Cushman & Wakefield

Smart advice starts with the client, not the answer. Workplace decisions are rarely simple. They involve business priorities, employee expectations, culture, sustainability, real estate and long-term performance — often all at once. June Koh helps organisations make sense of that complexity. By listening carefully, asking sharper questions and bringing structure to different perspectives, she helps clients align around what matters and move forward with confidence. Meet Cushman & Wakefield’s Smart Advisors: https://cushwk.co/4cPqwqg

Deciding exactly where to locate global operations requires looking beyond "cost per square foot" to rigorously evaluate talent, real estate dynamics, business risk, and cost, aligning your footprint directly with your long-term corporate strategy. Dimitrios Vlachopoulos bridges the gap between vision and reality by connecting macroeconomic shifts, such as AI disruption and changing talent demographics, with tactical real estate execution. Meet Cushman & Wakefield's Smart Advisors: https://lnkd.in/eJwdt8ja

AI is advancing quickly, but its economic effects are becoming less uniform. Our latest Q2 AI Impact Barometer tracks how adoption, investment, growth and employment are shifting across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. The update shows a widening gap between where AI momentum is building and how that momentum is translating into economic, workforce and real estate performance outcomes. Read the latest Barometer for the full regional picture: https://lnkd.in/gvTM6SF5

Just like a concert where everyone lifts their phone for a better view (forcing the "raise or miss out" dilemma on everyone else), Chinese auto manufacturers are leaving their home venue for one with a better view: Europe. This week's #BuiltWeekly unpacks Chinese manufacturers' expansion into Europe, Texan data center dominance, and capital markets leaders' hottest industry takes—plus, the portable beverage controversy stirring up the internet.

Signing Ceremony: Cushman & Wakefield Appointed to Lead Feasibility Study for Stavian Digital Park in HCMC On September 23, Cushman & Wakefield, Stavian Group and U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) officially signed a strategic partnership in Singapore where Cushman & Wakefield was appointed by Stavian to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study for Stavian Digital Park and the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) granted the study. Stavian Digital Park is a proposed hyperscale AI and cloud campus in Ho Chi Minh City. The project is potentially one of the pioneering hyperscale data centres in Vietnam, positioned within a 300-hectare master-planned development, with 300 MW of planned power capacity for Phase 1 by 2030. Cushman & Wakefield will undertake a comprehensive assessment of the project’s key considerations, including market demand and potential, site suitability, power and telecommunications infrastructure, renewable energy integration, as well as technical, commercial, legal and strategic implementation feasibility. Read more about the strategic partnership among Cushman & Wakefield, Stavian and USTDA here: https://lnkd.in/ga7Tvvmp Andrew Green Minh Hoang Ngoc Le Hieu Bui #CushmanWakefield #StavianDigitalPark #DigitalInfrastructure #DataCentre #AI #CloudComputing #Vietnam

Reading a neighborhood means understanding more than traffic counts and demographics. It means knowing how people use a place, what they value and what might be missing. Kristen Pash saw an opportunity for value retail inside a shopping center known for luxury brands. The idea faced resistance, but the store opened, performed well and brought a broader mix of shoppers to the center. Meet Cushman & Wakefield's Smart Advisors: https://cushwk.co/4cPqwqg

The Fed raised interest rates for the first time in three years this week, and hoteliers can't agree on what it means. In this week's edition of #BuiltWeekly, we cover the cost pressures squeezing hotel owners and Anthropic's 2.16GW bet on Queensland, plus Helsinki's jump into the next tier of European data center markets.

A location can look right in the data and still be wrong for the operation. Ben Harris, CSCP helps industrial occupiers look beyond costs, incentives and rankings to understand how a location will perform when the business needs to hire workers, serve customers and support future growth. The questions he asks often change the conversation, shifting the focus from selecting the most attractive option to understanding which location will support the business long after the facility opens. Meet Cushman & Wakefield's Smart Advisors: https://cushwk.co/4cPqwqg

Have you shared your perspective yet? Cushman & Wakefield and CoreNet Global are gathering insights on how AI is expected to impact corporate real estate, workplace strategy and employee experience. If you're involved in CRE, workplace, facilities, HR or digital transformation, we'd value your input. Take the survey: https://cushwk.co/463PLCe

Tariffs, hockey sticks and a 200-year-old cautionary tale. It's been an eventful week of trade headlines: this week's #BuiltWeekly maps North American tariff exposure ahead of a very sad gingerbread season. Plus, what "fambushing" can teach us about the future of retail tenant mixes.