LOS ANGELES-CBRE has shown support of creative office space in recent commentary articles on GlobeSt.com, pointing toward the inherent benefits of open floor plans and increased technology. Next week, CBRE pledges its allegiance to creative office by adopting the concept at its new global headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles. The new building will be the first Los Angeles location in 15 years to boast the CBRE logo on the exterior.

“For us, to put signage of CBRE both north-facing and south-facing is very, very exciting,” Lew Horne, CBRE executive managing director, tells GlobeSt.com. “There is a symbolism here to putting this new sign up for us. It really represents a new way of working and our ability to be able to transfer that knowledge to our corporate clients and to our investor clients.”

The new building will have all of the trademarks of creative office: open floor plans, no assigned workstations and increased technology. CBRE affords employees the benefit of complete mobility with newly issued laptops and a completely paperless environment. These qualities are designed to boost productivity and collaboration. CBRE's adoption of creative work space shows clients through action that the company is confidant and committed to this new wave of office culture.

“We are in the business of advising our clients on how to optimize the way that they use space, and so we believe that an opportunity to create a showroom of sorts is something that is going to be important moving forward for all of our different divisions,” says Horne. “It is one thing to be advising clients, but when you can actually show clients the way that you work, we believe that is going to be something that's going to make a difference.”

Read commentary articles from CBRE team members Andrew Ratner and Kevin Bender about the benefits of creative office space and the changing workplace culture on GlobeSt.com.

Look for an update to this story with photos and details of the new office when GlobeSt.com tours the space in October.