Industry Contributors & Editorial
Applying Placemaking Principles to Build a Better Workplace
By Evelyn Lee The notion of placemaking was born in the 1960s through the aspirational ideas of writers like Jane Jacobs, who believed...
Online Dating
By John Cumbelich The real estate industry’s version of online dating can be found in places with names like LoopNet, Crexi, Commercial Search,...
McNellis: Many Happier Returns
Solving E-Commerce’s Challenge to Traditional Retail Comes in Small Packages By John McNellis Before the Wall Street Journal pontificates again about retail’s demise,...
As Apple Continues Expansion, a Look Back Provides Glimpses into Future Alternative Workplace Solutions
By Robin Weckesser Yes, the spaceship landed, and Apple Computer is settling into its new Cupertino headquarters, Apple Park, a 2.8 million-square-foot campus...
Construction Tops $1B at Facebook’s West Campus
Republished with explicit permission from BuildZoom. The original post appeared here: https://www.buildzoom.com/blog/facebook-west-campus-1b May 16, 2018 By Kelsey Graeber Since the grand opening of...
McNellis: Does WeWork at All?
Company discloses $1 billion losses in bond offering By John McNellis Wall Street’s biggest houses just hawked $702 million in junk bonds for...
2018 Omnibus Bill and its Effects on the EPA Brownfield Program
By Holly Neber In March of 2018, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, also known as the 2018 Omnibus Bill. The...
Affordable Housing: Death by Entitlement
By W. Charles Perry “Affordable Housing” has now joined the ranks of “negative income” and “unbiased opinion” as a world-class oxymoron in the...
McNellis: Seeing the Forest for the Trees
By John McNellis If you are an entrepreneur, you are an optimist. You have to be. And, Pollyanna aside, it is no simple...
Time for a Coordinated Bay Area Displacement Policy
By Eric Von Berg “Silicon Valley is over” “In the last three months of 2017, San Francisco lost more resident to outward migration...
The Times—and Office Environments—Are A-Changin’
A new breed of project manager emerges By Robin Weckesser Over the last 10 years, we have witnessed a dramatic transformation of the...
McNellis: Density and California’s Senate Bill 827
By John McNellis Give Scott Weiner a medal. While not a complete solution, the state senator’s proposed bill, SB 827, directly addresses California’s...
