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Thursday, March 15, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Dwell on The Office: The popular modernist design mag Dwell...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Sunday Streets Is Back: From the Mayor's office we learn...
× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Wednesday, February 15, 2012, by Sally Kuchar
From the Mayor's office we learn that the very popular Sunday Streets program will start back up again on March 11 with an event along the Embarcadero. For those unfamiliar with Sunday Streets, it's an event where streets are open to pedestrians, cyclists and people-powered wheels of all kind by temporarily removing vehicular traffic on select Sundays. There will be events on the Embarcadero, in the Mission, along the Great Highway, in Bayview, Chinatown, Western Addition and the Outer Mission/Excelsior. For a complete schedule visit SundayStreetsSF.com. [Curbed Inbox/photo via Sergio Ruiz]
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Giveaways: Sign Up For the Newsletter; Win Office Fixin's From Poppin!
× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Wednesday, February 8, 2012, by Sarah Firshein
Here's a win-win twofer: sign up for Curbed's House of the Day newsletter—a way of ensuring that the House of the Day column and other top stories land in your Inbox each afternoon, like magic—and your name will be automatically entered to win a bundle of desk and office accessories from Poppin. The retailer specializes in "unique office supplies that make work fun" and prides itself in "reinventing the office supply industry and re-imagining it into something exciting and compelling by taking dull, ordinary and tired products, and infusing them with color, spirit and life." Hurry—sign up for Curbed's House of the Day newsletter by Monday morning for the chance to win more than $60 worth of stuff, including stackable inboxes and a full desk set in the color of your choice. See the official rules here.
· Poppin [official site]
· All House of the Day columns [Curbed National]
A-Cup Money Woes: According to the City's Controllers Office,...
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Extreme Makeover for FiDi Office Space: In order to lure tech companies...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
CurbedWire: Shyamalan Sells Penthouse; S.O.M. Opens Office in L.A.; More!
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NEW YORK—The film director M. Night Shyamalan has found a buyer for the penthouse he's been trying to unload in the ritzy NYC neighborhood of Tribeca. The duplex, which was sold by Robert DeNiro's mega-broker son Raphael, had previously been listed for as much as $18.5M, but sold for just $9.5M. [The Real Deal]
LOS ANGELES—The prolific architecture firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill has just announced the addition of a Los Angeles Design Studio to their expansive empire. This is the second California office for the 75-year-old firm, whose previous West Coast foothold was in San Francisco. [CurbedWire Inbox]
FLORIDA—Unable to recoup more, the government has settled on $10 as a sale price for Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein’s Fort Lauderdale mansion. No, that's not a typo. The home, which had previously been appraised at $5M, was transferred to the mortgage holder for a single Hamilton. [The Real Deal]
Monday, September 12, 2011
An Office Innovator's Ohio Megamanse: Few would ever deem the commercial...
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Sunday, July 3, 2011
Globe Trotting: Question: Does This Office Resemble Female Genitalia or Not?
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Fast Company's design blog is getting down with its bad self and calling out the overwrought, poor taste of the new Shanghai offices of architecture firm Taranta Creatives. Most prominent in the space is a dramatic white staircase painted red inside that's meant to be “reminiscent of a large droplet of water ready to fall from the ceiling" but is actually reminiscent of lady parts. ("Once you see it, you can’t unsee it," Co.Design editor Suzanne Labarre correctly states.) Ascending the staircase brings you to the upper level, where workspaces appear to be dropped through the floor, thus turning the floor into a "desk" and giving anyone seated a prime view up the skirts of those walking around. All in all, we're talking "classy" with a capital "K."
