"Ms. Talia Ferro, did you rent out the first floor?"
Imani Talia Ferro was the company manager who helped Henry manage his properties.
Although the first floor appeared to have become a storefront, once he entered the apartment building's inner lobby, Henry found that the passages leading to the manager's counter and office were still there. He went inside, greeted the person working that day, and casually asked about the Black female manager he had hired.
Auntie Talia Ferro hurriedly stood up. "Boss, I was waiting for you to come back so I could report this to you." She took out a document she had prepared long ago and handed it to Henry. "This is the younger sister of the tenant on the twelfth floor.
"She heard that business registration could be handled on our first floor, so she decided to rent it as both a shop and a residence. I thought the management office only needed an office space, plus perhaps a break room at most. Most of the first floor was still sitting unused.
"So after discussing it with the tenant, she agreed to give up part of the space for the management office to continue using and only rent the remaining portion. Everything is detailed in the contract, and the partitions have been completed, clearly separating the two sides."
This area had originally been primarily residential. Even though there were shops such as convenience stores and laundromats providing everyday services, there were relatively few of them. However, in order to keep the property management company in the same apartment building, Henry had specifically asked a lawyer to change the classification of the first floor from residential to commercial.
Naturally, that came with drawbacks, namely higher taxes. That was why Imani Talia Ferro had wanted to divide up