While Atlanta’s industrial market remains flush with tenant demand, the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hikes are poised to finally cool off rampant new warehouse development in the region.

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Holly Williamson, design director at NELSON Worldwide, writes about workplace amenities and how they’ve changed due to COVID-19. From virtual meeting tools to concierge services, there are plenty of virtual amenities that can ensure the safety, productivity and well-being of a company, both while working remotely, and in the office. Read more here.

Men’s Wearhouse, an industry leader that has been unapologetically obsessed with providing the best tailored and casual menswear assortments for nearly 50 years, recently opened the doors to its Next-Gen store locations in Shenandoah, TX and Buford, GA. Read more with Business Wire.

Robyn Novak, Vice President at FRCH Nelson explains why a holistic approach to technology is the best bet. Watch here.

The doors opened this past weekend on the new outdoor retail concept by Dick’s Sporting Goods, Public Lands, led by industry veteran Todd Spaletto. The 50,000-square-foot store in Cranberry, Pa. (a suburb of Pittsburgh) is located in a busy shopping area, sandwiched between a Best Buy and a Walmart. The weekend-long event kicked off bright and early on Friday morning with a team pep talk by the executive chairman of Dick’s, Ed Stack. President and CEO Lauren Hobart was also in attendance to lead the store’s team in a raucous pre-opening cheer (captured below) and to support the 100+ staffers who have been working for months in preparation of the grand opening. Read the full article here.

“Apprenticeship is huge. Architecture is the meld of art and science and many schools deal with the theory and design but only scratch the surface of the technical aspects. It’s really important that education continues at work—really diving into those projects, getting the experience of how buildings go together and the role technology plays is critical.” – Graham Lockridge Post

The architecture industry, like the legal industry, relies heavily on an apprenticeship model of training and was forced during the pandemic to learn on the fly about how that experience could be approximated in a virtual setting. Read more with Law.com here.