GLENDALE, CA—During the first week after opening CBRE 's newest office at the Masonic Temple in Glendale , the property's built-in concierge services saved CBRE employees a total of 34 hours in "second shift" tasks, those daily to-do's that employees otherwise would have to handle after work, according to data collected by landlord Caruso Affiliated. The 112 tasks performed by Caruso's concierge staff included package pick-up and delivery, gift purchasing and wrapping, restaurant reservations, fueling services and checking tire pressure, grocery shopping, car wash, and even having an acoustic guitar repaired. David Josker Perks 3.68 years Center for American Progress Greg Rokos Lewis C. Horne Matthew Heyn is SVP of the Los Angeles North region of CBRE. The views expressed here are the author's own.

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