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Bloomberg • 5th June 2024

CityLab Daily: What’s an Office That’s Also a Living Room?

Client: Steelcase + Unispace

Forget plexiglass, social distancing stickers and those little metal devices used to open doors hands-free. In this new phase of the post-vaccine pandemic world, in which certain employers may have to work harder to make the office more appealing than staying at home, some office designers are focused less on short-term infection mitigation and more on something else: comfort.

FOX 11 Los Angeles • 21st February 2023

Iconic muralist Robert Vargas Paints Mural at Orrick LA

Client: Unispace

Los Angeles-based contemporary artist Robert Vargas is painting his second mural installation at Orrick's new downtown Los Angeles office. This series of murals are the result of Unispace's Art for Impact program and are inspired by A New Way of Life (ANWOL), a holistic reentry program which provides housing, case management, pro-bono legal services, advocacy and leadership development for the formerly incarcerated.

The Wall Street Journal • 29th June 2021

Supersize Apartments Are Back in Demand

Client: Skender

Apartment sizes are getting bigger across the U.S., just as more people are looking for additional space while spending more time working from home.

The Wall Street Journal • 6th October 2021

Builders Hunt for Alternatives to Materials in Short Supply

Client: PMA + Skender

Shortages of key construction materials are forcing some builders and contractors to turn to substitutes and hunt for alternative suppliers as they rush to meet high demand for new housing.

NATIONAL BUSINESS MEDIA PLACEMENTS

San Diego Business Journal • 3rd June 2024

‘Liveable Lifestyle Community’ Planned for Fashion Valley

Client: PMA

The JC Penney store at Fashion Valley Mall will be razed to make room for a residential development with 850 apartments by Chicago-based AMLI Residential and the addition of new stores and restaurants.

The New York Times • 15th November 2022

For the Want of an Insulation Screw

Client: Unispace

Like many development projects in the pandemic, construction of the Applied Research Center at Florida Polytechnic University was burdened by delays. Skanska, the general contractor responsible for the building, struggled to find materials.

The Wall Street Journal • 21st June 2024

Caterpillar Relocation to Texas Extends U.S. Manufacturing’s Southern Shift

Client: Steelcase

Caterpillar Inc.’s planned relocation of its global headquarters to Texas from Illinois comes as the equipment maker and other companies expand their manufacturing bases south.

Fortune • 6th June 2024

72% of companies have return-to-office mandates—but nearly half are seeing attrition spike

Client: Unispace

As companies create return-to-office policies, there’s been some employee pushback, even at the corporate level.

Fortune • 6th June 2024

Most bosses regret how they mandated workers return to the office

Client: Unispace

Why aren’t workers particularly appreciating—much less adhering to—return-to-office mandates? Probably because adults don’t like being ordered around.

The Hill • 4th March 2024

Return-to-office mandates will be worse for federal employment than leaders realize

Client: Unispace

For many months, public sector unions warned about the damaging consequences to federal employee retention and recruitment posed by the federal government’s planned mandate to force staff to return to the office.

Quartz • 3rd March 2022

How to entice employees back to the office

Client: Steelcase

It might be time to put hot desking—the popular practice where in-office employees sit at any available workstation instead of an assigned desk—on the back burner.

Forbes • 10th September 2023

In-Office Mandates Attacking Progress And Company Growth, But ‘Big Guns’ Not Backing Down

Client: Unispace

The return-to-office (RTO) war continues to rage—employers cracking down with in-office mandates and employees quitting. “Employees and their supervisors are increasingly finding themselves locked in a stalemate,” Rajesh Varrier, Infosys executive vice president of digital experience, told me by email.

Inc. • 27th September 2022

3 Office Changes You Can Make to Support Neurodiverse Employees

Client: Unispace

More workers are resuming their pre-pandemic commutes and returning to the office, making now a good time to take another look at your office setting to make sure it's an inclusive one. Approximately 48 percent of workers who commuted to the office in 2020 before lockdowns happened were back in their seats during the week of Sept. 8 to Sept. 14, data from property management company Kastle Systems shows.

