Industry Contributors & Editorial
Should Landlords Conduct Cybersecurity Audits?
By Christian Leitner A recent KPMG survey of businesses in the real estate industry showed that about 50% of surveyed organizations believed that...
How Do We Create Meaning in Today’s Office Spaces?
By Sascha Wagner, AIA IIDA LEED AP As commercial real estate costs continue to climb in tech-focused urban markets, competition for the right...
McNellis: Housing Crisis Band-Aids
By John McNellis [dropcap]G[/dropcap]overnor Jerry Brown just signed fifteen affordable-housing bills into law. A few might do a little good. Two senate bills...
Resilience and Real Estate Investing
Evan Reis, SE Executive Director, US Resiliency Council Evan.reis@usrc.org www.usrc.org Does luxury last? I’ve traveled around the country speaking about resilience, making the...
Amazon-Whole Foods Already Rattling the Grocery Sector
By Wolf Richter Here are the numbers since the August 28 price cuts. When Amazon’s deal to acquire Whole Foods Market closed on...
McNellis: Leaving Retail
By John McNellis [dropcap]I[/dropcap] received an invitation to attend a cocktail party in Los Angeles at next week’s International Council of Shopping Center (ICSC)...
McNellis: Hollowing out the Museum
By John McNellis “A full-fledged housing crisis has gripped California…” New York Times 17 July 2017 [dropcap]Y[/dropcap]es, our housing crisis is so critical...
Bay Area Home Prices Trip up Jobs Growth
Bay Area housing affordability nightmare hits home, so to speak. By Wolf Richter Aug 14, 2017 — What happens in a large urban...
Resilience Is the New Sustainability
Evan Reis, SE Executive Director, US Resiliency Council Evan.reis@usrc.org www.usrc.org Green design alone is not sustainable [dropcap]I[/dropcap] had a discussion with a friend...
McNellis: The Only Free Cheese is in a Mouse Trap
By John McNellis [dropcap]I[/dropcap] had the following conversation with a broker a couple days ago. While not verbatim, it is true. The phone...
Lessor Accounting: Savvy Landlords Under New GAAP
By Mark Leverette of BPM LLP [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he recent updated rules for business leases, as prescribed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB,...
McNellis: Over-Storing America
By John McNellis “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves…” Julius Caesar [dropcap]A[/dropcap]s it happens, Shakespeare was writing...