Patrick Sisson, The previous, tumultuous year concluded with a sense of optimism, especially for the commercial real estate sector. Distribution of coronavirus vaccines, developed and approved in record time, reached a public elated for anything that can help them return to some semblance of a normal routine. “People in the real estate industry very badly want people to start coming back to the office, and vaccinations are the single best ways...

Creative Commons The rough start to 2021 has raised fears of a burnout spike in the workforce. Months of pandemic stresses, parenting challenges and the ongoing economic fallout have left workforces burnt out and drained. Even holiday parties and winter breaks were often retooled this year to take stress and exhaustion into account. But the tumultuous beginning to 2021 — including a more transmissible variant of COVID-19, a fumbling vaccine...