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Reading Time: 3 minutes New York's office market is having its best year since the pandemic. Vacancies are tightening, sublease space is shrinking, rents are inching up, and return-to-office is running ahead of every other major U.S. city. The post The Recovery Is Real. It’s Just Not Evenly Distributed. appeared first on HqO .

Reading Time: 3 minutes Graduation unemployment for 22-to-27-year-olds just hit its highest rate since the Global Financial Crisis. Not a great time to be entering the workforce. The post The Skills AI Can’t Replace Are Exactly What Your Building Needs to Provide appeared first on HqO .

Reading Time: 3 minutes The State of REX 2026 is here. See the data behind CRE's experience-led divide, and what the operators pulling away are doing differently. The post The Market Isn’t Shrinking. It’s Sorting. appeared first on HqO .

Reading Time: 4 minutes Tech firms leased 11.5 million square feet of office space in Q1 2026. A decade-high 23% of all U.S. leasing activity, according to CBRE. The post AI Is the Office Market’s Best Tenant and Its Biggest Long-Term Problem. appeared first on HqO .

Reading Time: 3 minutes JLL published new data yesterday. Its Global Credit Intensity Rating hit all-time highs. Lenders are fighting to put money to work in commercial real estate. The post Debt Is Cheap. Conviction Is the Scarce Resource. appeared first on HqO .

Reading Time: 3 minutes Piedmont REIT announced on June 1 that it had signed 240,000 square feet of new leases in the second quarter through that date. The post New Tenants Are Back. What the Data Says They’re Actually Coming For. appeared first on HqO .

Reading Time: 3 minutes In mid-May, Meta cut 8,000 employees. In the same earnings call, the company raised its 2026 data center spending forecast to $125-145 billion. Up 8 percent from its prior estimate. The post AI Isn’t Killing Commercial Real Estate. It’s the Most Disruptive Landlord It’s Ever Had. appeared first on HqO .

Reading Time: 3 minutes Office utilization hit 53% in 2026. That's up from 38% a year ago and 35% the year before. CBRE's 2026 Global Workplace and Occupancy Insights found that the #1 reason employees show up is to collaborate with colleagues. The post The Office Is Back. The Strategy Isn’t. appeared first on HqO .

Reading Time: 3 minutes Office investment sales hit $20.5 billion in the first quarter of 2026. That's up 38.6% from the same quarter last year, per Avison Young's latest report. The post The Institutions Are Back in Office. What They’re Actually Buying. appeared first on HqO .

Reading Time: 3 minutes New research from OfficeSpace Software covers 954 organizations, 3.9 million in-office employees, and 116 million square feet of office. The post The Office Isn’t Back. The Meeting Room Is. appeared first on HqO .

Reading Time: 3 minutes Propmodo ran a piece this week called "The End of Extend and Pretend." It's the cleanest framing I've seen on what's about to happen. The post Extend And Pretend Is Ending. The Buildings That Survive Won’t Be The Ones The Lenders Saved. appeared first on HqO .