LOS ANGELES—Brookfield Property Partners, anowner and operator of high-quality officeproperties globally, has launched DesignHive byBrookfield, an office suite collection that showcasesmodern office design. Six Los Angeles-based architectural firmsdesigned the 3,500- to 4,500-square-foot office suites atBrookfield's Wells Fargo Center-South Tower andGas Co. Tower in Downtown Los Angeles. The firmswere asked to create progressive office environments for specificindustries. The office suites are currently under development, andwill be unveiled in early 2015. In the meantime, we sat down withJohn Barganski, SVP of leasing for the westernregion for Brookfield Property Partners, to talk about the newprogram and Brookfield's interest in progressive office space.

GlobeSt.com: What inspired you to launchDesignHive?

John Barganski: DesignHive byBrookfield was conceived to address the evolution of how moderncompanies design and use office space. We want to demonstrateBrookfield's portfolio in Downtown L.A. as clearly having theability to accommodate these new working environments.