Groups look to cut real estate costs, rethink office space needs
- July 24, 2020 |
- Kathryn Walson
Teleworking success and financial hardships prompt associations to seek subtenants, renegotiate leases or make short-term moves The Obesity Medicine Association in Denver had planned to move later this year into a space more than double the size of its current office. A real estate broker helped them negotiate a lease. A lawyer reviewed it. But when it came time to send the agreement to the board for approval in May, Co-Interim Executive Director Joan Hablutzel said she suddenly realized this was the wrong move. Hablutzel called her fellow co-interim executive director, who said she was thinking the same thing. "We sat back and thought, ‘This doesn't make sense. Why are… Read More