Part II of II (Read Part I) There’s value in raw data, but it can only take you so far. The true value of those numbers materializes through analysis, anomalies and context. Due to the lack of available real data about shoppers who shopped both on a brand’s digital online site and at its physical […]

Larry DiGennaro discusses what a startup entails and how proper lab design can improve discovery and collaboration.

Part I of II (Read Part II) The “Clicks to Bricks” (C2B) movement is gaining significant momentum. It wasn’t long ago that only a handful of direct to consumer brands (DTC) expanded into the physical retail space. Today, dozens have ventured from an entirely digital presence to opening brick-and-mortar locations. Even with COVID-19 procedures and […]

T. Patrick Donnelly offers some thoughts for how to incorporate community design and improve cohesion in the office—wherever it is.

The small-footprint, specialty stores modeled by “Clicks to Bricks” retailers have the unique opportunity to answer many unmet needs of shoppers.

Work design and real estate professionals (along with everyone else) have fervently dissected the pandemic along with possible responses for corporate real estate post-COVID-19 and presumptive return to workplace scenarios over the last two months. Not surprisingly, questions beget questions. Practical recommendations have been delivered alongside fanciful gimmicks. It is tough to discern the difference, […]

This prescriptive scenario considers what solutions might be possible by understanding past crises, published changes in shopper behaviors, current adaptations with our retail clients, governmental guidelines being issued globally and the culmination of data-driven ideas coming from industry experts and peers.

BHDP brought 60+ corporate real estate executives together to formulate strategic and high-level recommendations for leading the reintegration of the workforce into the physical workplace post the COVID-19 pandemic.

Innovative use of space to create a learning environment that positively affects engagement and retention requires a strategic and coordinated effort backed by senior leadership commitment. Corporate learning and development (L&D) programs, no matter how compelling, may not be enough in and of themselves as the foundation for developing engaged and productive employees. Historically, the […]

By Patrick Donnelly and Chris Collett of BHDP; Valerie Garrett of Fifth Third Bancorp The benefits that an integrated design process can bring to building projects have been accepted for decades. Assembling a team with diverse expertise to collaboratively work on a project is intuitively understood to be a better approach than designing in a […]