{"id":1004555802,"date":"2021-10-28T11:27:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T19:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004555802"},"modified":"2022-12-08T00:53:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T08:53:39","slug":"becoming-a-convert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/becoming-a-convert\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming a Convert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After more than a year and a half of working from home, I have my daily routine down pat: Jump out of bed and find a nice shirt (in case I need to be on a Zoom call) and some comfy pants. Make coffee. Get the workday started. Tell my pandemic puppy that I cannot play with him that second. Feel guilty about not playing with him. More coffee. And so forth.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/mydigitalpublication.com\/publication\/?i=726742\" style=\"background-color:#00aeab\">READ THE GUIDE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"attachment_1004401892\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/03\/Jessica-Fiur-Headshot_small-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004401892\" data-attachment-id=\"1004401892\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-simple-step-to-help-your-tenants-amid-the-coronavirus-crisis\/jessica-fiur-headshot_small-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/03\/Jessica-Fiur-Headshot_small-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jessica-Fiur-Headshot_small\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Jessica Fiur, Editor-in-Chief&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;From the Editor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/03\/Jessica-Fiur-Headshot_small-1.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004401892 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/03\/Jessica-Fiur-Headshot_small-1.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/03\/Jessica-Fiur-Headshot_small-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/03\/Jessica-Fiur-Headshot_small-1.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/03\/Jessica-Fiur-Headshot_small-1.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004401892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Fiur, Editor-in-Chief<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s a nice routine.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, though, I do think about the empty office in the city. On our team, employees can go in if they want, but for the most part that\u2019s been few and far between. What\u2019s going on with all that empty office space right now? Is there some way it can be better utilized during this time? And\u2014dear god, did I leave a plant there?<\/p>\n<p>While our office is being used sporadically now, it is still being used. Eventually people will come back\u2014perhaps on a hybrid schedule, but the space will be used.<\/p>\n<p>Many office spaces, however, are going to stay unoccupied. So, what to do with all that empty space?<\/p>\n<p>Enter: life sciences facilities. There\u2019s certainly a market for that industry now. According to Cushman &amp; Wakefield, the public and private sectors contributed $70 billion to life sciences companies in 2020. And of course, the push for the COVID-19 vaccine has increased demand in this space. Office conversions have been a helpful solution.<\/p>\n<p>However, as Senior Editor Holly Dutton reports in her article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/new-life-sciences-for-struggling-office-properties\/\">New Life (Sciences) for Struggling Office Properties,<\/a>\u201d the process isn\u2019t always easy. One major stumbling block is the massive amounts of space required for research and medical facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re literally trying to fit 50 pounds of demand into a 10-pound bag,\u201d Tim Martin, senior vice president at JLL, told Dutton.<\/p>\n<p>Still, converting office space to life sciences centers remains a great way to breathe life into newly desolate space. (It\u2019s too bad the same thing can\u2019t be said for my office plant, though. RIP).<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more about life sciences? Read on. And, as always, let me know your thoughts at <a href=\"mailto:Jessica.fiur@cpe-mhn.com\">Jessica.fiur@cpe-mhn.com<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How life sciences facilities are breathing new life into empty office spaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":443,"featured_media":1004401892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1521,21788],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004555802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital","category-editors-notes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Becoming a Convert - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/becoming-a-convert\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Becoming a Convert\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How life sciences facilities are breathing new life into empty office spaces.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/becoming-a-convert\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-28T19:27:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-08T08:53:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/03\/Jessica-Fiur-Headshot_small-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jessica Fiur\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/becoming-a-convert\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/becoming-a-convert\/\",\"name\":\"Becoming a Convert - 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