McNellis: Rosy Predictions for the New Year
By John McNellis
Just as there are few atheists in foxholes, true pessimists are rare among developers. A portrait of a famous developer next to the phrase "irrational exuberance" in...
McNellis: Winter is Coming
By John McNellis
As of last Friday, the S&P 500 was down 2.33 percent for the year. Like a dead rat in the basement, everyone can smell the next recession,...
Retail Double Whammy
By John Cumbelich
The suburban shopping center business is not in crisis.
But the simultaneous presence of two unsettling dynamics in...
McNellis: Big City Dreaming
Mixed Use, Mixed Results
By John McNellis
It’s the “Thou Shall Not” that dooms religion in America. If ecclesiasticals would content themselves with the positive, with instructing us on what to...
McNellis: Specialize or Die
Making it in Real Estate Part Four: Specialize or Die
By John McNellis
A recent college graduate wrote, asking for advice. Mentioning how thrilled he was to be accepted into Marcus...
Power to the People: How Tech Is Making Buildings Better for Occupants
This article also appears in The VIEW, the quarterly publication jointly curated by the three Bay Area chapters of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)—CREW San Francisco, CREW East Bay,...
Change Management and Workplace Design
By Winfield S. Roney
What are employees’ greatest fears about change management?
The biggest fear here is the word “change.” Let’s face it, no one likes change. I wish we had...
Five Trends that Will Shape Silicon Valley in 2017
By Lexi Gelb & Miles Garber, Polaris Pacific
While the world waits to see how Silicon Valley will change the way the rest of us live – from driverless cars...
New Rules for Home Buying
By Kelly McDonald
With the United States economy still struggling to bounce back from the difficult times of the last few years, the dream of homeownership for many people seems...
McNellis: Is the 1031 Exchange Panacea or Placebo?
By John McNellis
Upon selling a supermarket last week, we deposited our proceeds into a 1031 exchange account. Call this maneuver the triumph of hope over experience, because we have...
