Halbach says he knew the first floor would be a neighborhood restaurant or coffee shop, and he had a hunch the second floor would be ideal for a small office space, like a bookkeeping or real estate office. It finally occurred to him the upstairs was the perfect fit for his hybrid law office for Halbach|Szwarc Law Firm . The business is owned by Halbach and his partners, Stefan Szwarc , Anna Limoges , and Emily Maurice . The Halbach|Szwarc Law Firm currently has 13 employees working remotely all across South Dakota and Iowa. Halbach says the pandemic taught him that clients don’t necessarily need interaction face to face—they’re looking more for quality and responsiveness. His team is welcome to use the space for work by reserving a desk and/or a conference room for an hour or a day if they’re meeting with clients or wish to use the office’s technology inside or outside of the office to assist in the hybrid law practice. “As a full-service law firm, our team members have varying degrees of conference room and space needs, so designing a space that was versatile, yet functional was important,” said Halbach. The building is 1,000 square feet on each floor, so using every inch of space was imperative. This was accomplished upstairs with carefully thought-out storage, a shelf divider, curated furniture pieces, and custom cabinets. “I love the custom white oak shelf that divides the two open spaces, which was custom made by Boulevard Construction,” said Halbach. “The slope of the shelf mimics the slope of the ceiling.”
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