Office Space

The New Shape of Office Space

A tour examining 'the future of work' looks at several 'coworking communities' around Manhattan, where freelancers and small businesses have pooled resources into one location.

3 June 2009 - 1:00pm

Urban Omnibus

Vancouver Reverses Course, Limits Condos

In a policy shift, the Vancouver City Council voted to limit the number of new condos being built downtown in order to preserve room for office space.

7 May 2009 - 10:00am

CBC News

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The Future Office: Flexible, and Collaborative

Once the economy bounces back, new office space development will allow for time-sharing and flexibility, said experts at a recent forum hosted by ULI.

7 May 2009 - 6:00am

ULI's The Ground Floor

The Planetizen News Brief - 2/26/09

4:30 minutes (4.17 MB)

China's Olympic building bust, America's struggling small towns, and why those small towns represent the future of the U.S. -- all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing every week on the nationally-syndicated radio program "Smart City". Read, listen or download.

26 February 2009 - 5:00am

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Emptiness in Beijing After Olympic Building Boom

The 2008 Summer Olympics brought a boom of construction to host city Beijing. But now, six months later, much of the office space built in the lead up to the games sits empty -- and likely will for years.

24 February 2009 - 12:00pm

Los Angeles Times

Downtown Dallas Has 'Turned a Corner'

A new interest in urbanism and public transit is attracting businesses to downtown. One proponent says, 'I can't remember a time since the early 1980s that we had a bigger year for downtown Dallas.'

24 August 2008 - 7:00am

The Dallas Morning News

Too Many Condos, Not Enough Jobs

Planners in Vancouver are moving to curb booming residential growth to expand commercial development downtown. 'It's all good to walk and bike to work, but if you don't have offices for people to go to, that makes things rather difficult.'

11 June 2008 - 6:00am

The Vancouver Sun