Owl’s Eye View | Issue 13

Monthly Insights Newsletter

This month, we reflect on a year of growth and delivery across regions, and share the moments that shaped our work in 2025.

We hope you find this issue informative. If you would like to learn more about any of the themes covered, please feel free to contact us.

| Retail

Hundreds of stores ready for the holiday season

This year, our project management team partnered with industry leading retailers to deliver more than 500 projects. A significant achievement that resulted in strong outcomes for our clients and their customers.


Left: Max Ochoa – Enjoying a shopping spree after delivering Zara’s first store on North America’s East Coast, California.


| Workplace

Creating Workplaces with Real Impact

Across our workplace and change management projects, we saw organisations move toward spaces designed for focus, flexibility and better outcomes.

Right: Omar Ramirez & Tabitha McCallum joining workplace leaders at CoreNet’s Day on the Bay event in San Francisco.


| Hotel

Momentum across our hotel sector work

This year highlighted a clear shift in hotel refurbishments toward smarter sequencing, clearer planning and experiences that reflect evolving guest expectations.

Left: Stephanie Bailey, Rowan Hamman and Annabel Khoo attended the highly engaging NoVacancy Conference in Sydney earlier this year.


| Technology & Sustainability

Smarter systems, lower impact

This year, companies like LinkedIn demonstrated how smarter systems and low impact solutions shape clearer, more efficient operations. Across these programs, our team supported clients with sustainable design choices, structured delivery and large scale technology rollouts that improved performance across regions.

Right: (L) Claire Holton speaking at New York Climate week. (R) Andrew Knueppel speaking at NexusCon 2025.



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