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Traveling and exploring is important to our work at Graffito. All of us thrive on it; and I know each person on the Graffito team has missed it dearly these past few years.
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Update #19: Urgency Examined
My major takeaway of 2021 is that the sense of urgency — the faster is better approach — that is embedded in much of our work is a major problem; and often a massive miss. It spurs project outcomes that are less thoughtful, calculated, and creative. Further, urgency in professional settings, especially at real estate firms, may result in processes that leave critical stakeholders behind, fuel flawed internal decision making, and perpetuate certain aspects of institutional racism in the staffing, permitting, underwriting, design, and marketing of projects.
read moreUpdate #18: 2021 Optimism (Mostly)
As we enter fall and look towards 2022, the Graffito team will be approaching all of what we do with the same intensity, commitment to learning, flexibility, and willingness to pivot as we did in 2020 when the pandemic first hit and these updates began.
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Lots I could write this morning about this study, our work with Wexford, Philadelphia, and what it was like to be out in the world again (this is my first work trip out of Boston since Feb 2020). But instead I’m going to write about the to-go cocktail I was given by the team at Cheu in Fishtown last night.
read moreUpdate #17: Happy New Year; and your favorite subject, Restaurants
2020 was a hard and intense year for us at Graffito, but at the same time it was a year filled with a lot relationship strengthening and a reset of our strategic goals.
read moreUpdate #16: A Hole Lot To Think About
We have embraced the reality that there is no singular solution or approach we can successfully deploy to rebuild our retail leasing, real estate advisory, and marketing practices.
read moreChipotle Q3 Takeaways
I’ve been nerding-out this morning looking at Chipotle’s Q3 sales numbers, which came out last week. A couple major takeaways: 1) Q3 digital sales tripled year over year and 2) Digital sales currently account for 50% of Chipotle’s sales.
read moreOpenings! (Yes, Openings)
These three projects have been years in the making for us. And despite the fact that closing are far outpacing openings these days, there are openings; and some great ones at that.
read moreUpdate #15: If Not Retail, What?
Here in Boston and throughout much of the country, we have an oversupply of retail space. We therefore need to completely readjust our thinking about ground floor leasing and programming.
read moreA Poker Lesson
I just finished reading The Biggest Bluff by Psychologist (and poker player) Maria Konnikova, which explores the relationship between skill and luck in poker; but really is about decision making and human behavior generally.
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