Multifamily Properties Offering Array of Virtual Amenities for Social Distancing

From virtual wine tastings to online workouts, digital amenities have become the silver lining in home confinement.

With many Americans spending more time in their apartments and condos due to social distancing, multifamily property managers have gotten creative and have started to offer virtual amenities, such as virtual wine tastings, computer cooking classes, online workouts, virtual meditation, and classroom workshops for children.

Forbes senior contributor Brenda Richardson says The Cooper at Southbank, the first residential tower in Chicago developed by Lendlease, is offering virtual fitness classes through its vendor, Elevated Living, while LIVunLtd, New York City’s largest luxury concierge and amenity management company, is offering free virtual meditation and fitness classes plus fee-based, one-on-one sessions with personal trainers and nutritionists at 525 West 52nd Street on the West Side of Manhattan.

The LIVunLtd team is reimagining its book club to become virtual in order to keep the community of readers engaged. By reading books, many people find that they can escape from the worries and stresses of the everyday world.

Here are other programs LIVunLtd is working on across other properties, including 277 Fifth Avenue:

Keeping entertained: Publishing the “Concierge Guide To Virtual Living,” which includes everything from virtual dinner parties to virtual tours of museums to virtual language classes to virtual cooking classes and wine tasting.

Keeping sanity with your spouse/partner: Counseling psychologist Dr. Debbie Magids will conduct segments about relationships and how to manage being together 24/7. Other topics will include dating during the COVID-19 crisis and best practices on supporting friends, mates and family during a crisis.

Keeping productive: Executive career coach and author Roy Cohen will be doing segments on how to maximize productivity when working from home and tips on what to do with your job search during these difficult times.

Keeping fit: The focus will be on everything from yoga to boot camp to meditation and even nutritional coaching, including what to buy and eat and what to avoid.

Under consideration are virtual classes tailored to residents’ interests such as arts and crafts lessons and organization tips.