Compass News


Welcome to our Compass Properties blog. Here we’ll share updates on our company and our clients, as well as business news and trends impacting our clients and the real estate market here in Wisconsin. We always love to hear what you have to say, so please send an email to info@compassproperties.com to submit a blog post for consideration, or suggest an idea.
Q4-21 Madison Street Beat

Q4-21 Madison Street Beat

Madison Street Beat   A look at key metrics for Madison’s Office Space Market – Q4 2021 MADISON STREET BEAT– Q4 2021  Even with COVID-19’s Delta and Omicron variants disrupting daily lives and return-to-office plans, the Madison area office...

5 Tips to Improve Personal Wellness in 2022

5 Tips to Improve Personal Wellness in 2022

Experts say the COVID-19 pandemic will have a lasting impact on businesses and their employees, with the health and well-being of employees an area of special concern. As remote working and hybrid office models blurred the line between work and life, nearly 65% of...

A Woman’s Place is In Commercial Real Estate

A Woman’s Place is In Commercial Real Estate

For far too long, the commercial real estate industry has been male dominated, but slowly this is changing.  According to a 2020 Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) study, women held 29% of commercial real estate brokerage positions, up six percent since 2015....

PANDEMIC HAS REDEFINED TENANT EXPECTATIONS FOR OFFICE SPACE

PANDEMIC HAS REDEFINED TENANT EXPECTATIONS FOR OFFICE SPACE

Companies around the world are re-evaluating the way their employees work and how their businesses operate in a post-pandemic world.  In fact,  employers and employees want a different workplace than they wanted even just one year ago.  They want an environment that...

Q2-21 Madison Street Beat

Q2-21 Madison Street Beat

Madison Street Beat   A look at key metrics for Madison’s Office Space Market – Q2 2021 MADISON STREET BEAT–Q2 2021  Despite an increase in the number of employees now working from home or in a hybrid work environment, occupancy rates for office space...

Employees Want Healthy Buildings as They Head Back to the Office

Employees Want Healthy Buildings as They Head Back to the Office

As COVID restrictions are lifted and employees head back to the office, Compass Properties wants our tenants to know that health and wellness continue to be our highest priorities.  In addition to the extensive processes already in place, Compass Properties...

Q1 Madison Street Beat

Q1 Madison Street Beat

Madison Street Beat   A look at key metrics for Madison’s Office Space Market – Q1 2021 MADISON STREET BEAT–Q1 2021  As business bounces back from the COVID-19 pandemic, government shutdowns and the recession, the commercial real estate market is...

Q4 Madison Street Beat

Q4 Madison Street Beat

Madison Street Beat   A look at key metrics for Madison’s Office Space Market – Q4 2020 MADISON STREET BEAT–Q4 2020  Like most business segments, 2020 was a volatile year for commercial real estate.  The year started with high optimism, but the COVID...

Safe Becomes the “New Normal” In Office Space

Safe Becomes the “New Normal” In Office Space

As employees gradually return to the work place, the overriding concern shared by employers and employees alike is safety.  Companies are configuring spaces that incorporate social distancing and sanitation into the design, while implementing measures such as...

Q3 Madison Street Beat

Q3 Madison Street Beat

Madison Street Beat   A look at key metrics for Madison’s Office Space Market – Q3 2020 MADISON STREET BEAT–Q3 2020:  Strong demand for office space in early 2020 leveled off due to the pandemic, but occupancy rates remain slightly higher for Q3/2020...

Office Employees Want to Come Back, but with Changes

Office Employees Want to Come Back, but with Changes

As the pandemic stretches on, 69%, of employees are experiencing burnout symptoms while working from home, according to a recent survey by global online employment platform Monster.  It found that employees are finding the Work from Home experience less than ideal,...

Madison Street Beat

Madison Street Beat

Madison Street Beat   A look at key metrics for Madison’s Office Space Market – Q1 & Q2, 2020 MADISON STREET BEAT–Q1 & Q2 2020:   The Madison area experienced strong demand for office space in early 2020, driven by significant growth in office...

Downtown Wausau’s Umbrellas Offer Message of “Hope and love.”

Downtown Wausau’s Umbrellas Offer Message of “Hope and love.”

    The umbrellas are back for the summer in downtown Wausau, but instead of the multi-colored display of past years, this year features blue and white umbrellas as a way to honor  health care heroes, essential workers and those who have died during the...

Compass Properties VP Earns National Customer Service Award

Compass Properties VP Earns National Customer Service Award

PHILADELPHIA, PA—April 20, 2020—Compass Properties Vice President Todd Greenwald was one of  52 companies, executives and products named as winners today of the Business Intelligence Group  2020 Excellence in Customer Service Awards.   This annual business awards...

Virtual Tip Jars Created in Wausau, Stevens Point & Marshfield

Virtual Tip Jars Created in Wausau, Stevens Point & Marshfield

(updated 4/22/20) — Hundreds of Central Wisconsin bar, restaurant and small business employees are unemployed or underemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown. Now there’s a movement to help; virtual tip jars have been created for the Wausau, Stevens...

Compass Properties – COVID 19 Updates

Compass Properties – COVID 19 Updates

As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, Compass Properties is focused on the health and safety of our colleagues, our clients, our tenants and our neighbors.  We are monitoring ongoing developments and following recommendations from the Wisconsin Department of Health...