Kentwood leaving space by Union Station after two decades

Kentwood is moving on from Union Station.

The real estate brokerage will say goodbye to its storefront across from the downtown hub by the end of this year. Kentwood City Properties has operated there for two decades.

Kentwood CEO Gretchen Rosenberg told BusinessDen that the sale of the space earlier this year gave the firm an opportunity to exit its 6,000 square feet before the end of its lease.

“We just really had an opportunity to reflect on how our agents utilize a brick-and-mortar office,” Rosenberg said.

Agents nowadays are “dropping in and out” of the office, rather than spending most of their days there and meeting clients there, Rosenberg said. As a result, the 35 agents and four staffers within Kentwood City Properties could be fine with half as much space.

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