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REAL ESTATE REPORT

have these backup facilities,” Cohen were actually working with a company
says. “But I must tell you—how quickly to install a backup generator and then

we forget. Companies mostly have they just changed their mind and said
stopped making these demands.”
they would bring in a portable unit if CYBER AND PHYSICAL THREATS
HAVE PLACED A PREMIUM ON
A big reason for that has to do with they needed it. They said they would
the cost involved, according to Schofel.
bring in a generator only if they needed EMPLOYEE SAFETY
Real estate brokers are inding that more

“People have short memories,” he it and that these weather events don’t employers are shopping with the safety
says. “Right after Sandy, everybody was happen that often. Listen, when it hap- of their people—and data—in mind.

asking for redundant power. Two years pens, it’s bad and everyone thinks they “Tenants are more than aware of their
later, outside of the big companies, I should have done it. But there is a cost employees’ safety and I think that ter-

don’t see a lot of people asking for it. We
involved.”
rorist threats and shootings really have

created an awareness for tenants that
24-hour security is important,” John-

sen says. “This includes roving security
units, keycard access to get into the

garage, to get into the building, and to
get into your workspace.”
Are you in denial

about succession

THE FACE OF THE MODERN

OFFICE HAS CHANGED
In an effort to achieve more collabora- issues?

tion among workers and to consolidate
square footage, many irms are tearing

down walls and creating open loorplans.
The issues of succession are both inancial and

“Companies are more focused on emotional — a volatile mix that makes them easy to
headcount and everything revolves put off. But denial comes at a cost: Fewer than one-

around price per employee,” Johnsen third of family-owned businesses survive into their
says. “In order to negotiate an eficient second generation and many closely held companies

deal and something that makes sense don’t survive the loss of their founder.
inancially, especially for a large corpo-

ration, is a focus on getting bodies into At EisnerAmper, we urge you to plan early — like ten
the space. We are seeing a big change
years early. We help you weigh all the likely scenarios

in furniture systems, from your typical and arrive at the right decisions, both for you and
10x12 ofice spaces. Companies are now your company. So you’re not just passing the baton,

focused on benching. We used to see you’re strengthening the business.
50-50 workstations to ofices; I think

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employees, that’s where we see the low-
wall, open layouts.

“The world of perimeter ofices and
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towards the open layout, letting natural
light into the space, and having a little

more collaboration among the execu-
tives and the employees.”

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