Office Sense: Pods for lawyers?
January 19, 2010 by admin · 4 Comments
When you step inside the law firm Gregory Kaplan, you get the sense that maybe the firm’s principals are almost as passionate about architecture and development as the law. Rick Gregory, who showed us around, is also a partner in Fountainhead Development, which owns about 24 city blocks.
The law firm has 35 employees, including 24 lawyers, and specializes in real estate and securities.
More Manchester mojo
A hand-drawn map of Manchester is unfurled across Rick Gregory’s desk.
It is adorned with neon-colored sticky notes that foretell his grand vision for the abandoned industrial buildings that inhabit Richmond’s urban landscape south of the James River.
“This is our world,” Gregory said, his hand waving over the 15 city blocks owned by his and business partner Tom Papa’s development firm, Fountainhead.
The area, once the industrial powerhouse of Richmond, is home to building shells as the companies that owned them have moved over the past 20 years. Read more
