The Retail Bright Spot
If nothing else, COVID has shown us just how important our local retail economy is. We’re stuck at home, our normal routines have shifted, including where our time and dollars are spent.
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Update #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 moreSimply The Best
Rather than reflect on the negative aspects of the past 12-or-so months, which we’ve all lost sleep over already, I wanted to share some of my favorite 2020 outcomes.
read moreLessons Learned Looking Back
Today marks a full year since I’ve officially joined the Graffito team. It seems like just yesterday I was stepping foot into the office at 144 Lincoln, and yet at the same time it feels like multiple years have passed by already. 2020 was a strange year all-around, but amidst all the twists and turns there’s a few valuable lessons I’ve picked up along the way…
read moreSophy Tuttle at Zone3
Over the last few weeks, Brooke and Drew documented Sophy Tuttle working on her mural at Zone3, which is part of the Walls on Western initiative. A few of Drew’s drone pics were included in a recent Globe article, but here are several other pics for fun! Enjoy…
read moreNovember Is the New December
The pandemic has created more online consumers – with shoppers who may not have been as familiar or as frequent with online shopping, it has shifted transactions to take place online. A trend that has been happening for years, but has increased dramatically in these last 9 months.
read moreCOVID Testing
A couple of weeks ago, Jesse wrote about non-retail active uses, stressing that we should all be thinking about what non-retail active uses might populate the ground floors of buildings if retail is not viable, “uses that add vibrancy to our cities and create inclusive, diverse, and equitable places.” One category on that list is medical…
read moreThe Graffito Podcast: That’s A Wrap!
Today we posted the last episode of The Graffito Podcast season 1, which was cut short because of the rising COVID numbers in our city. While it’s deeply satisfying seeing people and having face to face conversations (albeit 15 feet part in our office/studio), we’ve decided that bringing guests into our HQ should be suspended until infection rates have been lowered.
read moreCOVID Communications
We’ve always taken a grassroots approach to tenant recruitment that included pop-ins and calls to our favorite local businesses. With COVID-19, that has all changed…
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.
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