Navigating the world of commercial real estate can be overwhelming, with so much to learn, many variables to consider and so many properties that could be a good fit. Use our checklist to help guide you through the questions you should ask your leadership team during the process.
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KimbleCo core values: transparency and communication
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Choosing the right work environment for your company
Choosing a new workplace is an important decision and one that will greatly affect your current and future employees. After all, the average American is estimated to spend 90,000 hours at work over the course of their life and more than 100 hours yearly commuting there. Because of this, employers must make sure the design, location and amenities of a new office align well with the company brand and strategic future vision.
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The women of KimbleCo receive top recognitions in 2018
The Changing Face of Today’s Workplace
Today’s workplace is changing to meet the needs of today’s workforce. No longer is there a one-size-fits-all mentality to the workplace. The traditional nine-to-five, cubicles-under-fluorescent-lights culture has become a thing of the past. Employees are seeking out a personal work experience that meets their individual needs in terms of health, wellness and productivity. A 2017 study by Sodexo found that 67% of knowledge workers left their previous workplace because it was not optimized for them.
A Look at Tenant Representation
A tenant’s search for the ideal space can be vastly overwhelming. Never mind the fact that there are countless buildings to choose from and what feels like an infinite number of terms for each potential lease, add to that the necessity of evaluating the company’s needs - both current and future - in order to determine the ideal space and one can imagine the stress one might experience throughout this daunting journey.
KimbleCo Core Values: Excellence
What is Excellence?
Wikipedia defines excellence as “a talent or quality which is unusually good and so surpasses ordinary standards.” When individuals or businesses operate from a place of excellence, you can’t help but notice them because they stand head and shoulders above the crowd. While people possess many inherent qualities, excellence is something deliberately cultivated one day at a time through hard, wise, smart work. It is a journey as opposed to a destination and requires both an attitude of humility and a mentality of growth.
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KimbleCo core values: giving back
A company’s core values define who they are; express the foundation of its essence. KimbleCo is implementing the Entrepreneurial Operating System, (“EOS”). EOS says, “core values define your culture and who you truly are as people.” As a full service commercial real estate firm KimbleCo facilitates every interaction and transaction from a place that aligns with each one of our core values: Integrity, Excellence, Transparency & Communication and Giving Back. Today we are focusing on Giving Back and why it is important to us. An interesting quote to consider from our industry...
“Essentially being for-profit creates opportunity for doing greater good. And financial success as a for-profit with a social conscious carries greater credibility with your peers, potentially influencing actions of other businesses.” Brian Walker, Herman Miller
Location - Location - Location, Real Estate's Old Adage Still Stands
Move, Build or Expand and Stay?
Be Healthy at Work!
CURRENT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TRENDS IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO
If there is one word for the current state of commercial real estate in Minnesota it’s hot. According to a recent outlook survey by the Urban Land Institute and the PricewaterhouseCoopers accounting firms as published in the annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate report, the Twin Cities metro area currently ranks No. 1 in the Midwest commercial real estate market with the best outlook heading in to 2018. This survey takes into consideration multi-family housing, office, industrial and retail buildings.
Improve your Bottom Line by Reducing Your Real Estate Cost
You own a business or you are the decision maker for a business and are under pressure to save money. Your company’s biggest cost is labor and you know the minute you go to cut costs in that area, you are making headlines you don’t want to make. How do you cut costs and come out ahead? You look to your second (or maybe third) largest business expense – your real estate.
Coworking is King!
Coworking has moved from the coasts to the Twin Cities and is in full swing. From local to national operators and from single site to multi-site the move to coworking continues. Coworking is collaborative workspace that provides both open and dedicated space along with amenities such as conference rooms, mail services, networking opportunities and, most often, really good (and free!) coffee to its members.
Ericka Miller joins WBE Certified Kimble Consulting as Vice President
Moving Forward! 2017 Commercial Real Estate Trends
Commercial real estate has plenty of changes to keep an eye on in the new year. From investments to lending to how spaces and places will actually be used, 2017 promises to be a year of sweeping high-level change as well as continued cultural, technological, and lifestyle shifts. This year Kimble Consulting is making predictions on collaborative spaces, built-in well-being, and how developments are re-imagining their environmental footprint through new parking plans.