JulieAnn Soeder, projectdesigner at Vocon.

NEW YORK CITY – Workplace sustainability in design anddevelopment is growing as more employers make it an aforethoughtthan an afterthought to not only meet policy requirements butbecause of growing pressure from clients and investors, JulieAnnSoeder, project designer at Architecture firm Vocon, tellsGlobeSt.com.

No one development project is the same. Needs and desires varyacross the board, and sustainability pressures change and come fromdifferent places depending on the size of the employer occupying aspace. For instance, large firms have top-down pressure whenapproaching the development of its workspace, considering taxes andinvestor preference, whereas for smaller companies that interestmay come from staff and take a grassroots form, according toSoeder.

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Mariah Brown

Mariah Brown is the New York Bureau Chief and Real Estate Reporter for GlobeSt.com, covering the New York Metro area, Northeast region and national real estate trends. She is responsible for producing multi-media content, including articles, podcasts and video. Before joining the GlobeSt team, she served as a New York Times fellow, reported for the Associated Press in New York and Philadelphia and several other New York City-based outlets.