Smart buildings, DLA Piper, Seattle, San Francisco

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...
San Francisco, Proposition H, Prop H, retail, formula retail, Starboard Commercial Real Estate

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, Ritual Wellness, Southern California, Bay Area, East Bay, Donna Schumacher Architecture

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...
McNellis Partners Palo Alto

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...

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