· Design Crime: An Office Shaped Like Lady Parts [Co.Design]
· Red Town Office by Taranta Creations [Dezeen]
Friday, June 17, 2011
Office Spaces: Inside the Tripped-Out World of AOL's New Palo Alto Digs
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Photo by Jasper Sanidad (courtesy of Studio O+A) via Co.Design
Today Co.Design publishes a terrific piece on the newly revamped Palo Alto, Calif., offices of AOL. Yes, this would be the very same AOL that just unveiled its bonkers "Rainbow City" art installation-type balloon-world thing-y on the High Line in NYC—so no surprises that its professional environment would be equally unconventional. It's an open-floorplan space, but milking employees' need for privacy, design firm Studio O + A created—what else?!—a bunch of fiberglass pods. There's also a "Town Hall" that's “part kitchen, part play space, part kick-back area... [and] all-hands common area,” as well as (of course) a game room. (We actually think it's against Silicon Valley building codes for all Web companies to not have a game room.) Click over for all the photos.
· At Least AOL's New Offices in Palo Alto Aren't a Disaster [Co.Design]
· Here Now, an Impressionistic Stroll Up Phase 2 of the High Line [Curbed NY]
· Studio O + A [official site]
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Office Spaces: It's Almost As If New Lonny HQ Should be Featured in Lonny
× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Wednesday, May 11, 2011, by Sarah Firshein Photos: Patrick Cline/Lonny
Last night, the storks of spring dropped the May/June issue of Lonny into the digital sphere, along with a feature about the magazine's newly revamped NYC office. Thanks to the efforts of NYC-based design firm FLAIR (which has been featured in the pub before), and draperies source Lillian August, the fresh Lonny offices actually look like a pretty rad place to work. To the photogallery above!
· Office Makeover [Lonny]
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Beware the Shadow Office Space
Last summer I did some reporting on shadow office space, which is leased space, like individual offices, cubicles or entire floors, that was vacated during the recession. This shadow space was adding as much as 7 percent to office vacancy rates in Los Angeles and over 6 percent in Chicago, according to CoStar Group. 
Now that the office market appears to be taking a turn for the better, that shadow space will start to fill up, and in most places it will have to fill well before the company looks to take on additional space. Today Grubb & Ellis, a commercial real estate services and investment company, put some numbers to the scenario. "Grubb & Ellis expects that shadow space vacated during the recession will accommodate about one-third of all net new demand in 2011 and about one-fourth in 2012; this activity will not be reflected in the published statistics," writes Bob Bach, chief economist, in his "U.S. Office Market First Look: 2010-Q4" Bach goes on to say that the "still-tepid rate of hiring," combined with this shadow space, will keep the office market "struggling to keep up with prior recovery cycles." Office buildings gained 2.5 million square feet of occupied space in Q4 of 2010, the first increase since the end of 2007, according to Reis, Inc., a commercial real estate analysis firm, but the 17.6 percent vacancy rate still represents a 17-year high. That doesn't seem overly concerning to investors in the office market. Pricewaterhouse Coopers surveyed 200 real estate executives, including investors, lenders and brokers, and found more than 70 percent believe the commercial real estate recovery is real. 32 percent say they are looking to invest in the office sector this year, second only to 45 percent who say they would opt for the apartment sector. Yes, 28 percent of office property mortgage loans will mature in 4Q '11, or about $6.8 billion, according to Fitch, in a still healing liquidity situation. But Fitch also reports that the pace of commercial loan modifications is quickening. "Loan modifications continue to dominate as a resolution method," writes Managing Director Stephanie Petosa. "Servicers will resolve loans with increase velocity as liquidity returns to the CMBS market." As more jobs are created and fewer are lost, the office sector is heading toward recovery. Investors should be careful, however, to take shadow space into account when looking at specific properties and consider distressed properties, as office loan default rates remain high. Questions? Comments? document.write("");document.write("RealtyCheck"+"@"+"cnbc.com");document.write('');And follow me on Twitter @Diana_Olick ![]()
