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Beyond the server: How our love of data is changing data centersJanuary 31, 2022 -
Flex Space: Inside the changing world of spaceJanuary 24, 2022 -
Dine on demand: Ghost kitchens rewrite the rules of deliveryJanuary 17, 2022 -
Hotels battle back: With better design and best practicesJanuary 10, 2022 -
The changing business of ports: The beginning and end of the supply chainDecember 20, 2021 -
The changing face of malls: The rise, fall and futureDecember 13, 2021 -
The Vitality Index: Measuring retail activity and how people shopDecember 7, 2021
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Warehouses: The sleeping giants of industrial landDecember 6, 2021 -
Reopening night: New audience expectations… but the show must go onNovember 22, 2021 -
Designing a Modern Stadium: How LA’s SoFi Stadium is changing the gameNovember 14, 2021 -
Dynamic retail experiences: The future of retail or one-offs for brands?November 8, 2021 -
How manufacturing location is impacting the state of the global industrial supply chainNovember 5, 2021 -
The new office: What happens when work from home meets office culture?November 2, 2021 -
Shortages abound – Tight labor markets add pressure to supply chainsOctober 29, 2021 -
10 trends for a zero carbon worldOctober 28, 2021
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X FactorOctober 20, 2021
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Industrial supply chain remains challenged: Delays and shipping snags set to continue well into 2022…but could be a strong call for a future filled with more tech-driven solutionsSeptember 29, 2021 -
All eyes on post Labor Day industrial sales volumeSeptember 3, 2021 -
‘A landmark deal to close cross-border tax loopholes’ – but what does the OECD’s new proposal to reform international taxation mean for commercial real estate?August 10, 2021 -
Industrial employment strong despite supply chain headwindsAugust 6, 2021 -
How are companies returning to the office?August 2, 2021 -
Industrial fundraising hot spots: Where is capital flowing?July 23, 2021 -
Across the world’s leading economies, inflation is rising. Is the increase transitory as claimed, and what are the implications for real estate markets?July 5, 2021 -
Escalating construction costs: What brought us here, what can project managers do now, and could there be hope ahead?July 2, 2021 -
Life in the multiverse of workJune 1, 2021 -
The Multiverse of WorkMay 26, 2021 -
10 Trends for 2021November 16, 2020 -
Safely returning to workplaces: Avison Young collaborates with Cleveland Clinic on Return to Office strategyAugust 3, 2020 -
As the workplace evolves, so does workplace strategyJuly 27, 2020
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3<#-- A common display date snippet that retrieves the display date meta data field
4 of the web content, saves the original page locale for later, then sets the page
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6 and sets the page locale back to the original page locale -->
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