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South Creek Overland Park Building I

Looking for small office lease in Kansas City? Southcreek Office Park has multiple buildings with several floors of office space located in Overland Park, and with flexible floor plans that you can arrange to meet your specific preferences and a surrounding community offering services to support your business, Southcreek might be just what you are looking for! Here are some details on one of our buildings, Southcreek I:

Address: 12900 Metcalf Ave. Overland Park, KS 66213
Total Square Footage: 24,206 sf
Number of Floors: 2
Year Built: 1992
Space Available:

Just listed with an aggressive rental rate of $17/square foot, this 1254 square feet of Kansas City Office Space is great for any small business just starting out.
A 2,256 sq. ft. corner office is available in this building. The space includes a conference room and nine individual offices.
Another corner suite offers 3,440 sq. ft. of office space and is currently set up to include two work rooms, four offices, and some open office space.
The biggest available corner suite in Southcreek Building I offers 3,493 sq. ft. of space and includes nine offices, a conference room, open office space, a reception area, a lunchroom, and a supply closet.

All of these available suits are naturally well lit through the building’s many windows, making Southcreek Building I a bright and pleasant work environment! Its proximity to the many amenities and services in Johnson County also offer many benefits for your business. If you would like to learn more about our business space for rent in Kansas City, give us a call at 913-685-4100!

Some Office Organization Tips For Your Kansas City Office Space

If you office space is a bit messy and you are looking to get organized, here are some tips from Janet Taylor for tidying up your space and increasing your productivity:

Getting Started: Begin by clearing off your desktop, wiping it down, and cleaning out all of your drawers to create more storage space.

Set Up: Only put essentials on your desktop, such as your computer, phone, etc. Stock up on a variety of containers for office supplies, trays or organizers for papers, and boxes for dated files (which you can color-code for speedy file retrieval). Color coding can also be helpful for organizing checks if you are using multiple checking accounts. Use interior file folders to divide larger file folders, and be sure to put the tab in the front of your hanging file folders.

Avoid: Overloading folders—purge if you need to! Do not overload the drawers themselves either. Be sure not to let clutter and distractions pile up by clearing your workspace of everything but the project you are currently tackling.

Day to Day: Start your day by creating a master to-do list. When mail comes in, pre-sort it (file, read, contact). Return phone calls in batches, leaving a message stating when you called if need be.

Finishing Up: When you complete a project or an event, file or store the paperwork after you organize it. At the end of each day or week straighten up your desk so you can walk into a clear space the next morning.

If you are interested in finding affordable office space in Kansas City, give our realtors at South Creek Overland Park a call at 913-685-4100!

Food Drive at Southcreek Overland Park

Happy 160th Anniversary to Wells Fargo! Help this Southcreek Office Park tenant celebrate their anniversary by participating in a food drive for Harvesters. Harvesters is a local food pantry that works with other nonprofit agencies in the area to provide both food and household products to hungry families in the community, as well as to envision broader solutions for alleviating hunger. In addition to accepting donations, Harvesters also holds fundraisers such as their annual Forks & Corks event.

Wells Fargo’s goal for their celebratory food drive is to collect 160 boxed meals (in honor of their 160th year) such as Hamburger Helper or Pasta Roni to donate to Harvesters. You can drop off your donation at the barrels in Southcreek Office Park Building IX, which is located at 7400 W. 130th St. Donation barrels will be located on every floor by the elevators. The drive will take place from March 1st to March 31st, 2012.

Being a tenant at Southcreek Office Park offers the opportunity to participate in community events such as these, as well as some great deals just for our tenants! If you are looking for commercial rental property in Overland Park, we would love to talk to you more about what we can offer you and why tenants like Wells Fargo have chosen to rent office space with us. Give one of our commercial real estate brokers in Overland Park a call at 913-685-4100 to discuss how we can meet your office rental needs!

Forks & Corks Event Near South Creek Overland Park

If you’re interested in fine dining and fighting hunger, check out Harvester’s 16th annual Forks and Corks. This charitable event offers guests the opportunity to sample delicious food and wine from some of Kansas City’s best restaurants and beverage purveyors. Restaurants such as 801 Chophouse, Andre’s Confiserie Suisse, and Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue will all be in one place on one night serving a variety of sweet and savory treats, and purveyors such as Les Bourgeois will be providing wine.

Proceeds from this event go to Harvesters, an organization that works in conjunction with other agencies to collect and distribute food and household products, as well as to raise awareness about hunger and try to find long term solutions to hunger problems.

