Cresa Acquires Workplace Strategy Advisory Firm
The company has acquired Agile Work Evolutions, which utilizes technology to provide insights to inform workplace strategies, planning and implementation.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Global commercial real estate advisory firm, Cresa has acquired Agile Work Evolutions, a real estate technology company that is focused on workplace strategy and implementation.
AWE offers tech-enabled workplace strategy and advisory to help clients better understand potential occupancy strategies and adopt hybrid and flex workplace solutions into their occupancy. Through AWE’s services, clients are able to make fast decisions while utilizing a responsive, flexible and resilient occupancy plan.
The acquired company’s technology aims to define how and where employees are currently working, in addition to how and where they work best. The technology tracks the effects on productivity inherent in various occupancy strategies and it provides tools to support and manage an agile workforce.
In addition to its workplace strategies, AWE provides assessment and change management, integration, alignment and training related to workplace. The company additionally provides workforce analytics, assessments, change management, project management and training, and speaking services.
“Workplace strategy is critical to making smart real estate decisions, and this has super charged as companies move to rapidly adopt hybrid and flex options responding to changes in work patterns accelerated by COVID-19,” says Tricia Trester, head of global portfolio solutions at Cresa. “AWE is uniquely qualified to meet this dynamic client need, and they will help us to deliver exceptional occupancy solutions in this environment. Their skills, experience and innovative approach take our workplace strategy offering to the next level.”
“Employers are being tested to find both interim and long-term solutions that blend employee preferences for remote working with business needs.” states Meredith Thatcher, AWE co-founder.
“We are excited to be working with the Cresa team to provide valuable business insights and intelligence to inform workplace strategies, planning and implementation, and to accelerate decision making around adopting a remote working model,” says Dr. Lisa Chillingworth Watson, AWE co-founder.