Johnson Controls, FM:Systems aim for faster asset alarm response

A new integration automates ticketing systems and consolidates key work order information across systems, helping operators improve maintenance resource utilization, the companies say.

By Joe Burns • April 1, 2025

Administrative tasks burden facility managers

Despite wanting to focus on the strategic part of their job, property managers are distracted by low-level tasks and bogged down by traditional metrics, VTS says. 

By Joe Burns • March 31, 2025

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Data Centers

Exponential growth in the data center market is driving the need for more energy-intensive chips, leading operators to seek more power, improved cooling solutions and optimized designs that can boost efficiency and performance. 

By Facilities Dive staff

Mission statements do a lot of work on facilities teams, managers say

Writing the statements can seem like a formality, but they can play a concrete role in technicians’ day-to-day work, facilities managers heard at NFMT 2025.

By Robert Freedman • March 28, 2025

How phones shrink response times when facilities are at risk

Mobile devices give building operators a powerful emergency preparedness resource – if they’re used to track work before a crisis hits, a response specialist says.

By Robert Freedman • March 27, 2025

NFMT 2025: Plenty of tech talk but with a focus on people

The annual conference has drawn thousands of attendees and hundreds of exhibitors as facilities managers meet to share best practices and learn of products and services to help their operations.

By Robert Freedman • March 26, 2025

Federal buildings plagued with security, maintenance problems: GAO

Those concerns plus low occupancy rates support the sale of more federal buildings, a Government Accountability Office official said in a House subcommittee hearing. 

By Robert Freedman • March 24, 2025

Rise in office attendance leads building operators to automate visitor management

With more than a third of businesses increasing office attendance, managers can find value in integrating workplace solutions, a company in the management software space says. 

By Joe Burns • March 21, 2025

Tariffs’ impact on commercial real estate

Third-party logistics providers could fill otherwise slack industrial space as tenants rely on them while volatility persists, CBRE says. Manufacturing and retail also could see effects.

By Robert Freedman • March 20, 2025

Routine HVAC cleaning can lower energy use and help meet ventilation standards, study says

Cleaning can be a cost-effective tool for increasing occupant comfort and health and building energy efficiency, researchers from two universities found.

By Joe Burns • March 20, 2025

$10.7M court upgrade to be one of the last projects to use NYC’s old contracting method

The city’s new method of contracting will help projects like the judicial center renovation get done sooner, city officials say.

By Robert Freedman • March 19, 2025

Outpatient practices migrating to office, retail spaces

Limited space in purpose-built medical outpatient buildings is driving providers to other property types, a JLL report says.

By Robert Freedman • March 18, 2025

Operational changes, education can help curb cleaning complaints, survey says

Implementing daytime cleaning schedules, staff training and occupancy technology can reduce the amount of “subjective or frivolous” complaints and help to optimize operations.

By Joe Burns • March 18, 2025

How bad asset tags undermine facilities management

Asset tagging can help building operators track equipment, streamline maintenance and prevent downtime, but there’s a recurring problem: teams realizing too late their labels have failed.

By Stuart Jailler • March 14, 2025

The prospect of a private prison boom offers opportunities — and risks — for operators

Barriers to entry, including public-relations challenges, remain high despite the Trump administration’s embrace of privately operated facilities.

By Brian Martucci • March 13, 2025

Improving IAQ means looking beyond ventilation strategies

With technology like germicidal UV and building management systems, it’s possible to improve indoor air quality without driving up HVAC costs, experts say.

By Joe Burns • March 6, 2025

GSA rescinds controversial list of properties to sell – for now

Hundreds of the 443 listed properties will likely still be sold, but the process will be better explained when the list is republished, the General Services Administration says.

By Robert Freedman • March 6, 2025

Turning parking logistics into a revenue stream

Having an intermediary between a facility and its third-party parking providers can create value for both sides, one company says.

By Robert Freedman • March 4, 2025

Office stabilization prompts organizations to optimize portfolios, improve employee experience

With many occupiers settling on hybrid models, operators must use metrics and technology to guide their space decisions, property specialists say.

By Joe Burns • Feb. 27, 2025

JLL launches consumer goods, services division in push to improve real estate experience

The firm says the move reflects a growing focus on experiences by consumers and efforts by organizations to ensure “they are getting the most out of their real estate.”

By Joe Burns • Feb. 26, 2025

3 priorities for creating zero-carbon buildings: Energy Transitions Commission

Electrification, advanced HVAC systems and smart technologies hold the potential to drive reductions in commercial building energy use, the group says. 

By Joe Burns • Feb. 25, 2025

Cushman & Wakefield sees strong leasing revenue growth in Q4

Growth in leasing, led by return-to-office actions, and other segments helped to offset a decline in services revenue, the firm said.

By Joe Burns • Feb. 20, 2025

JLL benefits from increased Q4 leasing volume

The company’s North America office leasing volumes were up 16% year over year during the quarter, due to higher office attendance and improved clarity on future space needs, JLL says.

By Joe Burns • Feb. 19, 2025

CBRE facilities management revenue surges over 16% in Q4 2024

The company expects further improvements in the segment as it restructures its business lines to improve synergy across its building management verticals, CEO Bob Sulentic says. 

By Joe Burns • Feb. 13, 2025

Colliers sees 61% jump in Q4 2024 engineering revenues

The company says it is seeing a cyclical recovery in its real estate services segment. Long-term tailwinds in infrastructure spending will make the “noise” around U.S. government spending immaterial, it adds.

By Joe Burns • Feb. 10, 2025

Logistics real estate rents fell in US, Canada in 2024

Southern California fueled much of the 7% decline, but demand could heat up this year, according to a Prologis report.

By Max Garland • Feb. 6, 2025