Creating Urban Experiences in Walnut Creek
By Teresa Fluegel, Chicago Deferred Exchange Company
BH Development, a Walnut Creek–based real estate development company that specializes in retail, has developed some award-winning projects in downtown Walnut Creek and brought...
Changing Your Workplace?
Make It Work with a Change Management Plan
By Robin Weckesser
Change management isn’t new, but today’s office dynamics are. To drive innovation and attract and retain top talent, companies are...
Bubble Talk = Wishful Thinking
By Eric Von Berg
We hear people referring to the current Bay Area economy as the boom phase of a boom/bust cycle: “We are in a repeat of the dot-com...
Calif.’s Wage Law Update – AB219
Update to California’s Prevailing Wage Laws: AB219 Fixes the Loophole for Ready-Mixed Concrete Drivers
ALERT: Please note that enforcement of AB219 is currently stayed, based on the California Central District...
McNellis: Trumped Real Estate Industry
By John McNellis
I have been a real estate developer and landlord since the early 80’s. Even then, Donald Trump had a reputation within our industry as an empty suit,...
Opinion: Further Rent Decline in San Francisco
The supply of rental units on the market is ballooning.
By Wolf Richter
“The trend in rental prices this month was mixed”: so started out the Zumper October Rent Report for...
McNellis: Bromancing the Deal
Making it in Real Estate (Part Five): Bromancing the Deal
By John McNellis
“I always act as our broker when we buy properties. That way I take the commission we save...
McNellis: A Broken Compass?
By John McNellis
Does outspending your competition buy you the best talent? Of course. Does it guarantee you the World Series championship? Not so much. Just ask last year’s Los...
McNellis: For the Class of 2017
By John McNellis
“Even if all your desires and wishes were fulfilled, you still wouldn’t be happy…” Alan Watts
Rather than focus on practical advice* in this year’s remarks, I offer...
McNellis: In Praise of Inefficiency
By John McNellis
A lender on one of our projects wrote last week, demanding we post an $800,000 letter of credit to further secure its loan because the credit rating...
