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Homebuilders Catering to Hotel-Hesitant Biz Travelers

Matthew Parsons

Photo Credit: Real estate developer UC Asset aims to rent out new five-bed houses designed specifically for business travelers. Unsplash / Yasmina H

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More real estate developers could start building office-grade homes, but will they factor in the bigger spaces that are so desperately needed?

Without access to an office, most workers would welcome an office-grade home with hi-speed internet, video conferencing, and accessories like printers and scanners. Now one real estate investment company is building exactly this type of house, which it will rent out to business travelers who aren't quite ready to check back into hotels. Atlanta, Georgia-based United Community Asset has set up a subsidiary called SHOC Holdings (standing for "shared home office cluster"), which has developed a proprietary architect design for these properties: five-bedroom houses with each bedroom designed as an individual business lodge equipped with office capabilities.

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UC Asset has invested an initial $1 million into SHOC Holdings, and will build or acquire distressed properties in underdeveloped communities initially in

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