Stephen Wells, Principal, and Tara Headley, Senior Designer II, were recently featured in Buildings Magazine alongside seven other industry experts in a piece exploring smart strategies for building repositioning success.
The article, titled "8 Building Upgrades You Can Pursue for Repositioning Success," digs into what it takes to make a building more competitive, more attractive to tenants, and more responsive to how people actually work today.
Stephen and Tara's perspective is grounded in real project experience. According to them, typical candidates for repositioning are buildings that depend on streamlined technology, from room scheduling systems to shared resource management. Furniture solutions that enhance comfort and flexibility, upgraded common areas and amenities, fitness facilities, and dining options all play a role in improving the overall user experience. They also emphasize the importance of tracking progress, recommending regular evaluations every three to six months along with monitoring the durability and long term adaptability of updates to get a comprehensive picture of what is working.
Their insights draw directly from Hendrick's work with clients like Mag Mutual, where a deep workplace strategy engagement informed a 40,000 square foot hospitality-forward headquarters transformation that gave employees a genuine reason to show up. As Stephen and Tara note in the article, incorporating thoughtful branding and clear wayfinding helps establish a distinct identity that reflects the desired culture, elevating aesthetic appeal and the overall user experience. That kind of thinking, starting with people and designing around how they move through and experience a space, is at the heart of everything Hendrick does.
Read the full article here: https://www.buildings.com/architecture/renovation-adaptive-reuse/article/55397345/8-building-upgrades-you-can-pursue-for-repositioning-success
