DALLAS – February 9, 2021 – Granite Properties, a commercial real estate investment, development and management company, today launched evolve, a broad collection of customer-centric office solutions assisting companies to adapt to changing business needs. evolve helps companies select the right office and leasing solutions to enhance their business, productivity, culture, and in attracting top talent. evolve offers on-demand, move-in-ready, short-term, conventional and co-working space. Companies can tailor their workspace to their individual needs, including size, location, lease terms, amenities and flexible work policies.
As part of evolve, Granite customers (tenants) can experience a hub-and-spoke model through partnerships with co-working firms Industrious and Common Desk. Customers can lease their primary space in a Granite building (hub) and establish offices at Granite’s coworking partners, closer to employees’ homes (spoke). In addition, Granite customers will have access to amenities, such as fitness centers, conference rooms and indoor/outdoor lounges, in every Granite building across all markets.
Granite conducted a return to the office Customer Survey and received more than 3,200 responses from decision makers and office employees in Granite buildings. The survey helped inform Granite’s new product offerings.
“As our customers are developing their future office plans, they’ve told us that they want more workspace flexibility to help them run their businesses more efficiently and productively. In response to their request for flexibility, we’ve developed evolve. The evolve options enable companies to meet business needs while providing their employees with the office experiences they enjoy – collaboration, connection and innovation,” said Michael Dardick, Founding Partner & CEO of Granite Properties.
evolve consists of the following solutions:
- Create: Custom workspaces with 1-10+ year lease terms and full access amenities.
- Ready: Move-in ready workspaces including monthly to yearly lease terms and full amenities, including the following options:
- Ready Suites: built out, unfurnished, 1-5 years, immediate occupancy, full access to amenities
- Ready Suites +: built out, furnished, 1-5 years, immediate occupancy, full access to amenities
- Ready Collective: built out, furnished, monthly-yearly, immediate occupancy, shared exclusive amenities
- On-Demand: Granite’s On-Demand “G.O.” program provides Granite customers with additional amenities and remote office space when and where they need it, including access to partnerships.
- G.O. Amenities: customers leasing with Granite have access to the following amenities at Granite buildings in every market:
- MEET Conference Centers
- MOVE Fitness Centers
- THE LOUNGE Customer Spaces
- THE YARD Outdoor Spaces
- EATS On-site Cafés
- G.O. Pass: a subscription-based membership enabling Granite customers who lease their primary space in a Granite building to establish a network of satellite offices supporting remote employees through partnerships with coworking firms Industrious and Common Desk.
- G.O. Network: Every Granite lease grants preferred rates with Granite partners Industrious, Common Desk, Spencer + Company and Haworth.
- G.O. Amenities: customers leasing with Granite have access to the following amenities at Granite buildings in every market:
Granite has spent the last year focused on the office of the future, communicating with their customers, and researching and implementing innovations to enhance the customer experience in their office buildings. The firm recently completed the integration of the clean air technology Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization (NPBI) in HVAC systems, and provided updates for touchless experiences and enhanced outdoor workspaces as part of its portfolio-wide $10 million Inspire Wellness initiative.
Granite Properties owns and manages more than 10 million square feet of office properties in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Denver, Nashville and Southern California. Granite is an established investor and developer across the U.S., with a focus on high-quality build-to-core projects. Granite is also planning acquisition and development projects valued at over $1 billion in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, and Houston.
About Granite Properties
Granite Properties is a privately held commercial real estate investment, development and management company founded in 1991, with offices in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Denver and Southern California. It has completed more than $7 billion in real estate transactions and more than 27.1 million square feet of real estate development and acquisitions. Granite focuses on creating extraordinary customer experiences in each building through mixed-use environments rich in amenities and customer-centric service to help people flourish. Granite, a NREI Top Office Owner, has been named as one of FORTUNE’s Best Workplaces for nine consecutive years. For more information, visit www.graniteprop.com.