Last year, Forks & Corks had over 2,700 attendees. The event raised almost $211,000 for Harvesters, which is enough to provide over one million meals for the hungry! So come make this year even more of a success!

Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Location: Grand Ballroom at the Kansas City Convention Center. 16th & Wyandotte Kansas City, MO 64105
Price: $55.00 for an event ticket, but you can pay more for VIP privileges!
The money from one ticket to Forks & Corks provides meals for 450 hungry people! Purchase tickets online or call 816-929-3019.

If you are interested in finding out more about business office rental in Overland Park, a community that supports charitable events like this one, give one of our commercial real estate brokers in Overland Park a call: 913-685-4100.

American Heart Association 2012 Heart Walk with Southcreek Overland Park Tenants

If you are interested in supporting the American Heart Association and getting a little heart healthy exercise yourself, sign up to participate in the American Heart Association Kansas City Heart Walk with Southcreek tenant TEKsystems! The walk itself is either 1 mile or 4 miles, and the whole event will have a festive atmosphere with free giveaways, face painting, booths, local mascots, and other activities for participants to enjoy. It is a great opportunity for friends and family to come together for a fun event and a good cause! 10,000 people total are expected to participate in this opportunity to both pledge to live a healthier lifestyle and to fundraise for research that could save lives. Here is some information about the event:

Date: May 19, 2012
Location: Theis Park
Event Schedule:
7:30 a.m. – Festivities Begin
8:45 a.m. – Warm Up
9:00 a.m. – Walk

There is no fee to participate in this event. Participants who fundraise $100 will be eligible for an American Heart Association t-shirt.

In addition to recruiting walkers for their team, TEKsystem’s goal is to raise $10,000. They have turned fundraising into a competition between 7 teams in their office to see who can raise the most money. If you cannot participate in the actual walk, TEKsystems would love your financial support! You can make a donation on their fundraising page.

If you are interested in learning more about being a tenant of DDI Commercial Overland Park, give us a call at 913-685-4100 to talk about our affordable office space in Overland Park.

Unique Furnishings for Your Office Space in Kansas City

If you want something a little more unique than standard office furniture for your office space, consider some of these crafty pieces, which will add both creativity and functionality to your office:

Erasable Labeled Drawers. To make drawers with labels that can be easily erased and rewritten, take a drawer or tin and use masking tape to shape the outline of a square. Paint that square with latex chalkboard paint, let dry, and remove tape. You can add borders by placing two strips of masking tape parallel to each other on opposite sides of square, painting, then removing tape once the paint dries. Repeat with two other sides.
Bookcase Desk. If you want something really unique for a desk, try balancing a door on either sawhorses or bookcases for added storage. Doors make great desktops because they are inexpensive, roomy, and readily available in a variety of sizes. To tie the look together, paint the door and the bookcases the same color and line the back of the shelves with marbled paper secured with double-sided tape.
Wallpapered Shelves. You can brighten up floating shelves, great for added storage space, by covering them with patterned or colored wallpaper. Measure the shelf, and cut the wallpaper slightly longer than shelf and wide enough to wrap around it with an overlap. Then use wallpaper paste to cover the shelf in wallpaper, one shelf at a time. Cut slits into extra paper at the end to form flaps, fold down, and paste. Once the shelf is completely dry, hang as usual.

Give us a call at South Creek Overland Park at 913-685-4100 to talk about what you are looking for in a small office lease in Kansas City so you can begin furnishing your own office space soon!

Yoga in Your Kansas City Office Space

If you are desk-bound all day and looking for a way to take a quick stretch break, Cyndi Lee, founder of the OM yoga center in New York, has some Office Yoga Tips you can use to relax for a few minutes:

Sit on the edge of your chair with your feet on the floor hip distance apart, palms on thighs. Stretch out spine, balancing head over heart, heart over hips, and inhale and exhale for five counts each.
Inhale and lift arms overhead, grabbing left wrist with right hand. Exhale and bend to the right, staying there for three breaths to stretch your side. Inhale as you come back to vertical and then perform stretch on the other side.
Roll shoulders a few times, then on the fourth role, interlace fingers behind back and straighten arms (just hold onto the back of your chair if you don’t have enough room). Inhale and lift chest to make a high backbend. Stay here for three full breaths.
Exhale and place hands on knees, rounding spine. Tuck pelvis and pull naval away from knees to come into a seated cat pose. Let your head dangle and breathe deeply.
Perform an inversion by folding forward, letting upper body fall through thighs. Try to get your head lower than your hips, reaching toward the floor (or ankles or shins) with palms flat.
Slowly roll up, then exhale as you twist to the right. Place left hand on outside of right thigh and right hand on back of chair, making sure to lift your right armpit-chest area. Look over right shoulder to include your head in the twist, and move your eyes to the upper right corner of your eyes then the lower right corner. Repeat eye exercise twice. Then close your eyes, twist back to center, and repeat on other side.