Now that the office market appears to be taking a turn for the better, that shadow space will start to fill up, and in most places it will have to fill well before the company looks to take on additional space. Today Grubb & Ellis, a commercial real estate services and investment company, put some numbers to the scenario. "Grubb & Ellis expects that shadow space vacated during the recession will accommodate about one-third of all net new demand in 2011 and about one-fourth in 2012; this activity will not be reflected in the published statistics," writes Bob Bach, chief economist, in his "U.S. Office Market First Look: 2010-Q4" Bach goes on to say that the "still-tepid rate of hiring," combined with this shadow space, will keep the office market "struggling to keep up with prior recovery cycles." Office buildings gained 2.5 million square feet of occupied space in Q4 of 2010, the first increase since the end of 2007, according to Reis, Inc., a commercial real estate analysis firm, but the 17.6 percent vacancy rate still represents a 17-year high. That doesn't seem overly concerning to investors in the office market. Pricewaterhouse Coopers surveyed 200 real estate executives, including investors, lenders and brokers, and found more than 70 percent believe the commercial real estate recovery is real. 32 percent say they are looking to invest in the office sector this year, second only to 45 percent who say they would opt for the apartment sector. Yes, 28 percent of office property mortgage loans will mature in 4Q '11, or about $6.8 billion, according to Fitch, in a still healing liquidity situation. But Fitch also reports that the pace of commercial loan modifications is quickening. "Loan modifications continue to dominate as a resolution method," writes Managing Director Stephanie Petosa. "Servicers will resolve loans with increase velocity as liquidity returns to the CMBS market." As more jobs are created and fewer are lost, the office sector is heading toward recovery. Investors should be careful, however, to take shadow space into account when looking at specific properties and consider distressed properties, as office loan default rates remain high. Questions? Comments? document.write("");document.write("RealtyCheck"+"@"+"cnbc.com");document.write('');And follow me on Twitter @Diana_Olick Thursday, February 17, 2011
Trulia Set to Open Denver Colorado Office
Today we announced plans to open a Denver office to expand its sales force and services. The new office, will open its doors in February with a team of 25 employees in place and plans to expand to up to 100 employees by the end of the year. Current openings include Manger of Insides Sales, Inside Sales Supervisor, Inside Sales Associates and a Customer Service Manager.
“As an organization, we are obsessed with serving our customers. This expansion is a significant investment in our customers and our overall business growth,” said Sami Inkinen, co-founder and COO, Trulia.com. “After evaluating 25 different cities across the country it was clear that Denver, as a technology hub with a highly educated work force and a strong talent pool, was where we needed to be. We are excited to bring jobs to the region and better serve our growing customer base.”
During 2010, Trulia gained the most market share of all the leading national real estate sites according to Hitwise(a). This past year, Trulia doubled its workforce and revenue and opened a new 30,000 sq foot office in downtown San Francisco in December.
“In 2010, we focused on building the industry’s best marketing solutions for real estate professionals and that fueled our revenue growth,” said Georg Gerstenfeld, Vice President of Business Services, Trulia.com. “In 2011, we will continue to build products that drive the industry forward. We are focused on becoming the top marketing channel for real estate professionals to reach the tens of millions of consumers that visit Trulia.com each year.”
Trulia offers a generous benefits package for all full-time employees including: fully paid health, dental and vision coverage, a 401K retirement plan with company match, commuter benefits, paid time off and more. To see all current job openings please visit Trulia’s career page.
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Office Spaces: If These Walls Could Talk: Studio of Charles and Ray Eames
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Photo courtesy of Courtesy Gestalten/Co.Design
Today Co.Design publishes a terrific feature on The Story of Eames Furniture, Marilyn and Jon Neuhart's painstakingly researched new tome that sheds light on every single piece of furniture ever created within the the hallowed hallways of Charles and Ray Eameses' design studio (above). Food for (ever so humbling) thought:
"When someone such as Yves Behar talks about a simple office chair being an 'epic challenge' that required 10 years of practice to even contemplate, they're responding to the legacy that Eames created, with their fanatical devotion to ergonomics and function. Sit in a shell chair or an Eames lounger; feel the way it seems to intuit your posture and bone structure. That's the truest statement of the remarkable process that lived in just a few rooms, in a California studio that created the modern furniture industry."
· The Definitive History of the Eames Studio, and Its Works of Genius [Co.Design]
· A Brief History of the Most Important Chair You'll Ever Sit On [Curbed National]
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