GSP Monthly Video Recaps
Did you know that on every 1st of the month we put up a new video on the Graffito.com homepage? Check out July’s video and the last few in this post, in case you missed them.
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Shopping for the Suburban Migration
I think it’s safe to assume the residential real estate market will continue to build the pent-up demand of buyers looking to relocate and invest in their homes for the remainder of 2020, and into 2021. With this reshuffling, the millennial migration to the suburbs to have more space as their families expand will drive retailers to follow, especially with more and more people working from home at least a couple days during the week.
read morePutting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is
In an effort to stand firm against racism and injustice, we have allocated $500 for each Graffito team member to donate to an organization working directly on social and racial justice efforts today.
read moreTravel & Entertainment In The Age of COVID-19
The drop in T&E expenses is going to be another huge challenge for restaurants and retailers (especially located downtown) as the daytime population of our cities continue to dwindle. Businesses will have to continue being creative to cover yet another gap in normal every-day revenue to survive.
read moreTalking To Your Landlord
On June 23rd, Massachusetts Restaurants United hosted a Town Hall topic: How to Talk to your Landlord, featuring Graffito’s Jesse Baerkahn. This post includes the entire video presentation.
read moreUpdate #13: So, Now What?
I invite you to provide feedback to us on what more we can do to reinvent Graffito as a more actively anti-racist organization, where we are missing the mark, if you want to join us in any of this, how we can share best practices, and how we can hold each other accountable in our respective pursuits to make better, more inclusive, more diverse, more equitable, and more valuable urban places.
read moreGID Goes To 11
Because of our integration within Graffito, which has decades of combined experience working in neighborhood strategy + communications, retail development, retail leasing and urban design + planning, GID can offer its clients unmatched knowledge of the Restaurant, Retail, and Real Estate industries.
read moreUpdate #12: Another Pivot
At Graffito, we will not be bystanders anymore. We will reinvent ourselves as related to anti-racism, equity, and inclusion. And of all the “pivots” I’ve been writing about in these updates the past few months, this will be the most important one for us.
read moreTrue “Togetherness” Through More Inclusive Design
“We’re all in this together” seems to be the widely adopted tagline of this pandemic, but I personally cringe when I hear it.
read moreRestaurant Retrofits Week 7: Mapping
At this point, I’ve picked up food from a lot of restaurants. But it occurred to me that I haven’t thought much about their spatial distribution across the city.
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