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Macquarie Group’s Andrew Burdick pulls the curtain back on the company’s newly reimagined Americas headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. Burdick and CBRE’s Lenny Beaudoin discuss how design, flexibility and sustainability can converge to create spaces that foster innovation, support company culture and drive long-term value. ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Workplace design can reflect and reinforce your organization’s mission and culture. When space aligns with purpose, it becomes a tool for engagement, innovation and long-term employee satisfaction.&nbsp;·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Design an office to support various ways of working like collaboration, focus and events. This maximizes space efficiency while supporting evolving work patterns.&nbsp;·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Open staircases and shared social zones drive spontaneous interaction, collaboration, creativity and a sense of community.&nbsp;·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A great workplace integrates technology seamlessly from smart systems to digital collaboration tools, creating a cohesive experience for in-person and remote colleagues.&nbsp;·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Measure engagement and satisfaction and make them the barometer of success.

Lenny Beaudoin oversees the integration of CBRE’s Global Workplace, Design, Occupancy practice to provide our clients competitive advantage through actionable workplace strategies, informed occupancy planning, thoughtful design, and superior delivery of the future work environment.

Lenny has more than 20+ years of experience in the field of workplace consulting and strategic facility planning. A recognized leader in the industry, Lenny has worked on engagements in a wide range of markets and industries giving him an informed perspective of leading global trends in workplace delivery.

As the founder of CBRE’s Workplace practice in 2008, Lenny has built a team of real estate experts, organizational researchers, space designers, change managers, and occupancy planners who help organizations think differently about their workplace. They are guided by a mission to make the experience of work better by more thoughtfully understanding how people work and what they need to create value.


Lenny Beaudoin

Executive Managing Director, Global Workplace, Design, Occupancy, CBRE

As Global Design Director for Macquarie Group, Andrew Burdick is responsible for leading workplace design and strategy for the Group’s current and future workplaces. He joined Macquarie in 2018, after 15 years’ experience working for an internationally acclaimed architecture and planning practice where he created humanistic spaces with a focus on educational, civic, and cultural institutions.

Andrew Burdick

Global Design Director, Macquarie Group

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