McNellis: WeWorking a New Angle
By John McNellis
With major announcements almost daily, WeWork is stealing so many headlines it's annoying the president. The latest is its name-change to WeCompany,...
McNellis: Winter is Coming
By John McNellis
As of last Friday, the S&P 500 was down 2.33 percent for the year. Like a dead rat in the basement, everyone...
As the Open Office Debate Intensifies, It’s Time to Reach Common Ground
By Robin Weckesser, President, a3 Workplace Strategies
Recent studies have workplaces stirring again about an ongoing, controversial topic: Open or closed offices? What works best?...
Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, It Affects the Industry’s Owners
By Helen Moulis
As most of us know, we’ve entered a new era of tax rules with the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs...
McNellis: Mattress Firm’s Moral Bankruptcy
By John McNellis
Mattress Firm, the nation’s largest mattress retailer, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in last month. Why did it go bankrupt? Simple. The company...
McNellis: Amazon’s Clicking into Bricks
By John McNellis
In May 2017, The Real Deal ran a cover story entitled, “Retail is F*cked.” While snarkier than its mainstream competitors, it encapsulated...
Microsoft’s Redmond Campus Gets $169+ MM In Upgrades Over Last Year
By Kelsey Graeber
The original posting can be found HERE.
Over the past year, Microsoft’s plans for the Redmond campus overhaul, expected to break ground this...
McNellis: A Broken Compass?
By John McNellis
Does outspending your competition buy you the best talent? Of course. Does it guarantee you the World Series championship? Not so much....
Facebook Oculus Spends $106MM on Redmond Facilities Expansion
By Kelsey Graeber
In January, Matt Day of the Seattle Times stated that “Facebook is reshaping Seattle as a virtual, augmented reality hub.” The accelerating...
McNellis: Could California Flame Out?
By John McNellis
The phone rang early yesterday. “Well, our center’s still standing,” my partner said.
“Whoa.”
“The fire’s only a couple blocks from us, the whole...
