McNellis, John McNellis, Palo Alto development, McNellis Partners, Silicon Valley development, retail development, money

McNellis: Fickle Shades of Green

Making it in Real Estate (Part Seven): Fickle Shades of Green By John McNellis “Friendship is constant in all other things save in the office and affairs of love.” Shakespeare had...
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San Francisco Officially Passes its Long Awaited Central SOMA Plan

By M. Brett Gladstone, Esq., Partner, Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco . On December 4, 2018, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (on its second and final reading) approved the...
Transwestern, HomeLight, San Francisco

Transwestern Startup Stories: Sandy Liao – HomeLight

By Jack Seymour and Jason Burch This series profiles innovative companies and how they are adapting to the challenges of Bay Area Shelter-In-Place orders in the wake of COVID-19. Founded in...
Retail, Verdon Architects, Asbury Park Clothing Company (APCC), San Francisco, Bay Area

Retuning Retail: A Case Study

By Jack Verdon, AIA Verdon Architects, Inc. This article will also appear in The VIEW, the quarterly newsletter of Commercial Real Estate Women San Francisco (CREW SF). CREW SF’s mission is to...
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Covering Your Green Assets

Green roofs trending to new heights. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE ‘Q’ – THE REGISTRY’S PRINT PUBLICATION – IN JULY 2015 By Amy Norquist Green building seems to be making its way (thankfully) into...

McNellis: The Stadium Tab

By John McNellis Winning power through public largesse was old when the Sphinx arose from the bulrushes. In 100 AD, the Roman poet Juvenal satirized the ruling elite’s strategy of...
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McGrane Musings: The Path Illuminated by the Fog of Covid

Life Sciences are the path to a better 2040 and this is how we get there By Eugene McGrane Welcome to August 2020 or as we like to say, Groundhog Day! I’ve...
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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...
Paradigm General Contractors, San Francisco, Bay Area, Workforce Development, Hospitality Industry, Restaurants, CREW East Bay

Late-Night Transit and Workforce Challenges for the Restaurant and Hospitality Industry

By Molly Jans, Paradigm General Contractors Transportation It is the lifeline of industry: getting goods from place to place to be purchased and consumed by the public. More vexing is...

McNellis: Partying Like It’s 1999

By John McNellis Instacart, a San Francisco start-up, announced it had received $8.5 million in institutional funding last week. The company is a same-day home-delivery service for groceries. Given that...

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