Industry Contributors & Editorial
How Does Humanity Fit into an AI World?
By Hans Hansson, President of Starboard CRE Reflections from a Real Estate Convention and Beyond Introduction: An Unexpected Encounter in Nashville Last week...
LEED v5 is Here: What to Know About the Business of Building Better
By Tolga Tutar, Senior Sustainability Director at Skanska USA Building For the first time in over a decade, the U.S. Green Building Council...
McNellis to Accountants: Gimme Shelter
(Editor’s note: this essay is taken from John’s forthcoming 3rd edition of Making it in Real Estate which, with only a bit of...
Is San Francisco’s AI Boom the New Dot.com Era?
By Hans Hansson, President of Starboard CRE San Francisco has long been the epicenter of technological innovation, hosting both the explosive Dot.com boom...
Factory-Built Housing: The Solution We’re Too Snobbish to Embrace
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) Here’s a riddle: What if I told you there’s a proven way to build homes...
The AI Boom’s Hidden Victims—Or How San Francisco’s Office Recovery Is Crushing Its Renters
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) Last week, a young friend called me, frantic. His landlord in Palo Alto had just...
The Kids Are Not Alright: Why Your 30-Something Children Still Live at Home
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) If you’re wondering why your college-educated offspring are still camped out in their childhood bedrooms...
McNellis: Death of a Deal
By John McNellis In Rochambeau, paper beats rock. In life, paper sometimes beats deals. We own a shopping center in a Sacramento suburb...
Bed Bath & Begone: Why Executives Blame California for Their Own Incompetence
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) Marcus Lemonis, the executive chairman of Beyond, Inc. (the phoenix supposedly rising from Bed Bath...
Is AI The New Dot Com Boom For San Francisco’s Office Market?
The Key Differences That Landlords Need to Know By Hans Hansson, President and founder of Starboard CRE San Francisco, a city synonymous with...
The Vibe Mayor Changes San Francisco
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) Six months ago, if you told me I’d be dubbing a San Francisco...
Legal and Business Considerations for C-PACE Lenders During Origination and Entry Into the ABS Secondary Markets
By Diana Ovsepian With the rapid expansion of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (CPACE) financing into mainstream commercial real estate transactions, industry stakeholders...
