PropTech in the United States – Where We’re Heading
Smart buildings – data is the new gold. Keep it secure.
By Guy E. Flynn & Lin Pang
“Smart buildings” are not just buildings equipped with separate applications that can turn on the...
Why San Francisco Needs Prop H, and Formula Retail, to Succeed
By Hans Hansson
This November, we need to vote to help save our small businesses, which are closing at record numbers due to the pandemic. Just last month, Yelp reported...
Project Juice: Taking It to the Street
By Donna Schumacher, Donna Schumacher Architecture
As the West Coast’s leading organic retail juicer, Project Juice has been creating fresh-pressed juice, best consumed within five days of its creation to...
Ghost Kitchens: Cooking up a Response to COVID-19
By Garrick Brown
Ghost kitchens (also referred to as cloud, commissary, dark, delivery or shadow kitchens) are delivery-only restaurants that, with the rise of third-party delivery app services like DoorDash, GrubHub and Uber...
Controlling Noise in Restaurants
By Tyler Adams, Mei Wu Acoustics
The aural experience of dining is just as important as the visual, olfactory, or gustatory. Poor acoustics can negatively affect the dining experience and...
McNellis: A Vaccine for Retail?
By John McNellis
Retail has the virus. Just as with people, different retailers are reacting to this infection very differently. Ailing merchants with comorbidities are suffering — or dying —...
The End of the Great Compromise
By Nash Hurley
The era of the great compromise of work space has come to an end. For the better part of the last century, work space has served two...
McNellis: Brokers with Principals
Give a little to get a lot.
June 1, 2011
By John McNellis
Before examining a few mistakes this undervalued profession makes so often, it’s worth noting that practically everyone is a...
Navigating Turbulent Times: How Investors Can Thrive in CRE Amid Challenging Market Conditions
By Derrick Barker, CEO and Co-Founder of Nectar
The market backdrop
It’s a hard time out there for real estate.
The main impact of the Fed’s interest rate hikes is that capital is...
McNellis: A Sod Roof Too Far
November 1, 2011
By John McNellis
In addition to sounding tres sophistiques, the word triage embodies a very reasonable concept. If you’re running out of blood transfusions, give them to those who...