KBS, one of the largest investors in premier commercial real estate in the nation, has partnered with Maptician, a cloud-based, workplace management platform to utilize technology and data to reconfigure office and community spaces to facilitate an organized and safety-conscious return-to-office for tenants.
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“We’ve taken a very proactive approach throughout this pandemic to reassure our tenants that their safety and wellbeing is our first priority”
KBS has launched this platform at six of its office assets in the D.C. Metro, Atlanta and Pennsylvania areas including 1000 Continental, One Washingtonian Center, Redwood Plaza I, I &III, Willow Oaks Corporate Plaza CrossPoint and 171 17th Street.
“The Maptician Flex software allows us to utilize data and provide solutions for reconfiguring community spaces, fitness centers, coffee stations and other shared amenities throughout our office campuses in order to ensure that we are carefully creating safe and healthy environments for our tenants as they return to their offices,” says Marc DeLuca, regional president, eastern United States for KBS. “We are initially rolling this platform out in six of our properties; however, we envision this software rolling out nationwide across our $8 billion portfolio of office assets.”
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KBS plans to utilize this technology to reconfigure community spaces and amenities, as well as the company’s progressive spec suite program to help potential clients map out future offices that take into account CDC guidelines for fighting COVID-19.
“We currently have new build-outs underway at all six properties for common area spaces that allow for social distancing, contact tracing functionality, capacity-limited seating and de-densification,” explains DeLuca. “We are also utilizing this technology for spec suite space at two of the properties, which will allow us to truly deliver safe and functional environments to potential new tenants or current tenants looking to expand. As we move further into the pandemic, we will likely see an increased need among tenants for more space. In the past, tenants may have required 85-to-100 square feet per employee whereas now we may see this number double to 170-to-200 square feet per employee. The spec suites utilizing Maptician software will create an opportunity for tenants to expand to spaces already fit to meet social distancing and health needs.”
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