Virtual viewings to aid property market
Glasgow-based Trace Studio and proper t y por tfolio busin e s s S q u a r e s t o n e G r o w t h have joined forces to help revitalise the commercial property market.
Trace, par t of the Galactic Media Group, is working with Squarestone to enable online v i r t u a l p r o p e r t y t o u r s f o r companies looking for office space.
The Glasgow firm specialises in CGI interactive viewings and is also working with residential proper t y firms Cala
Homes and Robertson Homes in Scotland.
S quarestone Grow th’s UK portfolio stretches to some 1.8 million square feet and currently encompasses 29 prope r t i e s . A m o n g i t s S c o t t i s h developments are the Glasgow Airpor t Business Park, t h e 1 3 3 F i n n i e s t o n S t r e e t development in Glasgow and Edinburgh’s Quantum Court.
The deal with Trace means that companies lo oking for n e w o f f i c e s p a c e t h r o u g h S quarestone Growth will be able to use 360-degree virtual walkarounds.
T h i s a l l ows b u s i n e s s e s t o see what future developments will look like inside, and even s h ows t h e d e t a i l o f wha t i s beneath flooring, such as pipe layouts.
David Houston, director of Trace Studio, said: “The property market – both commercial and residential – is going to have to change drastically in a post-coronavirus era.
“Time-consuming, multiple visits to view office space may not be possible any longer, and businesses will have to turn to technology.
“That’s why we’ve developed to ols that allow 360 - degree virtual tours of premises.”