Crain's New York Business • 3rd March 2022

Notable Women in Construction, Design and Architecture 2022: Karolina O'Connor

Client: Unispace

O’Connor leads design team operations at the New York studio of Unispace. She is responsible for helping to secure new business opportunities and to cultivate client satisfaction regarding quality control and financials. Despite the challenges of remote work, O’Connor increased the size of her team and sustained high-profile projects. She has received the National Council for Interior Design qualification and the WELL Accredited Professional credential, which have empowered her to strengthen Uni

CEOWORLD magazine • 3rd February 2022

Less Talk, More Workplace Change Needed to Keep Top Employees

Client: Unispace

Business leaders have touted a welcoming return to the office and new diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Now, they need to convert words to action with a better workplace experience – or risk losing their best employees. The reality of many of today’s workplaces is not cutting it for the modern worker: they’re finding a lack of flexibility, demotivating policies and workplace environments shaped by the need to separate rather than collaborate. And in this job market, employees have levera

NATIONAL TRADE MEDIA PLACEMENTS

Healthcare Facilities Today • 3rd July 2024

Healthcare Landscapes Come of Age - Groundskeeping

Client: McCullough

Healthcare organizations are rethinking the role of facilities landscapes in the overall mission of care and healing for patients and staff.

Hotels Magazine • 6th June 2024

Mash-up: Developers reap the rewards of mixing residence and hotel

Client: PMA

More than three years after the onset of the pandemic, the hospitality industry has, or is inching closer to, exceeding 2019 performance levels. The luxury sector, in particular, is witnessing a transformative phase of mixed-use properties and experiences, folding upscale condominium units into hotel properties and continuously expanding their offerings in premier resort destinations.

The American Lawyer • 5th April 2024

Despite Q1 Dip, Leasing Activity Expected to Rebound as Law Firms Plan for the Future

Client: Unispace

Real estate executives say the construction of the office of the future is well underway within the legal industry, despite a dip in leasing activity at the beginning of the year.

Work Design Magazine • 23rd August 2023

Modern Strategies for Gen Z-Centric Workplace Design

Client: RDC

RDC’s Itzel Meynard explores how to adapt physical office spaces to be geared towards Gen Z while preserving their authenticity.

Green Building & Design Magazine • 2nd May 2024

Why Biodiverse Landscape Design is a Must

Client: McCullough

A climate-conscious approach to locally adapted landscape design, alongside thoughtful spatial organization of outdoor spaces, are effective means shown to mitigate the negative effects of climate change, helping to protect commercial, entertainment, and educational spaces while demonstrating the power of sustainable design. At San Diego State University’s Don Powell Theatre renovation, McCullough Landscape Architecture,

Urban Land • 26th October 2021

How Employer/Employee Negotiations Could Shape the Future of Office

Client: PMA

Urban Land sat down with Project Management Advisors president and CEO Roger McCarron during the 2021 ULI Fall Meeting in Chicago to talk about the employer/employee return-to-office “negotiations.”

mg Magazine • 18th July 2023

Hospitality Trends Come to Retail

Client: RDC

As the cannabis industry matures, regulatory restrictions are becoming less stringent, paving the way for dispensaries to operate more like traditional retailers and cannabis to become a normal part of everyday activities. This situation opens the door for dispensaries to co-brand with complementary business offerings like consumption lounges, hotels, and other adjacent entities.

Bob Vila • 30th August 2023

Can a Metal Roof Save Your Home From a Wildfire?

Client: McCullough

During recent wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii, a single home stood intact amidst widespread ruin, becoming known as the “Lahaina Miracle House.” Its survival has raised questions about how homeowners can better prepare for unpredictable threats.

