Building obsolescence risks can help guide renovation planning: JLL

Deep retrofits of central business district office assets can generate well over $3,500 per square meter while saving upwards of 60% on energy costs, the company says.

By Joe Burns • May 12, 2025

Office demand hits bumps, but Q1 finishes up year over year: VTS, CBRE

The national market faced harsh conditions in the first two months of 2025, erasing year-over-year gains in 2024. A cooling labor market and return-to-office trends make future conditions unclear, the firms say.

By Joe Burns • May 2, 2025

Coworking space grows nationwide, but prices and size trends vary

Demand for space from hybrid teams, solo workers and enterprise clients will likely continue to drive expansion in top-tier cities as well as previously overlooked metro areas, CoworkingCafe says.

By Joe Burns • April 29, 2025

New Titans stadium brings electrical, mechanical systems into a single command center

By pulling electrical and mechanical systems data into a centralized control center and seeing power consumption in real-time, operators will be able to improve energy efficiency before the stadium opens, Schneider Electric says.   

By Joe Burns • April 23, 2025

Alberta prioritizing U.S. data center needs, former deputy minister says

The Canadian province has a long history of working with American partners, and the tariff climate isn’t changing that, Alberta’s just-departed deputy minister of trade says in an interview.

By Ramona Dzinkowski • April 22, 2025

Despite semiconductor exemption, Trump tariffs could chill US data center investment: analysts

With significant reshoring likely years away, higher prices for imported servers, cooling equipment and power systems could raise development costs in the short term, industry experts say.

By Brian Martucci • April 10, 2025

Universities face ‘daunting’ facilities needs: report

Capital and operations spending are up, but not enough to close backlogs, construction data company Gordian says.

By Robert Freedman • April 8, 2025

Fit outs set to increase as new construction slows

Companies interested in leasing high-quality offices will need to consider fit outs, despite rising commodity and labor costs expected across the U.S.

By Joe Burns • April 2, 2025

Schools earn a ‘D+’ for infrastructure

Many public school buildings are hitting their 50-year design life, requiring “comprehensive” upgrades and replacements to key facility systems.

By Naaz Modan • March 26, 2025

$1.1B Southwest Florida airport expansion breaks ground

Suffolk’s Terminal E project in Fort Myers, Florida, includes chiller replacement and expansion and a new concourse with 14 gates.

By Julie Strupp • March 25, 2025

UAlbany decarbonization project to cut fossil fuel consumption 16%

With geothermal wells, heat recovery and chiller replacements, the university will be able to shut off its gas-fired boilers during the summer, it says.

By Joe Burns • March 24, 2025

Schneider Electric, NVIDIA, ETAP collaboration set to advance data center efficiency, operations

The technology uses digital twins to analyze inputs, like those from mechanical, thermal and electrical systems, to help operators manage data center facilities in real-time, the companies say.

By Joe Burns • March 18, 2025

Non-prime office buildings look to concessions, rent drops as top-tier space shrinks

While amenity rich, well-located Class A+ and Class A building stock is leased up at a premium, operators of non-prime stock are having to raise concessions, experts say.

By Joe Burns • March 10, 2025

Tax break programs help spur downtown DC office-to-residential conversions

The Housing in Downtown Program has supported three housing conversion projects to date, while a new program will provide tax breaks to projects that convert offices to “anything” in the city’s business corridor.

By Danielle McLean • March 5, 2025

Data center supply, construction surged in 2024 amid AI boom

The rush to accommodate artificial intelligence is driving unprecedented demand for power-intensive infrastructures, CBRE says in a report.

By Brian Martucci • March 5, 2025

JLL launches consumer goods, services division in push to improve real estate experience

The firm says the move reflects a growing focus on experiences by consumers and efforts by organizations to ensure “they are getting the most out of their real estate.”

By Joe Burns • Feb. 26, 2025

US office market sees stability in Q4 as vacancy, sublease rates wane

Demand has nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels, but it’s unclear if desire for top-tier office space will trickle down to lower asset classes, according to reports by commercial real estate firms.

By Joe Burns • Feb. 21, 2025

CBRE selects EVPassport to roll out 3,600 EV chargers

The agreement comes as the real estate firm seeks to meet demand for EV charging infrastructure. 

By Joe Burns • Feb. 18, 2025

Google plans $75B investment to build out cloud AI capacity

The majority of the spending will target technical infrastructure, including servers and data centers, CFO Anat Ashkenazi said Tuesday.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 6, 2025

$1.6B Pittsburgh airport project hits key milestone

One of the largest airport projects currently underway in the U.S. is now 80% complete, with the new terminal scheduled to open later this year.

By Matthew Thibault • Feb. 5, 2025

5 reasons you need to cross-train your in-house building engineers

Discover how cross-training can boost retention, flexibility and efficiency for your team.

Feb. 3, 2025

Multibillion-dollar data center projects to watch

In addition to Oracle and OpenAI's Stargate initiative, Amazon, Meta, Google and other tech giants are building facilities across the country this year.

By Construction Dive Staff • Jan. 28, 2025

Hitt breaks ground on tech-forward headquarters

The new structure will house a 40,000-square-foot innovation lab in partnership with Virginia Tech. It features facets of sustainable design throughout.

By Matthew Thibault • Jan. 27, 2025

What Trump’s infrastructure funding pause means for cities

A lack of clarity in the president's executive order may lead some cities and states to pause or review projects until they know funds are on the way.

By Dan Zukowski • Jan. 24, 2025

High-quality and downtown office buildings will shine in modest CRE recovery: CBRE

Occupiers are making location and space decisions with “more confidence than they’ve had in years,” one CBRE research director said on a webinar.

By Joe Burns • Jan. 24, 2025