Reimagining the ways we work and meet

As business leaders rethink their real estate footprint, they're embracing smaller, high-quality, amenity-rich spaces that are more focused on human connection.” In other words, Convene.

When Chief Operating Officer Stephen Tober joined software company Giant Machines in 2018, his first order of business was to move his fast-growing team out of their shared coworking space in midtown Manhattan. The malfunctioning equipment and unstocked restrooms were bad enough, but the bigger issue was the culture. Tober would encounter folks playing ping-pong, drinking beer in the common room, or napping on their desks mid afternoon. "We were bringing in clients from big banks and financial firms, and the environment didn't reflect [our] seriousness and professionalism," he says.