From the Field

Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.

North End – Chroma Rooftop

This is the rooftop clubroom located in the Chroma building. It is furnished by the same designer/artist that designed the lobby. The indoor room has a beautiful wooden table with 10 chairs that can be used for a family dinner, parties, or events. There is also a kitchen furnished with […]

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North End – Chroma Lobby

This is the lobby of the newest addition to the North End, Chroma. They hired a designer/artist to furnish the lobby as well as decide on the tile and lighting. I was very intrigued by the tile initially because I thought it was unfinished. But that is the exact look […]

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North End – Aperture Terrace

This beautiful terrace is located on the 3rd floor of the Aperture building. Near the entrance in the back of the photo are two gas grills that are available to any residents. In the middle there is a bocce ball court with an adjustable scoreboard. As well there are multiple […]

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North End – Coffee

This is one of the most highly used amenities in the North End. It is an industrial coffee machine that will make almost any kind of drink you could think of. There are currently four coffee machines that residents can use whenever they’d like a cup of coffee. It will […]

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Conference Time Lull

For the past few weeks, the office has been gearing up for the ZRG Property Management Conference that is being held at one of our buildings in Chicago, 311 S. Wacker. Well the conference is finally here, which means the office is very quiet. Only the higher level office employees […]

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North End – Bublr Bikes

This is a new innovative transportation system that was installed in the Milwaukee area. It is great for people looking to rent a bike to drive from place to place. They are almost always available and require $3-$6 for a 30min-hour ride. It is perfect for anyone looking to get […]

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North End – Dog Spa

This is another amenity part of the Chroma building. It fits perfectly in the building because there is also a dog park in the back. So, residents can let their dogs run loose and then come to this room to groom and vacuum them. There is shampoo and grooming products […]

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North End – Chroma Dog Park

This is the North End’s 5th phase and 6th building known as Chroma. It had its grand opening less than a month ago. One of the great features of the building is this enclosed dog park. It’s located on the second floor of the building and is perfect for dogs […]

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The Battle of Vacant Units

This week we have spent a majority of the week trying to battle our occupancy that is continually lowering, due to notices and loss of traffic in our office. We discovered that one of our advertisement companies had been forgetting to send us emails of people that submitted inquiries on […]

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New Property Friday

For the rest of my time out in Utah, I will be going to a new property every Friday with my Regional Manager, Ashley. This Friday I had the opportunity to go to a property downtown Salt Lake City which is called Bridges at Citifront. It is a lot different […]

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Package Room Chaos

The big project this week is the package room. I dealt with this at both of the properties that I was at this week. At Legends, we have a package room to hide the chaos, but at Bridges all of their packages are out in the open. At both properties […]

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Projects in the making!

We are finally moving our tenants in! I have had such an amazing opportunity, I have watched this project go from a white box to a finished office space, and learned a lot about the construction process along the way!

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Bowling @ Pinstripes in Edina

On Thursday night, all the Trinity properties in MN closed early and we went to Pinstripes in Edina. They rented out the entire upstairs in which there was food, drinks, bowling, and bocce ball. It was a fun night getting to other managers from the other properties and seeing how […]

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Tuesday – Thursday Training @ Solhous

Last week, I had the opportunity to move properties. I was transferred to Solhous in Minneapolis. During my time, I sat through a week of training on how to manage a Trinity property. Solhous was recently bought back in December by Trinity and new management was brought in and they […]

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