Curious of the industry of commercial property and what role interior design plays for a successful deal.
Hi! 

Im a digital design student, and I would really like to get in contact with people within commercial real-estate who has experience in interior design/ staging for commercial property :)

Im doing a project around this area right now as i'm interested to learn more, and I would really like to get in touch with some people. 

Please leave a comment or send me a message if you would be keen to tell me a bit more about your experiences.

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[{"id": "i70p6xk", "text": "I bought an older office building a couple years ago. We renovated the offices one by one using cash flow.  We would show people older I renovated offices and updated offices and the impact was amazing.  I almost feel like the older office helped sell the renovated ones.", "replies": [{"id": "i70xay8", "text": "Thank you so much for your comment! \n\nCan you recall any specific painpoints that you experienced in renovating these spaces connected to the interiors?\n\nAlso, did you hire any interior designers or did you do it all by yoursleves?", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i7145ju", "text": "It would probably only be the common areas of apartments and offices.  Apartments might have one or two staged units.  Hotels try to do it but very affordably except maybe the lobby for upscale.  Retail probably more landscaping and in some cases building facade (often large anchor tenants build out their own though).", "replies": [{"id": "i758yge", "text": "Thank you for this comment! \n\nHave you had any experience in any of these areas?", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i71up9n", "text": "I do a lot of office space.\nThe overall condition matters.\nBut staging doesn\u2019t really matter in most deals.\nYour better off getting the space updated where it needs to be compared to throwing money at office furniture. Most medical/professional end users that I deal with know the exact sizes of rooms that they require.", "replies": [{"id": "i75983w", "text": "Thank you for your comment! \n\nWhen doing office spaces, what pain points can you recall bumping into during the process of renting out/ finding clients?", "replies": [{"id": "i75e68o", "text": "I have never worked for a big brokerage so listings where the hardest thing at first for me. Also I wasn\u2019t spending a ton on advertising and should have had a lot more saved up for my first year.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i72tacz", "text": "As a Luxury Multi-family developer and builder we work very closely with Interior Design firms  they usually provide us with:\n\n1.Clubhouse interior design and furnishing (Pre-Construction)\n\n2. Model Unit furnishings (Post-Construction)\n\n3. Exterior Elevations (Pre-planning board and building permits)\n\nthe average cost to us could be anywhere between 300-400k, there is definitely money to be made if its something you are interested in.", "replies": [{"id": "i758sld", "text": "Thank you so much for this information! \n\nCan you recall any specific pain points in working with interior designers during these processes? \n\nHow important has the role of interior designers been for you to reach the result you were looking for?\n\nWhat would the process normally look like in working with an interior designer?", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i76rpdq", "text": "staging honestly isn't something that happens much if at all.\n\nYou need to look at the custom design side.  Its EXTREMELY common for the executives picking a location to narrow to a few and take an interior design type person through on a second visit, particularly in retail.  \n\nHigher end spaces pretty much get redesigned between tenants.  I'd focus on that business not staging.", "replies": [{"id": "i79yzek", "text": "thank you so much for your answer! \n\nWhere could I read more about this?\n\nDo you have any specific experience of this?", "replies": [{"id": "i7au2pz", "text": "Not really.  I'm a broker .  my experience is pretty much what I said where an interior designer comes in to pitch different design ideas for the buyer/tenant and I sit there and smile and nod", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]