AUSTIN, TEXAS — CBRE Group Inc. plans to relocate its Austin office to the 17th floor of 500 West 2nd Street in downtown Austin. The commercial real estate services firm signed a long-term lease to occupy 21,688 square feet beginning in fall 2017. 500 West 2nd is part of a 1.2-million-square-foot, mixed-use development in the vibrant 2nd Street District of downtown Austin. The new office is part of CBRE’s “Workplace360” initiative, designed to promote productivity through technology-enabled paperless offices. Based in part on research showing that employees spend about 50 percent of their time at their desks, the initiative aims to provide a flexible way of working based on an employee’s changing needs throughout the day. The offices have no assigned workspaces and include both collaborative and private spaces. CBRE’s Russell Young and Nate Stricklen represented the company in the transaction. CBRE’s Troy Holme, Casey Ford and Katie Ekstrom represented the landlord, a joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. and Principal Real Estate Investors.
