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Message: [QUOTE="Kolumbo, post: 3910010, member: 4613"] [URL='https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/laz-parking-ceo-alan-lazowski-eyes-digital-transformation-of-his-parking-empire']LAZ Parking CEO Alan Lazowski eyes digital transformation of his parking empire | Hartford Business Journal[/URL] "I firmly believe that people are going to want to come back to work," Lazowski said. "The new work week might be four days a week instead of five days a week, but people will be coming back to work." Lazowski also has a vision for micro-warehousing and last-mile delivery — or LAZ-mile delivery, as he calls it. Last-mile delivery, of course, is the final step in getting an online-purchased product from a warehouse to a customer’s doorstep. It’s a business model made famous by e-commerce giant Amazon. Lazowski wants to convert portions of his parking garages into warehouses, which would hold anything from computer tablets and groceries to liquor. LAZ employees would pick and pack items and then potentially deliver them. Or the parking company may partner with Uber, DoorDash or Postmates, which could deliver to customers' doors. Lazowski said he’s also been in talks with Vermont-based BETA Aviation about installing vertiports — spots for aircraft to land and take off — atop 150 LAZ garages for drones and small electric helicopters, which could be used to deliver goods. [/QUOTE]