The Austin Chamber of Commerce will host a panel discussion that focuses on Austin's evolving brand and reputation. The dicussion, titled "Brand Austin: Is It At Risk?", will be held at the Hyatt Regency Austin on June 6 at 11 A.M. The panel will take Read more...

Apple finally broke ground on it's planned 1 million square foot office building in Northwest Austin.  Apple current employs over 3500 people in Austin however the new office building will house over 7,000 people within 10 years!  This is the largest job creation project in Read more...

This is a great blog post that talks about how important it is for businesses to move away from a culture of business processes and more towards a social cooperative one.  The nature of work has changed and more people have jobs that are non-routine Read more...

TechStars, a Colorado-based startup accelerator, is bringing its mentoring program to Austin. The program is three months long, and will be operating out of Capital Factory's downtown location. 12 companies will be selected to participate in the program, and TechStars will provide participants with $18,000 Read more...

Philip Tidd, consultant at Gensler gives his perspective on the future of work and work spaces. He believes office spaces are underutilized and thinks that we will see more changes in the next decade in how employees work and how spaces are designed. He goes Read more...

Austin-based software maker Postmaster Inc. has raised $590,000 of a planned $800,000 round of financing. The company was founded in 2012 and develops technology designed to optimize small-package logistics. Jesse Lovelace is the founder and CEO of Postmaster Inc, and he also is the interim Read more...

President Obama visited Austin last Thursday, and repeatedly said that Austin's robust tech culture could serve as a model for other U.S. cities. Obama cited our local schools, universties and entrepreneurial spirit as prime factors that drive our local tech scene. Obama specifically referenced local Read more...

When evaluating commercial lease options it's very important to understand the difference between usable square feet (USF) and rentable square fee (RSF) when calculating your monthly and yearly rent.  This is often misunderstood by tenants as many landlords use different names for this such as R/U Read more...

Just like every other downtown city Austin transportation has always been challenging with traffic congestion, etc. Are gondolas in Austin the answer to our traffic woes? Frog Design recently presented a solution at a California conference that proposes building a cable car system (gondolas) that would Read more...

Austin Tenant Advisors recently represented Life Ki-do, a martial arts and life education academy in the search, selection, and negotiation of their new Austin retail lease located at 3636 Bee Caves Road.  Their former space could not accomodate their parking needs and they simply had Read more...