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Tech, catering and design companies are rushing to sell employers on fever scanners, box lunches and office floor-planning apps for social distancing. But it’s too soon to tell if they will work.
Truework, an income verification start-up, recently introduced software to help employers keep track of their workers’ health status.
Gensler, an architecture and design firm, has a workplace floor-planning app that generates social-distancing layouts for desks and other office furniture.
...moreRSK: Tall order. The elevators are very confined closed space...will need more than touch free buttons...more like uv rays cleansing all the time.
Hotels and Hospitality Commercial Real Estate Webinar
Hospitality and tourism has been shaken by the shutdowns caused by COVID-19. 2020 was poised to be the ‘Year of Milwaukee’ as a result of hosting the DNC, Bucks inevitable championship run and dozens of other conventions and events. These events bring visitors to our City and fill our Hotels. Hotels with hundreds of rooms were under construction in advance of welcoming guests for the DNC when ‘Safer at Home’ orders were issued. Now, hotels are beginning to reopen and…
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Ken Notes: Thank you Tracy Johnson President and CEO of CARW for keeping me in the loop. Note CARW events have all moved online and I have not found another organization that has reacted as effectively as CARW to the new realities....
Small, crowded, enclosed spaces are petri dishes for the coronavirus. But in urban office buildings, elevators are a necessity, so companies are wrestling with how to make them safer.
Change is coming to the daily vertical commute, as workers begin to return to tall office buildings in New York and other cities. The elevator ride, a previously unremarkable 90 or so seconds, has become a daunting puzzler in the calculus of how to bring people back to work safely after the coronavirus pandemic kept them home for months.
Employers and building managers are drafting strict rules for going up: severe limits on the number of riders (four seems to be the new magic number), designated standing spots to maximize social distance, mandatory masks, required forward-facing positions — and no talking.
RSK: A partial solution to the elevator problem, stand in corners, face the wall, wear a mask and don`t talk...at 4 people at a time it may be a worthless option except for those who cannot walk the stairs.
Lots of questions are being asked about how life will change in the wake of COVID-19. Because physical distancing is a big part of that conversation, designers of physical spaces are among those expected to supply answers.How will social and public behaviors be impacted? How will physical spaces have to adapt? Can we look to technology to provide any transitional assistance until a new normal is achieved? And how will spaces that have traditionally been communal, high-touch, very tactile settings – think retail and high-end luxury experiences – be forced to morph as the world adjusts to new norms?
A logical candidate to address these issues is David Schwarz..
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RSK: Not buying all of his ideas either. Gloves? Anything you touch with gloves remains on the gloves...you touch with your hands you can wash them immediately......I think he needs to check with his medical people. Masks and social distancing and open spaces make sense.
Potentially thousands of vacant hotel rooms are ripe for conversion into permanent residences, deputy mayor, housing groups and hotel owners agree.
City officials are looking to capitalize on a distressed tourism industry by converting commercial hotels into affordable housing — including creating single room occupancy units known as SROs.
The exploration of cheaper alternatives for affordable housing and supportive housing — offering health care and social services for people with mental illness or substance abuse disorders — comes as the city struggles to overcome a fiscal crisis prompted by the coronavirus pandemic.
RSK: You saw this coming weeks ago...what is next? Restaurants becoming food kitchens....don`t laugh. Many will not make it through the pandemic or the rioting and looting.
Ken Notes: done right this could work. Units sub 50K could be "sold" to homeless using a stipend/credit system for good behavior and unit maintenance. Of course in government hands this will be a mess. We should give all the bankrupt hotels to Habitat for Humanities and let them run the entire program.
Three months after the coronavirus pandemic shut down offices, corporate America has concluded that working from home is working out. Many employees will be tethered to Zoom and Slack for the rest of their careers, their commute accomplished in seconds.Richard Laermer has some advice for all the companies rushing pell-mell into this remote future: Don’t be an idiot.
A few years ago, Mr. Laermer let the employees of RLM Public Relations work from home on Fridays. This small step toward telecommuting proved a disaster, he said. He often couldn’t find people when he needed them. Projects languished...
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RSK: Like anything too much of a good thing may not be all that good for many...when you start talking to your dogs and they answer back....well, Ken can attest to that as well.
Ken Notes: I can, and the dogs definitely talk back. There will be successes and failures in the work from home market. And just a note from my consulting days, the problems will often be in how employees are "managed" not how they preform. Also you must do a personality survey on every employee to see in which environment they will preform best...
A new survey from Zillow found the sudden and unexpected shift to remote
work for millions of Americans has put a new premium on a quiet and
comfortable place to work from home.A third of respondents in a recent Zillow survey report working from a home office currently, with the rest forced to repurpose another area of their home such as a living room, dining room or bedroom into an office space. Working out of a shared space that`s not designed to support long hours in front of a computer can bring distractions and other frustrations -- especially as open concept layouts have soared in popularity in the past few years -- suddenly putting a premium on a quiet, separated workspace.
