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More than half of college graduates start out in jobs that don’t require their degree. Of course, where you land after graduation has always mattered, and it matters more now: The entry-level ...

The old model of office building security (a guard in the lobby, keys for tenants, and CCTV nobody watches until something goes wrong) is on its way out. What’s replacing it is a set of systems that actually talk to each other: access control, video analytics, visitor management, and cybersecurity, often monitored from a single cloud dashboard that covers every property you r...

Commercial office leases aren’t set in stone, but plenty of tenants sign them as if they are. Reading the lease carefully is the bare minimum. Negotiating an office lease is where the money is.

Rent is usually the largest fixed cost a business carries month after month, and almost every term in a commercial lease is on the table: base rent, concessions...

A joint venture between Brookfield and the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has secured a $1.9 billion CMBS loan to refinance 2 Manhattan West, the 58-story office tower that debuted in 2023. Newmark, led by Jordan Roeschlaub and Nick Scribani, arranged the financing, while Wells Fargo led the deal.

According to Brookfield, the decade-long loan was priced at a 5.53% co...

Seattle is one of the leading coworking markets on the West Coast, with over 40 active spaces stretching from the saltwater of Elliott Bay to the freshwater shipping canals north of downtown. Capitol Hill, Ballard, Pioneer Square, Belltown, South Lake Union, and Fremont have the deepest density of options, many with views of Puget Sound or direct waterfront access. The right ...