior design is an intrinsic part of a greener office.

Banks have been scurrying to get with the digital age – creating apps that allow friends and family to send each other money in milliseconds and deposit checks remotely.

The Trump administration aims to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States through tariffs and renegotiated international trade agreements. In this Q&A, we discuss manufacturing dynamics and the possibility of reshoring or onshoring.

The hotel real estate market is expected to remain healthy in 2019, thanks to strong fundamentals driven by a positive outlook on tourism travels, sustained growth forecasts for hotel operating performance and a record level of dry power for acquisitions. Return on hotel investment is attractive, compared to other asset classes and we expect global hotel investment volumes to hold steady in 2019.

The level of governmental action needed to meet the Paris emissions targets remains far short, but private actors, including many in the global real estate sector, are taking up the challenge.

Big data is bringing big changes to the way that supply chains and warehouses operate.

The third quarter of 2018 was marked by strong liquidity and increased interest in primary markets.

A growing numbers of America’s online retailers are launching their own bricks-and-mortar stores.

JLL identifies the world’s most dynamic cities, based on a range of socio-economic and commercial real estate indicators.

In US cities, sports stadiums are increasingly the centerpieces of mini-neighborhoods along with hotels, shops and restaurants.

Can coworking fill empty retail space profitably? To find out, we conducted the first-ever inventory of coworking locations in retail properties across the US.

Pittsburgh is experiencing historically low unemployment, a technology industry that is strengthening and a rising interest from national investors.

With MIT’s Real Estate Innovation Lab, we help our clients stay on the pulse of new real estate trends and technology – helping them future-proof their real estate.

In an industry that’s stayed much the same for hundreds of years, it’s exciting to see what's on the horizon for commercial real estate - and be a part of the movement.

Strong construction momentum will easily carry through the first half of 2019.

The job market started 2019 exceedingly strong given talent shortages.

A shift in gears by the Fed has put a much more dovish outlook on the economy than previously anticipated. What does that mean for rate hikes?

The hotel real estate market is expected to remain healthy in 2019, thanks to strong fundamentals driven by a positive outlook on tourism travels, sustained growth forecasts for hotel operating performance and a record level of dry power for acquisitions. Return on hotel investment is attractive, compared to other asset classes and we expect global hotel investment volumes to hold steady in 2019.

The fourth quarter of 2018 ended the year on an optimistic note, characterized by an active leasing market and sustained absorption and rent growth.

Coworking has fundamentally changed the office industry, some markets more than most. Find out where flex space is poised to grow even more.