In a move toward a more progressive work environment, William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance, the largest family-owned real estate company in the Northeast, today announced the redesign of three of the company’s Boston-area offices; Back Bay, South End and Newton. The firm tapped CBT Architects, an award-winning, Boston-based architecture firm reputed for its leading-edge office spaces for prominent clients, including WeWork’s Boston flagship.
“We saw a tremendous opportunity in the Boston market to advance our value to the region by being highly reflective of the local marketplace and its future,” said David Friend, senior vice president for William Raveis in Massachusetts. “We’ve completely refreshed all of our branding, from collateral offerings to how we present ourselves to customers and in the workplace to how we actually work, both inside and outside the office environment. With the advanced redesign of our Back Bay, Newton and South End locations, our agents will be in the best possible positon to service their clients’ needs.”
Each of the newly designed spaces will feature collaborative work environments aimed at fostering team work and boosting productivity in a friendly atmosphere. Included are a mix of stylish and comfortable meeting and private spaces to accommodate the various in-house and mobile work needs of the agency’s real estate agents, staff and management, such as:
- More open spaces designed for mobile technology access and flexibility in seating.
- Private huddle rooms for client calls and or small, team meetings.
- Multiple areas with liquid crystal display televisions or flat screens for research and presentations.
- Research departments, which are unique to the Boston locations and allow for the creation of quarterly reports on market trends and activities for clients and prospects.
- An espresso bar and café where people can gather and work.
Construction of Back Bay’s 2,700-square-foot location at 18 Arlington St. in Boston, is near completion and remodeling work on a new 2,027-square-foot William Raveis office in Boston’s South End neighborhood at 16 Clarendon St. is in progress. In Newton, Massachusetts, a new 4,828-square-foot office at 95 Union St., Newton Centre, currently is being remodeled and upon its completion in January 2017, William Raveis’ Newton team will move into that space.
“Our brand refresh and remodel of these three offices in the Boston area demonstrate William Raveis’ shift from the old paradigm of separated workspaces to collaborative and mobile practices,” said Chris Raveis, president of residential sales at William Raveis. “Like how we’ve partnered with technology leaders Microsoft and Moxie Works to outfit our agents for today’s tech-driven and mobile business practices, our offices now reflect society’s preference for welcoming environments centered on collaboration, connectivity and versatility, all of which give William Raveis the ability to respond, serve and accommodate our clients’ every need.”
About William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance
William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance is the No. 1 family-owned real estate company in the Northeast and the No. 8 real estate company in the country, according to REAL Trends. William Raveis’ Real Estate, Mortgage and Insurance divisions have been awarded the Gold Medal distinction by the Commercial Record and by Banker & Tradesman. The firm was named the Most Innovative Brokerage by Inman News, and has consistently been ranked the best place to work by Fox CT, Hearst Connecticut and the Boston Business Journal. William Raveis has 4,000 highly trained sales professionals in 120 offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Maine, Vermont and Florida. For more information, visit the best website in real estate, raveis.com, or blog.raveis.com.