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RSK: I can attest to this. What once was a screened porch, then a 4 season room, then the previous owners first floor bedroom became my office/den. Was a huge factor in us purchasing.
Ken Notes: What a great opportunity for an office supply company to do some staging in new home sales. Visualize this...
6000 square feet total with approximately 2000 square feet of office including a 15` x 20` conference room. 4000 square foot warehouse a dock and drive-in loading door.
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The question now is what that means for commercial real estate in big cities. Will companies return to high-rise offices in densely-packed metropolitan areas or trade the convenience of proximity for a break on soaring rent prices?Should they opt to let workers keeping logging in from home, urban areas will have to great creative to fill skyscraper vacancies, just as New York City did in the 1990s, said Rudin Management CEO and co-chairman Bill Rudin.
"Downtown was a ghost town," Rudin told FOX Business` Maria Bartiromo on Friday, referring to lower Manhattan after decades of budget shortfalls and rising crime. "There were 30 million square feet of vacant space, and what we did was we came together, the business community, [the] government, and we created the downtown plan, which allowed conversion of older office buildings to residential."...
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RSK: I do not see this happening in our market but major cities have tried this before with marginal success.
Retail tenants are experiencing unprecedented difficulties stemming from
the COVID-19 pandemic, including government shutdown orders for
non-essential businesses and shelter-in-place rules that have virtually
stopped all in-person shopping. Even as these restrictions are finally
being relaxed to a limited degree, the dramatic effects of the pandemic
will long be felt in the retail industry. This alert addresses just one
of the consequences in the wake of COVID-19: the expected rise in
bankruptcy filings by commercial landlords and, as a corollary, what
retail tenants should do to protect their rights and seek available
remedies when faced with a landlord’s bankruptcy... ...moreRSK: Considering the source of the article I believe they are saying...."Talk with your attorney"!
Ken Notes: Remember when we bailed out banks? Isn`t it time to return the favor, float everything at 2 or 3% until this is over. I am frustrated that once again there will be winners and losers in this mess...
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2019 Deal of the Year Presentation
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New Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) guidance released Monday night declares that PPP recipients can apply for loan forgiveness early but that doing so could cost them money.In a 34-page interim final rule (IFR) issued in consultation with Treasury, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) addresses a number of issues related to the PPP, which was created by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, P.L. 116-136, to provide forgivable loans to small businesses, not-for-profits, and certain other entities hurt by the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated government-imposed quarantines...
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Ken Notes: Accounts and lawyers will be the real winners in this pandemic...
2315 Commercial Ave has been long standing as a conveniently located site for small business. A superb fit for those who want easy access to 51, Packers Ave, and E Wash which connects the lot to the whole Greater East district. Lot size 5,808 s.f. Shop size 600 s.f. Storage building size 720 s.f. Business also for sale for a total of $345k See attached for additional info
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GNC Holdings Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with plans to close at least 800 to 1,200 stores as it looks to cut its debt and restructure amid the COVID-19 crisis.The struggling, 85-year-old vitamin and supplement retailer said it has reached an agreement with the majority of its secured lenders and key shareholders to pursue a dual-path restructuring process that will allow the company to emerge as a standalone business or for it be sold as a going concern. The plan allows GNC to restructure its balance sheet and accelerate its store optimization strategy. Last July, GNC, which is saddled with nearly $1 billion of debt, announced plans to shutter approximately 900 stores. As of March 2020, GNC had 7,300 locations globally, including 5,200 in the U.S...
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RSK: I will bet a few in our area will close. When I have been in one of them a few times I have always been the only one there and the help has no idea about their products to consult you. The Healthy Place is 1000 times better.
Ken Notes: I agree they lost their vision...
Langdon St opportunity. Fraternity building, 24 rooms, communial baths, lower level central kitchen with two room bar and dining room. Off street parking, located two blocks from Memorial Union.
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Commercial Services Committee Presents: SBA PPP Webinar
Understand what the SBA’s PPP loan can do for your clients. How to use the tracking periods to your advantage, what has been updated since it first launched, and what the forgiveness criteria will entail. Register for this FREE Webinar here Email questions ahead of time to Ruth@wisre.com...
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A new survey released June 24 by the American Hotel & Lodging Association found that just 18 percent of respondents had taken an overnight trip since March, a good indicator of how the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the hospitality industry.
The survey of 2,200 adults, conducted by Morning Consult from June 16 through 19, also asked respondents whether they planned to take at least one vacation or overnight trip not related to business during the rest of 2020. The results? Not many Americans are planning pleasure trips this year...
