Retail Innovation Doesn’t Wait for a COVID Cure
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The Twin Cities Commercial Real Estate Market: What Does the Future Hold?
The United States is now more than 10 months into responding to the COVID-19 health care crisis. Minnesota has been grappling with it in earnest since at least March 2020 when Gov. Tim Walz initiated a series of executive orders designed to stem the spread of the disease until testing and/or a vaccine can be implemented. Meanwhile, the effects of the crisis, including the mandates imposed by the governor’s executive orders, have severely affected a…
Conflicting Messages: An Executive Order vs. Affirmative Action
The EEOC has encouraged employers to voluntarily modify employment practices and systems which create barriers to equal employment opportunity, without waiting for litigation or formal government action. The EEOC has said that the principle of nondiscrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin and the principle that each employer should take voluntary action to correct the effects of past discrimination and to prevent present and future discrimination are mutually consistent and…
Conflicting Messages: An Executive Order vs. Affirmative Action
The EEOC has encouraged employers to voluntarily modify employment practices and systems which create barriers to equal employment opportunity, without waiting for litigation or formal government action. The EEOC has said that the principle of nondiscrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin and the principle that each employer should take voluntary action to correct the effects of past discrimination and to prevent present and future discrimination are mutually consistent and…
Diversity Training Now a Construction Conundrum
The construction world is changing rapidly like everything else. Tech is making its way ever deeper into the construction industry. The shortage of labor has become chronic since the Great Recession. Covid-19 has only made that problem worse. At the same time, the pool of potential new hires is inexorably growing more diverse.
Diversity is a buzzword in business generally, but the realities of the construction industry need to give it real life. Contractors need…
Multifamily Housing Shifts Focus to the Suburbs
Like most things in 2020, the multifamily housing market is in a state of flux. Recently, I had the opportunity to moderate the Bisnow webinar, Twin Cities Deep Dive: Multifamily Update. The panelists included Brent Webb, Development Manager, Mortenson, Christian Osmundson, Director of Development, Alatus, and Josh Brandsted, President of Greco Properties. These leaders of the multifamily housing market discussed the current state of the industry and made predictions for the future of the Twin…
Department of Labor Brings Some Clarity to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
On August 14, we wrote a blog post that discussed the impact of a New York court case which invalidated several features of the Final Rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to implement the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). At that time, it was unclear whether the court’s decision applied throughout the nation, or solely in the state of New York.
In response to the New York case, the DOL has…
The Minnesota Employer’s Guide to Navigating Workplace Issues During COVID-19
The Minnesota Employer’s Guide to Navigating Workplace Issues During COVID-19
Pandemic Disrupts the Multifamily Housing Market
The global pandemic has affected every aspect of life in America and across the world, the multifamily housing market is no exception. The impact of the pandemic is affecting every aspect of multifamily development from product design and selection, to getting deals done, to building management and operation.
Over the last decade, there has been a strong trend in young professionals flocking to the Twin Cities, especially to amenity-rich areas of Minneapolis like the North…