Overview

• Dean becomes global chief strategy officer for Building Operations & Experience and will helm the CBRE x Industrious Building Experience Lab.
• The lab will partner with clients to gather anonymized workplace-usage data and convert findings into research and real-world products that make offices feel more like high-service hotels.
• Initial collaborations are expected to begin by year-end, with the first marketwide product targeted for the first half of 2026, according to CBRE.
• CBRE highlights its reach as a foundation for the effort, citing roughly two billion square feet under management and about 40 million daily entrants to CBRE-run offices.
• The launch aligns with CBRE’s integration of Industrious and the coworking brand’s plan to open three new Manhattan locations under its Indy by Industrious banner before year-end.