...moreRSK: This obviously is not a good situation for many who have invested in the hotel sector....hopefully you are a limited partner. The hospitality industry is taking it on the chin!
Ken Notes:Wow what a turn on events, just months ago hotels were the sure bet in development.
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ESD, Cohesion and Riverside Investment & Development are deploying a state-of-the-art indoor air quality (IAQ) program this summer. The first building to host the program will be Chicago’s 150 North Riverside.This collaborative program will deliver enhanced levels of safety, comfort and assurance to occupants as they return to the building amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The program holistically combines secondary air purification, the most advanced commercial filtration system on the market, ventilation rates that significantly exceed national standards, and 24/7/365 indoor air quality and pollutant measurement and verification...
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RSK: I see a bright future for this new technology and hopefully it can be applied to the restaurant and retail world as well.
The number was shocking: U.S. retail sales rose 17.7 percent from
April to May. That jump far bested the predictions of economists, who
expected a more sluggish increase of just 7 percent or 8 percent.
What’s behind this surprising increase in retail sales during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic? Midwest Real Estate News spoke to Jaime Ward, head of retail finance with Citizens Bank, to find out. Here is some of what he had to say...
...moreRSK: No surprise to me. With all the people working from home and no one looking over their shoulder, easy to order something on line to take a break from boredom.
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Office workers can officially return to their buildings, according to state officials. But many employers have no such plans ahead
Some think it’s because a post-pandemic world will never exist, and workers must be protected from health threats. Others say it’s more to do with business accounting, as saving money on rent is wise for any company in a shaky economy. ...
RSK: It may work in the summertime but I am betting when the snow flies up north it will become very boring....the exact time people should work from home.
1 Hit the slopes6 Awful rackets
10 London-based financial corp. founded in Hong Kong
14 "Storage Wars" network
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Our roster of restaurants reads like a who`s who of Madison`s favorite eateries: From Monty`s Blue Plate Diner, to The Avenue Bar, to Steenbock`s on Orchard, each is unique in its atmosphere and menu and each is the best at what it does!
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Large Corner retail/office space. Loads of glass. Eclectic space in an eclectic neighborhood. High traffic count. Mezzanine, plus finished lower level. 3,500 on main level extra 2,000 lower level. Tenant pays only for main level and pays 25% of cams water/sewer etc.
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Highly successful restaurant in business 9.5 years. Over 4500 s.f. with a 40 person mtg. rm. Many employees on from the start. Owner will train if needed. If owner operated pay yourself a salary and still have a profit for investors or yourself. Not a franchise. Traffic counts over 150,000 per day. Easy access from east or west and centrally located. On site parking. Confidentiality Agreement!
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Offering real estate services and design-build construction solutions for growth oriented clients... ...more
Eclectic Schenks Corners. A bit of old and new mixed in the build out. Up to 2 bays remain 940 sf &1,680 sf. 1,680 sf is perfect for a coffee shop with old brick & beams exposed. Spaces can be combined. Tenant pays utilities. Exposed brick, heating, wood, skylights and more. 2 Units have basement for use.
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Building For Lease: 2015 Winnebago St 101 Madison WI
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Former KFC location. Property only. Vacant. Being sold in”As Is “ Condition. Corner of Oak and E. Wash.. Drive through window. Madison Metro stop at corner. On major E/W route to the Capital. 2nd Picture in Attachments is as it appears today. Co-listed with Ralph Kamps.
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Just off E. Washington behind the new Hy-Vee. Many suite options ranging from 150 sf to 1,880 sf with rates from $10.00 to $14 gross, depending on size term and TI`s. Landlord pays all. On bus line. Great for non profits, small office/service reps. Interstate and airport a minute away. Agent interest. Controlled storage also available for pharmaceutical reps, suppliers etc...
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Mike Theo
Since 1975, Flad Development & Investment Corp. has emerged as a leader in the development of quality commercial real estate projects in Madison and Milwaukee.
The Gialamas Company`s premier development. The park has over 57 buildings containing 200+ companies, occupying over 3.0 million square feet.
Ruedebusch Development & Construction, Inc. is a highly qualified, vertically integrated full service commercial construction, and real estate development company located in Madison, Wisconsin which offers:
- Commercial Real Estate Development
- Design Build Construction
- Commercial Real Estate Brokerage
- Economic Development, Commercial Real Estate, and Facility Consulting
Expect Professional Management with a Personal Touch
with every T. Wall Urban Village.
(608) 575-1018 or Contact@TWallEnterprises.com
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For lease on Medical Circle - Up to 4,902 SF Available
- Currently being remodeled with new elevator
- Open floor plans
- Under new ownership
- Beltline visibility & monument signage
- Plenty of parking
call Mike Herl
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