Part of the latest effort to lure workers back to offices is to offer COVID-19 testing.
Bloomberg | Feb 24, 2021
(Bloomberg)—New York real estate executive Scott Rechler knows how to run an office building. Not in the job description? Creating testing centers for a deadly virus that’s swept the country.
Yet that’s what he’s doing now.
It’s part of the latest effort to lure workers back to offices that have been largely empty since the Covid-19 pandemic hit almost a year ago, shutting down Manhattan skyscrapers. Landlords are seeking ways to repopulate their buildings after earlier attempts -- from beefing up virus safety measures to lobbying the city’s finance bosses -- had little success.