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Jonce Walker

Aug 12, 2026

13:00
What are the local regulations? Are they treating their people fairly? So there are so many dimensions to sustainability and all of the associated impacts, not only to the environment directly, but also sometimes to the further environment that you have to do your homework and you have to make a pause, look at the larger picture and understand what are those environmental benefits that they can bring with.
13:26
Yeah, I mean, a great point.
13:28
I mean, if I could just add to that really good point is that, you know, we work really hard around circularity and waste diversion.
13:37
We have a large project in New York where it's a million square feet and we are doing a massive diversion stewardship plan to try to identify everything in this space that can be upcycled, reused on the project.
13:52
So we've basically created a catalog that the design team can have, that the GC can have, that the owner can reference of things in the building now that can possibly be upcycled into the refresh of the project.
14:07
Sounds very elementary, right? It's like, yeah, we should reuse as much as possible, but it's shocking how often that does not happen.
14:16
We've encountered spaces where A tenant had the, you know, space has just opened, right? Beautiful space in Manhattan.
17:16
It's not so much about the materials themselves, but how much does that come up?

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