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$7.50 instead of $10 for a sandwich, for instance — but have increased subsidies to entice people back, Leeds said.
The subsidies can have a nutritional impact as well. Dartcor partnered with client Crum & Forster Insurance in Morristown as it redesigned its cafeteria space, “and also worked directly with the Cleveland Clinic
to create a health and wellness program.” Dartcor recommended offering a greater subsidy on salad bar items to encourage healthier eating.
“We saw tremendous results from that,” with more than 50 percent of daily purchases from employees in the healthier item category, Leeds said.
Other Dartcor clients include Teva Pharmaceuticals in Parsippany and Lowenstein Sandler LLP in Roseland.
Dartcor has expanded its offerings from on-site cafeterias to micro- markets and pantry services, as
well as a “cloud market” program for buildings without on-site food service equipment. Employees order from local restaurants for a set delivery time and Dartcor delivers all meals at once. This reduces the number of delivery workers entering the building and costs less than what larger delivery platforms like DoorDash or Uber Eats charge, according to Leeds.
The company has also incorporated technology to make sure its staff wasn’t at risk during the pandemic, like enabling tenants and employees to order meals from their phones and get them at a safe pickup point. Additionally, Leeds said Hackensack Meridian Health helped Dartcor create safe procedures and cleaning protocols.
Programs such as Dartcor’s are an important component in repopulating
about amenities and really finding the best environment for tenants ... to attract and retain talent and employees.”
Most Class A buildings have a food service, cafeteria, fitness center and some sort of shared conferencing space, but some buildings are adding more amenities, Reider said, pointing to a landlord client at One Tower Center in East Brunswick.
“We’re taking an entire floor, the 15th floor of that building, and turning that just into amenity space,” with
a fitness center, a golf simulator,
a lounge, ping-pong and foosball tables, a small movie theater and conferencing space, he said.
Reider, whose team works with
25 buildings, said every tenant is handling the return of employees a little differently. Many tenants are leaving the choice up to employees.
“There’s definitely an excitement when there’s a new building or new amenities or enhanced workplace, that gets tenants to want to come back,” he said.
So far, people are returning to offices on a hybrid schedule. RE
Dartcor’s meals include heirloom roasted carrots over quinoa and mint, herb-roasted chicken over maple-roasted root vegetables and a Greek salad mixed with gem lettuce hearts, marinated tomatoes and cucumbers underneath feta cheese and oregano vinaigrette.
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offices, said Daniel Reider, a Rutherford- based broker and managing director with Newmark.
He noted that Dartcor is “really known
as the high-end food provider for commercial cafeterias and office buildings.” Food options are “part of the much bigger picture, though,
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