“The COVID-19 stay at home order has us looking at our homes and community spaces with a new lens,” says McAllister. “We are now observing how color, art, fabrics, plants, and lighting affects our mood as our residences have become our place to live, work, entertain, and getaway. Developers will need to reshape their approach to accommodate these types of aesthetics as well as provide the required safety.”

Multi-family developments and community spaces will shift to a more holistic approach to maintain high occupancy. The aim will be to satisfy the new needs of renters who spend more time at home and adapt to safer measures while still providing human interaction. There will be a necessity for easy sanitization of shared spaces, public seating areas at a distance, personal workspaces and touchless options.

Sanitization

Photo Credit: Michelle Harrison Design

Clubhouses and leasing offices will shift to easily wipeable surfaces and antimicrobials fabrics such as vegan leather for all public seating. There will also be a need to offer hand sanitizer stations community-wide. Touchless screens will be available in parking garages, elevators, fitness equipment and more.

Live and Work Units

Photo Credit: Michelle Harrison Design

Developers will add flexible amenity spaces that can be used by residents for meetings, individual workspace pods and fitness. Bench seating, hammocks, incubated workspaces and spread out equipment will allow for 6-foot distancing so people may feel safe to work and play outside of the home in smaller group settings.

Green Options

Photo Credit: Michelle Harrison Design

Embracing more “green” options is a high priority now. New materials will be used like acoustic tile that may be used as a sound barrier, absorbent3 layer material that can be used behind art or drapey panels to eliminate the absorbents of emissions.

Local Flavor

Photo Credit: Michelle Harrison Design

Developers will mirror the regional personality within each property design by incorporating the local community and flavor. The landscape and experience will be enhanced through thoughtful design placement for all senses.

The post Here’s How Multi-family Developments Are Evolving To Meet New Demand appeared first on Haute Residence by Haute Living.