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“Shit, that was today? No, I’m waiting to see if we were awarded the strip mall bid that I put out a week ago. If we are, that brings up not just this strip mall, but the next three that they are projecting to add in locations all in East County.”
“That could be huge. Are they already planning for leasing or are they just the structures without tenants in mind?”
“The one I’m waiting on, has an idea as to the market they want to lease to, but I’m not sure on tenants waiting for the build.”
“What’s the timeline?”
“6 months. Start to finish, the location is right off the freeway, currently a weeded out dirty lot the size of a baseball field. It’s right next to a mobile home park, by a huge ass church, a car dealer and a gas station. It’s prime picking. There is a current build of a fast food joint, but that wouldn’t be something that we would need to take over or oversee.”
“Weird, the builders didn’t want to bid on the whole lot?” He asks.
“Not at all, I think what happened was someone bought the land, wanted to put a restaurant on the space, but then backed out. That’s how it got on my radar. My buddy from Eastwood Build mentioned the space and that they were going to pass on the bid due to a scheduling conflict.”
“Whatever happened to the office building up in Orange County?”
“We lost it. A local based company won that one, they gunned in with a eco-friendly bid that used all recycled materials with even additional consulting. Something maybe we should consider but overall, we lost to them price-wise. Also, probably because of the cost of travel and lodging.”
“Bummer, oh well. That would have been cool, but it would have been a pain in the ass with traveling back and forth.”
A chime came from my desk, it was my email. Without hesitation, I turned from Lukas and peered at my screen. I clicked open my email and read the email which came through.
“Fuck yes.” I say with a smile.
“Yeah?” Lukas places his hands on his hips in front of my desk.
“Yes.” I press the buzzer for Dane’s office.
“What's up?” He answers.
“We need to call a meeting with our department heads for sometime within the next week. We’ve got the strip mall bid and this is one job we need to stay on deadline for.”
“Shut up? We got it?” Dane walks into my office. I wasn’t aware that he disconnected.
“Yeah, I was just telling Luk that there’s a strong possibility of them tacking on a few more, that’s why we need to make sure deadline for this is numero uno.”
Dane walks around to my computer and sits himself in my chair. He pulls up the calendar on our server and immediately looks at this week’s schedule. He opens up a window and starts typing.
“Tomorrow morning, breakfast meeting. I’ll call in one of the lead contractors that we worked with on the East Village project and see if he wants in.”
And just like that, my week got even busier. While I would have previously wanted to celebrate with drinks, I stayed at work for the rest of the day and focused on my notes, working together a plan. I was back and forth between my office and Dane’s that I’m sure it would have counted as a work out.
I’m at my desk with my feet up and I’m on my phone stalking Tatum on Facebook when texts comes through in rapid succession.
Nikki: Hey buddy. Passed all my finals, its officially summer, hang soon?
Nikki: As friends, duh.
Nikki: Baby mama too.
Nikki: Or you know, if she shares??
I roll my eyes and try to think of a reply that doesn’t sound completely pussy whipped.
Me: No sharing. Can’t hang tonight, work stuff.
That should suffice, it’s legit.
Nikki: Excuses Excuses. Now that you’ve got yourself a girl, you have no more time for the little people. L
