Nicole deFuria Nicholson leads Verizon’s 115 million sq. ft. of real estate around the world. Ask her what makes it work and she credits a daily team coffee ritual. The effectiveness of large, complex portfolios still hinges on whether people still want to be in the room, and whether they trust the person leading them. Nicholson and CBRE's Jamie Hodari discuss technology, buildings and human connection. Listen to the latest episode of The Weekly Take. https://cbre.co/4ybc853
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Operating across every dimension of commercial real estate, CBRE sees more so you can do more.
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Still running your workplace plan out of a spreadsheet? You need a better tool. CBRE’s new Workplace Parameter lets you see more than your headcount. It lets you see how many people really use your space and how and when they use it. Benchmark your performance against a global portfolio. Run scenarios, adjust them and run them again. You get a footprint you can defend to your company leadership and adjust as conditions change. Give your workplace plan—and your workplace—the space it needs. We’re here to help. CBRE Workplace & Occupancy Advisory https://cbre.co/4hNGQLO
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The way an outsourcing contract distributes risk shapes how the whole relationship operates, and leaders are increasingly leveraging performance-based contracts to more clearly define how risk and reward are shared. Align risk and reward in your FM contracts with CBRE: https://cbre.co/4xIyIAU
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A single 24-hour outage costs the average large industrial site about $190,000. That cost lands on the facility, and the grid won't improve fast enough to stop it. On-site power is the part you control. CBRE Energy’s new guidebook helps you match the right fix to your facility. See where to start: cbre.com/dgg
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What if your most valuable AI asset is already in your portfolio? Verizon's Nicole deFuria Nicholson discusses how the company's infrastructure, from power and fiber to real estate, could help support the next generation of AI computing. She joins CBRE's Jamie Hodari for a conversation on technology, workplace strategy and the evolving role of real estate as a business asset. Listen to The Weekly Take https://cbre.co/4hiWij7
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"Our reports don't align with each other, so leadership has stopped trusting them." When data comes from too many systems, every report tells a different story. So leaders manage around the numbers instead of acting on them. CBRE Data Intelligence fixes the source, not the symptom. We make sure you have uniform definitions, clear ownership and one source of truth. So your leaders know they can trust the numbers, the reports—and you. Book a data readiness assessment 👉 CBRE Data Intelligence Advisory https://cbre.co/4xscwLy
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Where is the best place for AI-skilled talent? Across the U.S. and Canada, tech talent workers with AI skills grew by 45% year-over-year to 751,000 as of mid-2026. The race for AI talent is defining the future of tech and real estate. See which markets have emerged as North America's top overall AI talent hubs: https://cbre.co/4raeYol
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The real office question isn’t “How many days?” It’s “Why come in?” Julie Whelan and her CBRE team have spent over a decade tracking what occupiers need from the workplace—and what people expect from it. The result is a data-backed view of how the office is evolving from a default destination to a deliberate one. For companies, that means designing workplaces around purpose, not just presence. Subscribe to Our Take to learn more. https://cbre.co/4hl6FBH
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Excellence remains a core value that drives everything we do. Celebrating our Turner & Townsend colleagues on being ranked #1 overall professional services firm by Engineering News-Record’s annual rankings. Here's to more success to come!
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“People want to get outside their house, and they want to be shoulder-to-shoulder with other people, having a good time, learning new things, experiencing things with others.” CBRE’s Jamie Hodari says 2026 is the year of the communal experience: people choosing to be around other people, on purpose. The office has to be among the places where people want to be. Some companies are leading the way. Listen to the full conversation with Jamie and Nicole deFuria Nicholson, Verizon’s VP of Global Real Estate, on The Weekly Take. https://cbre.co/4xGfCvv
