Supporting the health and well-being of tenants is also a major focus, including the introduction and incorporation of more fresh air and a heightened focus on sustainability, with the pursuit of WELL certifications and the Living Building Challenge, along with the incorporation of materials such as cross-laminated timber. The Diagrid Club at 425 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan boasts indoor and outdoor gardens across two terraces, a coffee bar, meditation room, lounge and collaboration areas, and a commercial prep kitchen for events. This includes creating collaborative spaces where people feel safe and comfortable and amenity spaces that include health & wellness and food & beverage options, as well as club levels and sky suites. In commercial offices, the key is transforming the office from a place people have to go to a place people want to go.
At the Tower Theatre in DTLA, the renovation kept a lot of the 1927 theater in tact while creating a brand new use for the space as the flagship for a leading tech retailer. Honoring the original building provides a sense of history and tie to the community that creates a reason to visit the space. In adaptive reuse and repositioning projects, there should be an emphasis on the architecture of the existing structure. From a theater transformed into a tech retailer flagship in downtown Los Angeles to a collaborative amenity space in the first WELL-certified office building in New York’s Midtown, new spaces need to create a reason for people to visit-whether a customer contemplating shopping online or in-store, or an employee debating whether to work from home or the office.
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