IN THIS ISSUE: Office Furniture Supplier Vari Agrees To Pay $1.1 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Overcharging Federal Agencies / Virco Q4 Loss Wider-Than-Expected, Sales Miss Estimates, Stock Down / Crandall Office Furniture expands as remote work boosts demand / Humanscale Introduces Humanscale Living at Salone del Mobile Milano 2025 / Distressed Office Sales Spike as Urban Vacancy Rises and Remote Work Persists / The Office Market’s Newest Foe: Tariffs and Trade Wars / Trump Revokes Downtown Location Rules, Pushing Federal Offices to Cheaper Areas / Trophy Or Nothing: Study Shows Steep Drop-Off In Office Visits Below Top-Tier Buildings / Review: Salone del Mobile & Milan Design Week 2025 / "I was shocked" by dominance of luxury brands in Milan says Philippe Starck / Inside the factory where Ikea builds its flat-pack furniture / Five Years After COVID: How Work Has Evolved And Where It’s Headed / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: Versteel Announces Tariff-Free Promotion for American Manufactured Tables / Component-maker Kaidi ramps up Grand Haven manufacturing plant / Kimball International Opens Health & Education Experience Center / Italian furniture makers experience impact of Trump’s tariffs at Milan Design Week / NOffice Construction Falls To New Lows In Top U.S. Markets / Tech Deals Lead San Francisco Office Leasing to 10-Year High / Want to Make the Office More Neuroinclusive? These Experts Offer a Start / The Building as Brand: A Watershed Opportunity in Manhattan Office / Remote Work’s Hidden Superpower: Cutting Emissions and Boosting Business / RTO Trends Slow as Weather and Hybrid Models Shape Workforce Patterns / Only half of Europeans say they work in psychologically healthy workplaces / Productivity concerns put brakes on adoption of flexible working / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: Herman Miller Expands European Retail Offering to Four New Markets / Office sector is regaining its central role in commercial real estate - at a cost / Office Fit Out Costs Surge Amid Inflation and Material Price Increases / Stantec To Buy Page To Create Second-Largest U.S. Architecture Firm / Manhattan Clocks Most Active Quarter For Office Leases Since 2019 / Trump Administration Quietly Piloting New Program To Rethink Federal Offices Nationwide / Manhattan Office Availability Tumbles to Five-Year Low / Federal Workers Walk Into Chaos Amid Return to Office / Rethinking the office: Why organizations are turning to modular furniture / Live Event Amenities: The Next Frontier for Creative Workplaces / The Building as Brand: A Watershed Opportunity in Manhattan Office / Companies are offering 'recharge days' to workers enraged about return to office / Workplace As A Service: A Thought Experiment In Office Evolution / This Invisible Tech Is Molding The Future Of Office Space Utilization / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: Boss Design acquired by Japanese based furniture maker Okamura / Steelcase Posts 9% Order Growth for the Quarter while MillerKnoll Growth Flatlines / Allsteel Dealer Insidesource Merges with Workpointe / UK furniture Manufacturer Bisley Reduces Losses Despite Decline in Revenue / Tariffs drive higher costs for MillerKnoll and Steelcase / Office Sector Sees Light at the End of a Five-Year Tunnel / GSA Releases New List Of Properties Slated For 'Accelerated Disposition' / I Turned These Office Chairs Into a Seesaw for Adults / Poltrona Frau joins LVMH and Prada in a high-tech fight against dupes / Janus et Cie’s new CEO has a plan: ‘It’s product, product, product’ / Maximizing Workplace Collaboration with ChatGPT / Suburbs are the New Business Hotspots as Flex Workspaces Skyrocket / High-Impact Spaces: A Tech-Rich Solution for Hybrid Work / Halfway Home: Redefining Workplaces Five Years After Covid / Coworking Growth Outpaces Traditional Office Development / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: ABI February 2025: Architecture firm billings soft to start the year / U.S. Office Furniture Market to Reach USD 27.61 Billion by 2032 / CBRE Warns of Tariff Impacts on CRE / 'Pure Chaos': Inside The CRE Fallout From DOGE's Slash And Burn Campaign / CBRE: Tariffs Could Drive Construction Costs Up 5%, Put Projects On Hold / DIRTT Receives Top Honor in Manufacturing on Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025 / Erwan Bouroullec on his ‘Mynt’ office chair for Vitra / 2025 Outlook on Global Design Trends / Federal Workers Met With Cockroaches, “Complete Chaos” In Office Return / The Quiet Trends: A New Signal For Progress In The Future of Work / 'Is design dead?' Design leaders wrestle with the question / New management takes the helm of ORGATEC / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: Haworth Group Posts $2.5 Billion in 2024 Revenues | NARBUTAS’ sales continued to grow in 2024. New factory in Lithuania to increase capacity | KI and Senator Leaving TheMart - Heading to Fulton Market | Sunon Eyes Fulton Market Showroom | Bacteria might eat the next chair you buy | Construction Cost Growth 'Far Too Hot' As Tariffs Begin To Bite | These Unexpected Cities Are Leading The Office Market Comeback | Top-Tier Office Owners Cut Back on Tenant Concessions; See Rent Growth | CRE Loan Delinquencies Hit Highest Percentage In 10 Years, And The Rate Could Go Higher | D.C. Hitting New Return-To-Office Highs After Federal Mandate | Why America is turning into a nation of homebodies | The Great Rethink: How Workplace Challenges Sparked a New Era of Office Design | Office vibes are 'weird and not fun': Can we regain their lost spark? | Remote And Hybrid Work Take A Hit As Offices Make A Comeback, New Survey Shows | and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: Government Cuts, Tariff Chaos, and Recession Fears: Why Office Furniture Manufacturers Should be Bracing for a Rough Ride / Outdated offices are sabotaging 'return to office' policies / Landlord Concessions Fell In 2024, Another Sign Of Office Market Turnaround / Legal Leasing Volume Drops in Manhattan Despite Strong Demand / The State of the Office Market  / Hotels Rode A Business Travel Wave — Now Comes The Undertow / Trump’s Tariffs Roller Coaster Causing 'Major Whiplash' For CRE / Manhattan Office Sees February Dip, But Long-Term Trends Remain Positive / Five Years Later: How the Pandemic Reshaped Work Forever / Is Belonging the New Currency for Workplace Design? / The Consultants Are Coming — Are Coworking Spaces Equipped To Handle The Federal Layoff Fallout? / Expert Reveals Why Hybrid Work Backlash Is Exploding And How To Fix It / 2025 Office Design Trends For A More Engaging Workplace / How Branded Healthcare Environments Can Build Trust and Community / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: Uncertainty is the New Normal, and That’s a Problem / ABI January 2025: Architecture firm billings remain soft to start the new year / DIRTT Reports Fourth Quarter 2024 Sales Decline 4% / Interface Reports Fourth Quarter Sales Climbed 4.3% / Premier Tech Incubator 1871 Leaving TheMART / German Furniture Manufacturer files for Insolvency / Park Avenue Office Availability Hits Six-Year Low / Law Firm Leasing Hits Record-Breaking 10.2M-SF in Q4 / It's A Mixed Bag For Lab Leasing As Renewals Dominate / NYC Office Buildings See Resurgence as Investors Pile Into Bonds / Massive Federal Office Space Cuts Jeopardize $15.6B in CRE Loans / Office Demand for Larger Spaces is Back / More Than 700 In GSA's Real Estate Office Accept Offer To Resign / Controversy erupts over luxury office furniture order for German Ministry / DOGE Move to Slash Federal Leases Threatens Office-Market Recovery / Here are the Top US Cities Embracing Smart Infrastructure / Pedrali showcases vision for future workspaces / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: Boogers, BIFMA, and Bingo Cards / BIFMA asks Administration to reconsider imposing new tariffs / HNI sales dip in Q4; expects lower sales in Q1 / McKinsey Forecasts $800 Billion Office Market Loss / One Of The World's Largest Employers Aims To Make Big Push Into U.S. Facilities Management / Inflation Concerns Resurface as US Public Braces for Higher Prices / In-Office Mandates Drive Office Leasing Momentum /JBG Smith Reports Widening Losses, Falling Occupancy as Trump Uncertainty Looms / JLL Sees 16% Revenue Growth Driven By Office Leasing, Capital Markets Improvements / A longtime furniture industry analyst rings the alarm bell / Designing Workplaces to Tell Your Brand's Story / Is RTO relevant? Why ‘butts in seats’ don’t necessarily equate to business success / Return-to-Office Policies Spark Talent Exodus In Premier Firms / These Are the Companies That Might Cut Space Because of DOGE / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: Flos B&B Italia Group rejects Haworth's $1 billion offer / Flokk Acquires Via Seating, Expanding US Portfolio / $96K Fraud Scheme Lands Harrisburg Office Furniture President Charges / DIRTT's Update on Litigation with Falkbuilt, Smed and Loberg / HON Unveils New 3,700-Square-Foot Workspace Spec Suite in Atlanta / More Signs Point to an Office Turnaround / Is The Office Apocalypse Finally Over? World’s Largest Commercial Real Estate Services Company Showing Signs Of Life / Construction Material Costs Jumped In January In Anticipation Of Trump Tariffs / Landscape Forms Announces Key Leadership Changes to Support Continued Company Growth / Tech Industry Drives Office Space Expansion, Renewals Dominate Mega Leases / Innovant Welcomes Courtney Pirosko-Platzman as VP of Sales to Drive Growth Across North America / Employees Are No Longer Going Quietly — Revenge Quitting May Define 2025 / Constant Remote Work Appeals Unmask A Hidden Workplace Crisis / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: Falkbuilt Case Dismissed / Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration / 60% of U.S. workers expect more RTO mandates in 2025 / The $20 million business of gutting failed Bay Area tech companies / Declining Sublease Inventory Signals Potential Office Rebound / Landscape Forms Celebrates 50 Design Awards in 2024 / Seattle is dealing with record-high office vacancies / Prime Office Leasing Hits Three-Year High Amid Growing Tenant Demand / Manhattan Office Thrives with 24.4% Leasing Volume Increase / Michael Graves Architecture Announces Acquisition of Kollin Altomare Architect / How the keepers of L.A.’s most famous homes chose what to save from fires / Art Imitates Life? RTO Mandates Spark Office Romance In Upcoming Hallmark Movie / Office Optimism Builds As RTO Mandates Push Downsizing To Lowest Level Since 2019 / Take up of flexible office space hits highest levels since 2019 / Office Attendance Hits Postpandemic High / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: Haworth Partners with StruXure / NYC office demand leads U.S. markets / U.S. Flexible Workspace Industry Continues Expanding, Grew 2% In Q4 2024 / Coworking Sees Steady Growth as Hybrid Work Reshapes Office Trends / Steelcase Recognized as One of the World’s Most Admired Companies / European office sales slumped to lowest since 2009 last year, data shows / Office Investment Increases for First Time Since 2021 / Billions in Office Market Value at Risk as GSA Considers Massive Lease Reductions / Interest In NYC Office Space Is Back To Prepandemic Levels / The architecture industry may soon be unrecognizable / Gen Z Is More Fed up With Their Jobs and Work Than Gen X, Baby Boomers / Return-to-Office Mandates Apply to Everyone, Except a Chosen Few / 3 ways smarter design can solve the noise problem / Versteel Introduces the Nerita Chair with Focus on Art, Comfort, and Craftsmanship / and much more…