Industry Contributors & Editorial
Russ Solomon, R.I.P.
By John Cumbelich The world of retail lost an inimitable icon last week with the passing of Russ Solomon, the founder of Tower...
Taking The Burn Out Of Escalating Construction Costs
By Adam Felson The cost to build commercial office space is not getting any cheaper thanks to material increases, labor shortages and the...
Goodbye Big Box
By John Cumbelich [dropcap]F[/dropcap]irst the old news: Department stores are departing; Facebook has replaced the mall as our national hangout; and Amazon and...
A Peculiar Phenomenon in the Rental Market Gets a Lot More Peculiar
By Wolf Richter Besides that, rents are in free-fall in Chicago, decline in Seattle, plunge here, soar there, city by city. The peculiar...
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...
We’re Overbuilt in Retail
By John Cumbelich America’s inventory of shopping centers is ominously overbuilt. Even if the migration of retail sales to the internet had not...
Why San Francisco Needs to Reset its Understanding of Retail
By Hans Hansson San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors recently heard the results of a long-anticipated report from Strategic Economics for the OEWD (Office...
Revitalizing Downtown San José: Design’s Evolution and Impact
By Kevin Schaeffer Downtown San José is well positioned to become the next urban destination. An expanding job market, investment in public transit and...
McNellis: The Hell of Regulatory Interpretation
By John McNellis One truth that bears learning is this: News is very seldom as good—or as bad—as it first appears. Even when...
Salesforce Tower: A Dozen Years In The Making
By Sasha David If a building could symbolize the power of Silicon Valley, the Salesforce Tower would be a good pick. Its silhouette rises...
Suddenly, US Rental Markets Diverge by Bedrooms
by Wolf Richter But rents tank in the most expensive metros. Even Seattle cools off, awash in new supply. In New York City,...
Tax Cuts to Bring New Regulations to Real Estate Businesses
By Robert Keasal [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 will be the most complex re-writing of tax codes for flow-through business...