NAIOP Blog • 16th March 2021

How to Maintain Development Momentum Through the Looming “Second Dip”

Client: PMA

Every economic downturn is unique, but the recovery from this pandemic-induced recession in particular hinges on factors beyond typical fiscal policy. While consumer spending is beginning to grow, some percentage of the retail and service jobs that were lost in the first wave of COVID-related closures may not come back.

Authority Magazine • 9th April 2023

Thriving As A Woman In a Male-Dominated Industry: Architect Mitra Esfandiari On The Five Things You…

Client: RDC

Dream big — Don’t limit yourself, especially not because of what others tell you. There are so many instances where women are discouraged but then succeed despite the odds. It’s important to believe in yourself and continue to work for what you want.

Workers are returning to the office. Now companies have to earn their commutes – REJournals

Client: Steelcase

Office buildings have sat largely quiet for two years now thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, though, the move is on to bring many of these workers back, at least in a hybrid mode in which they work some days from the office and others remotely.

Healthcare Facilities Today • 6th June 2024

Healthcare Technology Needs for Telemedicine - Information Technology

Client: PMA

The COVID-19 pandemic solidified the home as a dominant force in peoples’ lives. Today, long after stay-at-home orders ended, it is still common to work from home, socialize at home and even access healthcare at home.

ICSC • 6th June 2024

Greatest Accomplishments of the Past Year

Client: RDC

With a new year on the horizon, Commerce + Communities Today contributing editor Joel Groover asked eight decision-makers from across the Marketplaces Industry to share their proudest moments from 2022, a year characterized by strong retail traffic and sales, along with headwinds like the labor shortage, high construction costs and rising interest rates and inflation.

SHRM • 6th June 2024

A Return to Office Could Be Inevitable

Client: PMA

While the 3.6 percent unemployment rate is just a tick above the lowest rate in the last 50 years, the signs of an impending recession are mounting—if the country isn't in one already, as more than one analyst has suggested.

CoreNet Global • 6th June 2024

Let the Sunshine In: Bringing Biophilia Into the Office of the Future

Client: McCullough

As employees return to the office, many companies are reimagining what that experience will look like.

While the allure of Class A office spaces remains strong due to their perceived amenities, there’s an exciting trend emerging—a creative reinvention of all types of office spaces. Landscape architecture is playing a pivotal role in transforming these spaces into collaborative, inspiring, and environmentally conscious workpl

Bisnow • 30th May 2024

State Of Lab Real Estate: How The Biggest Markets Are Slogging Through Supply

Client: JLL

After eclipsing office during the pandemic, the once-booming lab real estate market is falling back to Earth. As recent reports and data show, life sciences space is now showing many similarities to other struggling real estate sectors.

Hospitality Investor • 12th January 2024

Hotel insurers mitigating losses of climate-related events with record rate hikes and limited coverage

Client: PMA

This past year set a record for the number of natural disasters in the United States, with 25 events costing more than $1 million each, resulting in 482 deaths and a total cost of $81 billion in property damages, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

American Apartment Owners Association • 2nd October 2023

Why Apartment Landlords Are Confident About 2024

Client: McCullough

Multifamily developer confidence heading into Q3 and Q4 of 2023 remains upbeat, even though the market is experiencing a highly competitive landscape and higher-than-expected costs in land, labor, and construction materials.

Pharma Manufacturing • 26th September 2023

Engineering angles: Meeting new sustainability targets

Client: PMA

In the last five years, commercial property owners and building developers have stepped up to rein in their environmental impact and promote more sustainable operations. With a federal regulatory push, they are advancing toward net-zero building emissions by 2045, with a 50% reduction by 2030.

Globe Street • 16th September 2022

Flex Space Gains Momentum in a Hybrid Work World

Client: Steelcase

People who use flexible office spaces want to increase their usage there to comprise half of their workweek – an increase of 19% from current levels – while decreasing their remote working time by the same percentage, according to a report issued this week by Cushman & Wakefield in conjunction with WeWork.

