The building is also distributing craft packages for kids to do artwork at home. 50 West has retained all of its fitness instructors and other amenity staffers to work on virtual community-building, health and entertainment programs while the building’s physical amenities are shut down.
in Houston through its resident portal, Caydon HQ. The firm has postponed community events and is launching online games and live online workouts to keep residents entertained and active. The pandemic is nudging employers to be more accepting of remote work and flexible schedules. Instead of traveling to the office, many employees are plugging in to meetings and engaging with co-workers or clients from the comfort of their homes.
A single D.C. office worker who teleworks just one day each week can see savings of $488 in transportation costs and $2,708 in time saved each year. If only one-half of the area’s office workforce teleworked just one day each week, BestPlaces.net estimates local annual savings of $177 million in personal transportation costs and 21.8 million hours of time worth nearly $1 billion. The combined savings of the 80 metro areas in the study total over $30 billion annually.