Every month, we have a meeting with our team which consists of the downtown Minneapolis properties; Vue, 222 Hennepin, and 7 West. Our team is called the Urban Legends, during the meetings we discuss how our properties are doing, new strategies that we are implementing, and how we can help […]
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Planning A Party
For one of the mini projects we have to do for the Bigos Internship is we have to plan a party for the Residents. I’ve planned parties in the past but never one with a budget. It’s weird trying to plan a party that I won’t really be involved in […]
Read MoreGrounds work never ends
I pulled weeds all day today and I have to do the same tomorrow. It’s not a fun job but someone has to do it.
Read MoreWeidner Cares Day
Tomorrow is Weidner Cares Day for the South Seattle Region. Weidner Cares Day is a day where all properties in that region close their offices for the day and spend the whole day working on a community service project. This day happens once a year and it is a great […]
Read MoreNo Leasing Consultant
Two weekends ago the leasing consultant at my property quit unexpectedly. This has left our property without a leasing consultant for the past two weeks. At first, we missed his presence as he was a major part of our daily operations, but now we have embraced and are excited for […]
Read MoreFile Audit
Ever sense I landed in Texas I have been working on a file audit at the property I am staying at. A file audit consists of looking through every file to make sure the rent price in the file is matching the rent we have in our online property management system.
Read MoreWithout a Leader.
This is my last week at my first property with Bigos property management. We get to work at two different properties during our internship. Anyways, I’m at my first site and for my last week the property manager is actually out of the office on “vacation”. This is the only […]
Read MoreNew wing opened in the office
Spent my day taking apart, moving, and reassembling furniture in the office. A new wing opened for construction, so the office is changing rapidly.
Read MoreWeidner Cares
Today, we had our Weidner cares day for our north region in Seattle. We went and helped paint, cleaned, and did landscaping. It was a fun day helping out a family in need and getting to know everyone in the north region.
Read MoreRunning the Show
Today, my manager and leasing agent both had to attend a meeting at corporate. Which meant that I was running the office alone for the day. Last week our cleaning lady quit so we also have to work together to make sure the building is clean. Between cleaning, catching up […]
Read MoreCorporate Job Shadow Day
Today at Bigos the interns had the pleasure of shadowing around a member at the corporate office. I was assigned to a Portfolio director who oversees a collective group of properties and makes sure that they are financially sound and performing well. It was interesting to see what he has […]
Read MoreLazy Friday
Last Friday (7/8) one of our account managers grabbed me to go visit a couple of accounts to check in with them and see how everything is going. The first building we traveled to was Northland Plaza in Bloomington MN. Northland Plaza is 450,000 square feet of office space and […]
Read MorePark Place East/West Start-up
On July 1st, my company (ABM Industries) took over the cleaning of Park Place East and West. At 10:30 am we received our two $9,000 orders of supplies at each building needed to begin and sustain our cleaning efforts of the 396,000 square feet of office space. Our order included […]
Read MoreField Experience
Yesterday I found out that I will be assisting in the management of turning over 280 St.Thomas in one week (8/7-8/13). This will be a 24 hour process which includes managing close to 60 employees (full time, part time, temps) for 8 hours each shift. I am extremely excited to get […]
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