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the Jersey City waterfront performing so down during Sandy? How did the build- moves that needle a lot more than cov-
well. It’s a hop, skip, and a jump on the ing do during the storm? Did the power ered parking will. A building with backup

PATH train or the ferry to get to work. go out? Did it lood? Were you able to get power that’s located next to a train sta-
Mass transit to and from New York City to the building?’ Backup power is critical tion is going to trump a building with a

is the most important amenity now for a to a lot of these operations, especially for smoothie station.”
building and/or a location.”
headquarters operations in that they can’t Remarkably, not all companies learned

go down. They can’t afford to go down.
from the last few years.
“When you have ive or six buildings “There was a brief desire from every

to choose from, backup power certainly
company, from Hurricane Sandy on, to

OFFICE AMENITIES ALSO PLAY A BIG
ROLE IN RECRUITING TALENT
In today’s job market, young recruits are
looking for speciic perks shaped by gen-

erational interests, needs, and the evolv- We are pleased to announce
ing set of tools they’ll use on the job.

Successful companies are being asked to
provide more than just a nice salary and
that Randy Hanks
a short walk to mass transportation.
“They need the ability to attract

employees. How do they do that? The
younger employees today want itness has joined our team

centers, food service, open and bright
space, and we’re even doing conference

centers in some of our buildings where as the New Jersey

they can have bigger meeting rooms,”
says Pete Schofel, partner and president

of Eastman Companies, a full-service real
estate irm based in Livingston. “We’re Regional Market Executive.

getting requests for more robust technol-
ogy like WiFi service. People may have

plug-in laptops and they might be moving
around the ofice, so they need good

service for that.”

REMEMBER SUPERSTORM SANDY?
More than two years removed from

Sandy and less than a year following last
winter’s crippling ice storm, some—not Please call Randy to see how we can

all—companies are cognizant that Moth- help your business grow and thrive.

er Nature can wreak havoc on business
operations. Redundant power is a term

that’s entered the real estate lexicon in
the Northeast and especially in parts of Randy Hanks, SVP

New Jersey hit hardest by weather events (609) 202-8336
the last few years.

“An amenity today that wasn’t as im-
portant in the past is redundant power,”

Johnsen says. “Ever since Hurricane
Sandy, when we show tenants space the
customersbank.com
questions always come up: ‘Did you go

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