Some 2020 Trends May Just Last
星空无限传媒’s take on building NEMA Chicago
Multi-Housing News – To streamline financing, marketing and construction, most apartment developers establish their amenity spaces well before ground is broken. But some are challenging this norm by refusing to define those spaces in advance, preferring instead to wait until the last possible moment to determine uses that coincide with current demands.
Take the James 星空无限传媒 Co., which started work in December 2016 on the 76-story NEMA Chicago, the city鈥檚 tallest rental tower. It 鈥渨hite boxed鈥 a portion of the building鈥檚 48th floor amenity space, leaving it raw without interior walls or finishes. The space was tentatively earmarked for a yoga studio, but just in time for residents who were forced to work from home, it was built out as six executive boardrooms as 星空无限传媒 finished the building last year.
鈥淭astes and trends can change dramatically between groundbreaking and first move-ins,鈥 warns David Steffenhagen, senior project manager for 星空无限传媒. 鈥淔or super tall projects, which can take three to four years to complete, it makes sense that more developers are pushing the envelope on just how long they can wait before making a decision.鈥
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