Nancy Olah Law
Thank you to Juanita Tackett (Indoff) for helping my client with LED lighting for his new medical office. Great job, Juanita – the lighting looks great!
Hopkins Consulting and Review, LLC
Thanks to Zeta Pittman of First National Bank for reaching out to the appraisal review Team Leader on my behalf! Your assistance made the difference on getting me on the tickler list for future review work. Thanks!
(Charlotte, NC, August 2019)… For nearly 25 years, Charlotte-based Development Advisors (DAI) has provided site selection and incentive negotiation expertise to clients worldwide, directly offsetting capital costs while optimizing business locations for maximum profit and competitiveness. Now, to better reflect its considerable experience and growth in the marketplace, DAI is changing its name to Maxis Advisors.
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Submitted by Stacia Neugent, GreerWalker
On Tuesday, August 13th, CREW Charlotte hosted a panel on the rebirth of resiliency at Byron’s Southend. The panel featured Dylan Kirk, sustainability coordinator for Mecklenburg County, Kristina Held, partner at Insight Architects, and Zack Wyatt, executive director for Carolina Farm Trust. Emily Buehrer, landscape architect and project manager with Stimmel Associates, served as the moderator.
In a time when there continues to be frequent extreme weather events, designing with the environment in mind has become even more important. Resilient design is the intentional design of buildings, land, communities and regions in response to these vulnerabilities.
One of the topics discussed at the luncheon was the cost associated with “green development”. Kristina confirmed that there are additional costs associated with making sustainable choices, but they are relatively small on a percentage basis. It is also important to keep in mind that this references the monetary costs, but there are many other costs to be considered when making the decisions regarding development. You have to consider the impact to the land being consumed as well as the impact to the communities in which you are developing. The panel discussed that the “urban sprawl” effect is one of the biggest issues impacting the Charlotte region. The impacts of urban sprawl include increased air and water pollution, increased infrastructure impacts and reliance on cars due to longer commutes.
While we may have a ways to go to get to where we need to be, the panelists acknowledged that recognition is the first step and discussions like this luncheon are shedding light on this important topic. Emily concluded the luncheon with a powerful Dr. Seuss quote, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot. Nothing is going to get better, its not.”
Mecklenburg Paint
Thank you to Juanita Tackett with Indoff Energy Solutions for the beautiful LED lights in our office. We did a whole office retrofit (interior and exterior). The office really lights up at night! What a difference it has made. Juanita was involved in every aspect of the project!
INTEC Group
Thank you to Shawn McMillan of McMillan PLLC for helping me connect the dots and the warm intro to a potential developer client. I appreciate you Shawn!!!
IWG/ Regus
Thank you to Sloan Kormelink for thinking of me!
INDOFF ENERGY SOLUTIONS
Thank you to Mary Wilken and Insite Properties for working with Indoff Energy Solutions to light up your building facades facing Interstate 77 at the Charlotte Commerce Center. If you are driving south from uptown, I don’t think you will miss them.
ATC
Thank you to Carrie Sharp for being the spark in spark plug and showing new members what it means to be part of CREW Charlotte and CREW Network. The Carrie Barometer is my guide and pathway to networking success with Charlotte CREW and beyond.
Submitted by Sivilay Xayasaene, Gresham Smith
On June 11, 2019, CREW Charlotte’s luncheon program featured a panel of all CREW members who addressed the many questions surrounding Coworking. The panel included Wendy Hill with IWG, Hunter Fleshood with WeWork, Mary Wilken with Insite Properties and moderator Virginia Luther with Savills. The luncheon was also CREW Charlotte’s FIFTH annual Bring Your Intern to Lunch.
The panel discussed where they see the future and evolution of coworking and agree that the trend isn’t slowing down. With market unpredictability, the need for flexibility in real estate has increased as companies of all sizes across industries are less likely to pursue longer term leases. The ability to scale quickly globally is attractive to large companies and the ability to have access to amenities otherwise out of reach for many small firms makes the coworking solution attractive to most organizations.
Across the country, over the last few years we’ve seen a shift in power from employer to employee. According to research from IWG, flexible working is an expectation as a company offering, not just a perk. In the war for talent, having a flexible work environment can be a deal breaker. This approach allows firms to hire people where they want to live – extending their candidate pool for attracting talent, and sustaining retention which are paramount. It’s an ideal choice during good times as well as during a downturn.