‘Excited to Go Back’: How the Office Environment Became a Recruiting Tool

In today’s job market, some employers are leaning into a new recruiting tool, something that has historically simply been a mundane and overlooked factor when trying to lure new talent: the office.

“Let’s say a job seeker gets two similar offers when it comes to compensation and benefits, but one company provides a flexible hybrid work environment in a really nice building with amenities, and the other doesn’t,” says James Stein, Senior Director at Cushman & Wakefield’s Dallas office. “Which job would you chose?”

The competitive recruiting in some fields has generated a flight to quality in the office market.

“That concept is pretty straightforward: make going to the office an experience, something that is worthy of an employee’s commute,” Stein says. “Make sure the building and the space are something that, when the employee gets home, they say, ‘“I’m excited to go back.’” Click to read more at www.rednews.com.

Fairfield Expands Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies in Austin

Fairfield University is expanding its nationally ranked Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies to Austin, pending review and approval by the New England Commission of Higher Education. Professional services firm JLL successfully secured a 10-year — 23,040-square-foot lease located at 7951 Shoal Creek Blvd.

Currently, Fairfield University’s main campus is located in Fairfield, Connecticut, a coastal suburb of New York City. This lease marks Fairfield University’s expansion beyond the northeast into an additional market, nationally. Internationally, Fairfield also offers an MBA program through its nationally ranked Dolan School of Business in Shanghai, China, and sends students around the world through its study abroad programs.

Ellen Herman, Rhett Kruger and Russell Young at JLL represented the tenant. Jay Legg and Jessie Contreras at MFB Real Estate Services LLC represented the landlord, West Austin Holdings.