Here’s the final nail in the coffin of open plan offices. WeWork acquires Israeli startup Unomy to boost its enterprise sales efforts | TechCrunch. Global co-working behemoth WeWork is best known for providing flexible office rentals to startups and other small businesses, but enterprise clients are becoming an increasingly large portion of its business. With that in mind, WeWork has acquired Israeli startup Unomy to help its team sell enterprise clients on the idea of opening offices in its workspaces around the world. With plenty of new funding, WeWork has been investing heavily in opening new shared co-working spaces in places like China, Japan and Southeast Asia. In the meantime, it’s hoping to get more large businesses using its real estate.
Enterprise customers already make up 30 percent of the company’s total membership and 30 percent of its monthly sales, but it’s looking to increase those numbers. But getting a company with thousands of employees to commit to having employees join a co-working space is a tougher sell than signing up a four-person startup on a month-to-month lease. Amot confirms talks to lease 15 floors to WeWork. Income-producing real estate companies Amot Investments Ltd. (TASE:AMOT) and Bayside Land Corp. Ltd. (Gav Yam) (TASE: BYSD1) are in advanced negotiations with WeWork.
The parties are discussing a lease in which WeWork will rent half of the space in the 30-storey ToHa office tower being constructed by Amot and Bayside on the Totzeret Ha'aretz site, which is bordered by Totzeret Ha'aretz and Yigal Alon Streets, and Hashalom Road. The tower, with 53,000 square meters in gross space, plus 950 parking spaces, will cost NIS 900 to build.
Amot today reported in its financial statements that marketing of the project had begun in the second quarter, and that as of the date of the report, advanced negotiations were being held with international companies involving over 50% of the space in the project. The partners in construction of the tower believe that construction will be completed in late 2018. Chief creative officers Miguel McKelvey and CEO Adam Neumann, an Israeli, founded WeWork in 2010. Why WeWork Thinks It's Worth $20 Billion. Inside the new, high-tech labs where future building systems are being tested | Smart Cities Dive. Dumb ways smart devices waste energy. Ever been told you should turn off your idling computer? It’s time to listen. According to a July report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) idle network-enabled devices are each year costing consumers $80 billion and belching 400 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere. Examining a range of internet-connected devices the report – More Data, Less Energy – found that two thirds of the electricity used is burned while in “standby” mode.
With the number of connected devices set to balloon from today’s 14 billion to 50 billion by 2020 this wastage could skyrocket. “Energy efficiency has up to now not been part of the equation, but it needs to be,” says Vida Rozite, the lead author of the report. Equipped with everything from refrigerators that order milk to coffeepots that gurgle as soon as you rouse, some homes are definitely starting to feel like they belong in the futuristic cartoon series The Jetsons. The problem, Rozite explains, is the off switch. Amazing Place | Smart Growth America. Many companies—from Fortune 500 titans to lean startups to independent manufacturers—are moving to places that offer great quality of life for their employees. As Smart Growth America detailed in our 2015 report Core Values: Why American Companies are Moving Downtown, these companies want vibrant neighborhoods with affordable housing options, restaurants, nightlife, and other amenities in walking distance, and a range of transportation options for their employees, among other things.
This trend is already playing out in big cities like San Francisco and New York. It is also playing out in mid-size cities like Denver, CO and Minneapolis, MN, and small cities and towns like Greenville, SC. In each of these places, great walkable neighborhoods are helping to attract new residents, new jobs, and new investment. This trend represents a marked shift in cities’ economic development strategy. Communities everywhere and of all sizes can learn from these examples. Smart Growth America. Planetizen: The independent resource for people passionate about planning and related fields. Home. עבודה בחלל: מחירי חללי העבודה המשותפים ממשיכים לרדת. תופעת חללי העבודה המשותפים ממשיכה להתרחב: האחרונה שנכנסה לתחום היא קבוצת שגיא, בשליטת איש העסקים טדי שגיא, שהודיעה בשבוע שעבר על מותג חדש, LABS, שיפעל בנקודות מרכזיות בעולם, בין היתר במגדל שרונה עזריאלי וברחוב הארבעה בתל-אביב.
גם במכללת רופין שבעמק חפר הודיעו בשבוע שעבר על פתיחת חללי עבודה בקמפוס, בשטח כולל של 2,200 מ"ר. "מרכז ירוק" שייפתח בחודש הבא מציע מנוי אישי במרחב הפתוח או במשרד עם עמדה בודדת במחיר של 1,200 שקל לחודש (חודש רביעי חינם). החל מהחודש החמישי המחיר יפחת ל-900 שקל. מנוי יומי יעלה 75 שקל לאדם. קיראו עוד ב"גלובס" החברה המרכזית והחלוצה בענף היא WEWORK מיסודו של ישראלי, אדם נוימן, ששוויה נאמד סביב 20 מיליארד דולר ומפעילה כמה משרדים משותפים בתל-אביב, בהרצליה ובבאר-שבע. מהצד של היזם, הרעיון הגלום בחלל עבודה דומה ליתרון שרואה בעל דירת מגורים המפצל דירה לכמה שוכרים. בסקירה אחרונה שפרסם השמאי הממשלתי נמצא כי שיעורי התשואה על נדל"ן מניב במגמת ירידה, ונעים בין 7.5% ל-8%, מה שיכול לספק עוד הסבר לניסיונות היצירתיים של בעלי נכסים למקסם תשואה.
יזם הנדל"ן משה פלדמן. זול יותר ב-10%