An easy five minutes to de-stress!

Finding office suites for rent in Kansas City can be stress-free too…just give us a call at South Creek Overland Park at 913-685-4100 and let us help you with your search!

Keeping Your Desk Organized at South Creek Overland Park

Keeping an office desk organized can be a tough battle, so here are a few more tips to help you minimize clutter and maximize productivity:

Cleaning supplies. Having a clean desk helps you maintain an organized desk. Keep whatever cleaning supplies you use to wipe down your desk handy so that you will be inclined to clean (and thus clear off and organize) more often.
Scratch notepad. Keep a notepad handy specifically for all the phone numbers, names, flight numbers, etc. that you will have to jot down during the course of the day. Keeping them in one place—versus writing them on whatever paper scraps are handy—will make it less likely that you will lose anything.
Organize wires. Move some electronics off your desk, wrap Velcro around wires, make sure wires are long enough to tuck out of the way, go wireless if possible—anything to keep your desk from being taken over by a rat’s nest of wires for various electronics.
If you don’t have enough drawers. If you need more storage space, bring in items like a dresser, bookshelves with boxes on the shelves, or file cabinets that can slide under your desk.
Lighting. Make sure your desk is well lit—a bright area can be easier to keep clean than a dark one.
Organize as you go. Try to stay on top of your organization as you work instead of letting it all pile up. If you are getting disorganized during a big project, try to take small steps to clean, such as clearing a 1 foot by 1 foot area before you leave each day.

For information about finding an affordable office space in Overland Park, give DDI Commercial in Overland Park a call 913-685-4100!

Tips for an Organized Desk at South Creek Overland Park

If you are looking to increase your office productivity, a few simple suggestions for staying organized might be all you need. Here are a few tips for keeping your desk neat and orderly:

Get rid of writing instruments you don’t need. You might only have a few pens you use, but somehow your desk gets cluttered with other random writing utensils. If you aren’t going to use them, throw them out!
Have a place for the contents of your pockets. Designate a space for your phone, keys, wallet, etc. Ideally, find a space where you can run power cords to charge various items, such as a drawer or right under your monitor.
Proximity based on frequency of use. A simple concept: if you use it more, keep it closer to you. Often people forget to arrange things this way because they are focused on the look of the desk rather than convenience.
Move electronics out of sight. Cable modem, wireless router, firewall, etc. should all be kept out of sight to cut down on visual clutter and make your desk a nicer place to work.
Easy access to files. Easy filing is one of the most important organization tips. You should be able to grab a folder, label it, and file it without having to get up from your desk or move your chair.
Scanning documents. Scanning documents into PDFs and keeping them on your computer is a good way to cut down on filing and keep papers off your desk. This can be especially helpful if you travel a lot and need to transport papers electronically.

If you have the organization down and are just looking for the actual office rental space in Overland Park, give one of our commercial realtors in Overland Park a call at 913-685-4100!

Different Office Layouts for Your Office Rental Space in Kansas City

Trying to figure out how best to configure your office rental space? Here are a few different office layouts to give you some ideas as you consider how to best use your space:

Traditional. This is the typical office layout involving doors, walls, and cubicles. Partitions can be set up in the open area for support staff and other lower level employees, while top level company officers usually occupy corner offices with windows, more privacy, and often more square footage.
Cubicle. This is often used in companies with large numbers of middle-management level workers. Open office space is divided by partitions into rows of spaces separated by isles for employees to move through and be able to communicate with one another. Each cubicle typically has a desk with a computer and a phone and is usually occupied by one employee, but could house two or three.
Open. This plan is often found in creative environments (i.e. design companies). The benefit of this layout is increased communication among staff members. Often staff members do not have their own individual desk, computer, or phone in this plan, and conference areas are generally set up on the outer walls of the open office space.
“Hot Desk.” This type of layout is a late 20th century phenomenon. With this arrangement, two or more employees share the same space at different times of day or on different days of the week, maximizing the amount of people who can use an office space.

There are many different ways to layout an office to best suit your company’s needs, and South Creek Overland Park is willing to work with you to arrange your space to best meet those needs, so give one of our commercial real estate brokers in Overland Park a call and tell us what you are looking for: 913-685-4100!