Case Studies April 2020

Shaving five days off a contractor’s work schedule each month may not sound like much, but in the world of managing real estate assets at Sares Regis Multifamily Value-Add Fund, a little means a lot. Just ask Sean Finnegan, the senior director of capital projects at this privately-held property investment fund in Newport Beach, California. […]

When you’re seeking to usher in the next industrial revolution, a machine is never just a machine. Instead, says Steven Bietz, that device becomes a highly-sophisticated element in a broader, ongoing equation—one that must be intensely monitored: How often is it running? What problems keep coming up? What technology does it use? Is it updated […]

The people of Plainville, Connecticut, hadn’t seen anything like it before. It was the arrival of high-rolling real estate developer and billionaire Stephen M. Ross—by helicopter, no less. The owner of the Miami Dolphins was checking on the mockup display of a $5 million interior design project being made for him by millworkers at Modern Woodcrafts. […]

There wasn’t much time to rest on his laurels. Craig Doerfert said a heartfelt goodbye to his former staff on a February Friday and hit the ground running at Sangamo Therapeutics the following Tuesday. At least he had the three-day weekend before going full immersion with his new employer. Quite the to-do list he’s been […]

The Bay Area and Silicon Valley provide Joey Martinez with examples aplenty of how not to build or lease corporate facilities. No need to mention names, but he sees so many companies setting up shop in palaces with far more square footage than necessary. Then a few years later their leadership scramble about, trying to […]

For people who don’t quit, failure is never an option. That was very much the mantra at Targa Resources, a Fortune 500 midstream energy company based in Houston. Working with a team from Texas to North Dakota, Targa overcame numerous challenges to construct natural gas processing plants in The Badlands beginning in 2017. It’s a […]

Call it a tale of two West Coast cities—ones that share a major employer—and the man tasked with ensuring the company’s physical facilities bring out the best in their respective work forces. “We have to find a way to bridge that gap and keep the culture and energy level consistent amongst all our locations,” explains […]

For Jordan Wallace, the construction business is as much about building relationships as it is setting concrete and steel beams. Not that Wallace Construction Management hasn’t done plenty of the latter over the last several years. From helping retailers expand across the country to building multifamily housing in Texas that accentuates both community and sustainability, […]

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning are all about comfort. So is managing business relationships. As president and son of the founder, Andrew Grundman has followed a legacy of solid relationships his father insisted on when establishing Grundman Mechanical Systems in 1983. While the senior Grundman might claim Andrew worked in the company at age 5 […]

After a long day of classes or a long night of studying, everyone needs a break.   So close the book, power down the laptop and head on over to the student center, maybe after ordering by app at Chick-fil-A or Panda Express. Your food is there, your friends may be, too.  Rigoberto “Rigo” Sanchez knows you can get hungry and […]