Becker's Hospital Review • 14th September 2022

Hospitals prioritize flexible design to fare better in future disease outbreaks

Client: PMA

In the wake of lessons learned during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals are now rethinking traditional design and prioritizing flexible spaces to bolster surge capacity and isolation in future infectious disease outbreaks, The New Times reported Sept. 13.

Bob Vila • 30th August 2023

Can a Metal Roof Save Your Home From a Wildfire?

Client: McCullough

During recent wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii, a single home stood intact amidst widespread ruin, becoming known as the “Lahaina Miracle House.” Its survival has raised questions about how homeowners can better prepare for unpredictable threats.

Commercial Observer • 18th April 2022

Office Landlords Spending on Perks to Get Tenants Into Office

Client: PMA

Landlords and employers are spending more money to draw staffers from their home hidey-holes — as those same workers are questioning the need for a company office altogether.

Urban Land • 17th March 2022

The Great Return: Why On Site Is Becoming the New Off Site

Client: Steelcase

This month marks two full years since most U.S office workers began full-time remote work. An increasing number of people, ranging from the federal government to small businesses, are now saying that it is time for employees to return to the office.

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REGIONAL/MISC MEDIA PLACEMENTS

Los Angeles Business Journal • 5th February 2024

Firm Pushes 3D In Construction

Client: RDC

RIC Technology founder Ziyou Xu was aiming high when he launched the business in 2021, hoping his company’s take on 3D printing would have a transformative impact on the construction industry in Los Angeles. Three years later, RIC Technology has adopted a somewhat less ambitious business model, but Xu is still working to change general contractors’ attitudes about how they build one project at a time.

San Diego Chapter American Society Of Landscape Aritecture • 3rd July 2024

A Collaborative of San Diego Design Leaders Reinvigorates the Design Center, Introduces Futuro Space

Client: McCullough

At the renowned San Diego Design Center, a classic 15,344-square-foot mid-century modern multi-building office campus located at 3605 Fifth Avenue in Hillcrest, local design leaders are joining forces to reinvigorate the iconic property. Sean Slater and Frank Wolden of architecture, planning and interiors firm, David McCullough of landscape architecture and urban design firm , and the property’s owner Graham Hollis of Blue Sapphire Holdings are collab

San Diego Union-Tribune • 20th August 2023

A look at San Diego’s best-designed transit-oriented developments

Client: RDC

In the early 1990s, urban planner and visionary Peter Calthorpe promoted transit-oriented development (TOD) as the future of vibrant cities. He was hired by the city of San Diego to help revise its General Plan, and the result was a concept called City of Villages. With dense mixed-use development including housing situated at mass transit nodes, neighborhoods would be revitalized as convenient pedestrian-friendly places that would help move us away from car addiction and suburban sprawl.

D Magazine • 26th June 2023

Pegasus Park's Massive Next Step

Client: PMA

Following the robust success of Pegasus Park’s initial investment, more private lab space is on the way to what has become the region’s life sciences and biotech epicenter. The 26-acre campus is adding Bridge Labs, 135,000 square feet of purpose-built research and development space to support established life sciences companies.

The Seattle Times • 13th September 2022

Hospitals prepare for the next pandemic with flexible design

Client: PMA

Officials at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego had already begun work on a $1.2 billion transformation of its campus when the pandemic hit, forcing them to switch gears. As hospitals nationwide struggled to deal with surging cases, it became clear that the facility’s new design would need to evolve.

REDnews • 18th May 2021

Tech Leaders Love Austin, but Good Vibes Alone Won’t Sustain This Boom

Client: PMA

Austin is clearly the current darling of the tech industry, but it’s going to take more than charm, “vibe” and inherent popularity to fulfill the city’s potential as a true global tech hub. Even before name-brand tech companies and their superstar executives set their sights on the live music capital of the world, with 150+ people were moving here every day, a trend that has been remarkably consistent over the past decade according to the latest census figures. Now with the pandemic shifting ren