Selling your National Headquarters???

[PKT4LIFE]

I just read an article that Alpha Xi Delta sold their headquarters building due to staff working remotely. I also read a few weeks ago Theta Phi Alpha also terminated their headquarters building lease in order to save on costs. Anyone else know if their organization plans to eliminate/reduce their national headquarter offices?

https://www.alphaxidelta.org/update-...rters-building

[Titchou]

Wow! Delta Gamma is half and half and has decided to remain that way - according to the latest announcement. I can't imagine not being able to view our archives!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Titchou

Wow! Delta Gamma is half and half and has decided to remain that way - according to the latest announcement. I can't imagine not being able to view our archives!

Amen. I would spit nails if my GLO thought a “digital collection” was an acceptable substitute. Sorry A Xi D, but this is an absolutely horrible idea. Perhaps I’ve just seen Soylent Green too many times, but we have no guarantee that our current level of technology will grow or even maintain itself forever.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by Titchou

Wow! Delta Gamma is half and half and has decided to remain that way - according to the latest announcement. I can't imagine not being able to view our archives!

Originally Posted by 33girl

Amen. I would spit nails if my GLO thought a “digital collection” was an acceptable substitute. Sorry A Xi D, but this is an absolutely horrible idea. Perhaps I’ve just seen Soylent Green too many times, but we have no guarantee that our current level of technology will grow or even maintain itself forever.

This is the only part of the whole thing that surprised me and kind of makes me sad. Not having a "true" national headquarters totally makes sense in this day and age, and I imagine there's little to no need for orgs to limit themselves to HQ staff that are centralized in one city or town.

Plus, real estate is expensive. This, in addition to payroll, is where a lot of for-profits and non-profits spend the most money. If you can eliminate at least part of the real estate from the equation, it makes good financial sense and allows you to allocate money and resources to more of the things that matter.

That being said, keeping a small space - even if it's leased - where a small staff overseas historical items that sisters can view seems necessary. I can picture VERY small museums I've visited, and they're totally worth it.

Going digital nowadays is certainly practical - and sometimes necessary - but this seems like one step too far.

Sadly, I doubt Alpha Xi Delta will be the last to go this route.

[naraht]

Alpha Phi Omega went from owning their own office to renting space in an office complex about a decade ago. (After spending the 1990s trying to convince alumni to help pay down the mortgage on the National Office). The National Office building is owned by a local State Farm insurance office.

[flirt5721]

It really sucks for our organization. I was surprised when the announcement was made. They also don't have plans for a new building. Hopefully a space is leased to have the opportunity to see historical items.

But honestly the building was not comparable to the other organization HQ building in the area (at least in my opinion)

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by flirt5721

It really sucks for our organization. I was surprised when the announcement was made. They also don't have plans for a new building. Hopefully a space is leased to have the opportunity to see historical items.

But honestly the building was not comparable to the other organization HQ building in the area (at least in my opinion)

Your headquarters looks to be right around the corner from ours, and is similar in appearance and structure.

There is a very clear difference between NPC sorority (and fraternity) HQs. Some are McMansions and others appear more like office buildings.

I wouldn't be shocked if, in the near future, the former keep their large buildings and the others go the way of Alpha Xi Delta.

But again, the one thing that seems worth holding on to is the physical history that a computer screen can't match.

[AGDee]

I can't remember which group it was, but I thought there was one who closed their headquarters but put the archives in one of the large chapter houses. Does that sound familiar to anybody else?

[SquirrelyDays]

AGDee - pretty sure that was Alpha Phi

[shadokat]

It hasn't been sold yet - I found it listed by Coldwell - the listing says it is actively for sale for $1,975,000

Originally Posted by SquirrelyDays

AGDee - pretty sure that was Alpha Phi

[Sen's Revenge]

Do your organizations have historical exhibits at national conventions?

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by Sen's Revenge

Do your organizations have historical exhibits at national conventions?

Mine doesn't. I don't know if they have in the past for milestones, though.

[shadokat]

If you're sitting on real estate that nobody is using because of WFH, there's no sense in holding on to it. I mean, what's the purpose of the empty building if they're all working remotely? Seems to me that financially it's a smart decision. I don't know all the logistics of the history and items, but nothing a couple of storage units couldn't take care of.

I live 90 minutes from my sorority's national headquarters and I've NEVER been there. I don't know that I'd care if they sold it either. Our IHQ has moved at least 4 times that I know of, so it's not that we've been there forever and the building has some special meaning.

I know that I'm in the minority here, but times are tough, and you need to be fiscally responsible and smart to survive. Good for AZD for doing what they think is best.

[SquirrelyDays]

@Sen - I remember such a display but I’m not sure which one of Alpha Gam’s conventions it was. Maybe our centennial in Chicago?

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by SquirrelyDays

@Sen - I remember such a display but I’m not sure which one of Alpha Gam’s conventions it was. Maybe our centennial in Chicago?

We had one in San Antonio, the 50th Convention, for historial convention memorobilia. I believe there were displays in Chicago for our Centennial too.