Dr. Héctor Fernández  spoke about "Exploring the Complex Diversity of Latin Heritage and its Influence on Communities Today" as part of Bridge's Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations. If you missed it, you can watch it here.

Jo Rathburn (Office & Solar, CREW DC), Alex  Wheeler (Development, CREW Utah) and Tina Renee McCall (Office, CREW Atlanta), attended the CREW Global Convention representing Bridge Investment Group and networking with 1,500 other women from around the globe.

Black Inclusion Group Co-Chair and Director of Property Management for Bridge Office represented Bridge as the latest company to be part of the North Carolina Central University corporate partners group. Bridge will provide support in the classroom as well as host students and faculty in Atlanta for programming.

John Ward, Chief Investment Officer for Bridge, was recently featured in a piece for Forbes on the financial ramifications of the remote work movement. John addresses the challenges of maintaining productivity in industries that require in-person training. Read more here.

The LLS campaign continued this month with “Donate for a Plate” by offering The Varsity food truck serving its famous hotdogs and frosty oranges for those who made a donation. We also hosted “Jersey Day” where participants made a donation to the LLS campaign and wore their favorite jersey while having Jersey Mike’s for lunch.

The Bridge Office team attended the CREW Atlanta luncheon for one of the organization’s signature events, the Empowerment Speaker Series. The discussion on this year’s theme, “Connectedness,” was led by Ryan Jenkins, Wall Street Journal and Financial Times bestselling author of “Connectable.”

BPM team members in Florida got together for a team building activity trying their hand at indoor skydiving for Managers FUN Day.

BPM is now leasing at Salt Lake City’s new mixed-use development, Post District, in partnership with Lowe Property Group. Post District will transform the Granary District with its four distinct, high-quality apartment buildings and ultra-luxury amenities that will be unrivaled in the Salt Lake City market. 

BPM celebrated their maintenance teams during Maintenance Appreciation Week this month.

In partnership with Wells Fargo Bank, Bridge hosted a webinar on “Interest Rate Hedging.” Bridge Senior Managing Director, Brock Andrus, sat down with Michael Emeghebo from the Wells Fargo Derivatives desk to discuss the way interest rate caps and swaps work, how it benefits the financing on the asset, and how the overall market and its volatility play into the financing world. Check it out here.

Our Development project in Atlanta in conjunction with Lincoln Property Company is scheduled to open between October and next May. Echo Street West’s first phase will see 50,000 sq ft of retail space, 300,000 sq ft of offices, and Vibe, a 292-unit apartment community, where 20% of rentals will be reserved for households earning up to 80% of the area’s median income. Read more here.

Bridge was a proud sponsor of the 2022 Utah Allies Gala.  The Allies Gala is an annual event benefiting Equality Utah, a LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, which is working towards a fair and just Utah. The Bridge team broke out their best “Cosmic Vogue” outfits and celebrated in style. 

Bridge’s New York City office had the pleasure of volunteering in the kitchen at God's Love We Deliver. God’s Love We Deliver works to improve the health and well-being of adults and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other serious illnesses by alleviating hunger and malnutrition by preparing and delivering nutritious, high-quality meals to people who, because of their illness, are unable to provide or prepare meals for themselves. During the event, they prepared and packed hundreds of meals for residents in need.

On September 16, the Salt Lake office celebrated National Clean Up Day by cleaning  trails in the Sandy area. Two groups of volunteers hit the trails with the motivation to clean as much debris and trash out of these areas for the local community. The Sunset Pond group filled several bags of trash, taking advantage of the low water level in the pond to clean up as much as they could get their hands on. The Sandy Canal Trail team found a turn in the trail where debris had collected and took the time to dig through water logged trash to collect as much as they could. The two teams had a blast getting to know each other while taking the time to clean up the city we work in.  If you would like to participate in the next ESG event, keep an eye out for National Recycling Day in November.

 Bridge’s Workforce and Affordable strategy has been shortlisted for the 2022 Principles for Responsible Investment ("PRI") Awards in the “Real-World Impact of the Year” category. The #PRIAwards showcase leadership in responsible investing amongst its signatories and recognize individually excellent projects conducted by signatories of all sizes, specialisms, and levels of development.