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PlaceLab explores the intersection of physical space and company culture. We are curious about how we can adapt our workspaces to the changing world of life at work, particularly to attract and retain talent. Let’s work together to create space for humanity and unlock potential in the workplace.
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02.5.2020Featured

A Culture of Convenience: Work Comes to Life, When Life Comes to Work

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100 Summer Street Awarded Best Lobby Repositioning

01.21.2020Featured

At Willis Tower, Women Have Created a Community Beyond Their Companies Walls

The main objective of Chicago's Women of Willis is to connect women from diverse workplace cultures to help promote a sense of belonging

01.08.2020Featured

Designing Workspaces for a Community-Driven Culture

Company culture designers explain the importance of community spaces, as places where millennial and Gen Z employees can be socially included and thrive.

11.15.2019Interviews

We like to create spaces that support different work styles and draw from ideas of how people live outside of the office.

— Ming Thompson, Principal of Atelier Cho Thompson

Catalog Lines Up Shake Shack, Rick Bayless, and Urbanspace Food Hall

09.09.2019Perspectives

The 4C's of Spatial Alchemy [VIDEO]

Lisa Picard, EQ's CEO, talks about the ingredients for placemaking

07.17.2019Interviews

Having the power of this super computer in our hand has allowed us to do work anywhere, and we do.

EQ Office’s Playa District LA Campus Is Now Open for Business

EQ Office’s Playa District LA Campus Is Now Open for Business

Office Owners Elevate Their Amenity Game

Just as corporations are competing in the war for talent, office owners are striving to attract top-quality tenants by bringing hospitality-like amenities and services to their buildings.

United Airlines Renews Lease at Chicago’s Willis Tower

United Airlines Renews Lease at Chicago’s Willis Tower

12.18.2019Perspectives

5 Strategies to Catalyze Creativity and Improve Workplace Culture

Spatial design helps facilitate creativity in the workspace, but these 5 strategies catalyze creativity and improve workplace culture.

11.15.2019Perspectives

Why Millennial and Gen Z Talent Need Quiet, Flexible Workspace

Thought leaders share why the new flexible workspace rules need to include spatial design for quiet in a co-working world

1740 Broadway owners line up eateries to serve office tenants

09.08.2019Featured

Recruiting Top Talent: The 4Cs of Spatial Alchemy

Today’s employees want environments that not only inspire creativity but also fit their personal brand.

Willis Tower's Street-To-Sky Transformation Continues

Willis Tower's Street-To-Sky Transformation Continues With New Wacker Drive Lobby, Art Installation Unveiling

EQ Office to Reposition Legacy Seattle Towers

EQ Office Acquires Trophy Seattle Towers for $1.2B, Plans Repositioning

EQ Office Reimagines Chicago Landmark as Vibrant, Creative Workplace

EQ Office unveils transformed and newly renamed, 350 North Orleans.

03.08.2019Interviews

Women Advance in CRE

International Women’s Day is today, March 8th, but the #BalanceforBetter campaign runs all year long. Additionally, in the US, March is Women’s History Month.

12.09.2019Perspectives

The New-New Conference Rooms In Demand by Millennials and Gen Z

Innovative companies embrace a new conference room to support the type of creativity in the workplace in demand by Millennials and Gen Z

11.05.2019Interviews

We used to build buildings as a monument to the corporation. Today it’s really about the generation of ideas.

— Lisa Picard

Introducing PlaceLab

Introduction to EQ's New Blog

09.07.2019Featured

The Culture Fund: Creative Brands Growing Investment in Wall Street

Dynamic cultural hubs that inspire talent to come to work.

Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank Lend $800M for Blackstone Buys in Seattle

Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank Lend $800M for Blackstone Buys in Seattle

Introducing EQ Office; Equity Office Launches New Identity after 42 Years

Change reflects evolving workplace needs and the organization's customer-centric culture

One of the Most Iconic Buildings Will Soon Have Some of the Most Engaged Tenants

One of the Most Iconic Buildings Will Soon Have Some of the Most Engaged Tenants

02.28.2019Interviews

For us, it’s really about productizing our real estate

— PlaceLab Team

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