McNellis: For the Class of 2017
By John McNellis
“Even if all your desires and wishes were fulfilled, you still wouldn’t be happy…” Alan Watts
Rather than focus on practical advice* in this year’s remarks, I offer...
McNellis: For the Class of 2016
By John McNellis
It appears my invitation to address Stanford’s graduating class was rejected by my spam filter. It also blocked commencement speech invitations from an underwater welding school and...
McNellis: Lies, Damn Lies and the IRR
September 1, 2011
By John McNellis
Outright fraud in sales packages is about as rare as total amnesia. However negligently prepared offerings may be, they seldom contain jaw-dropping lies. If one...
Tech is Bringing Changes to Construction
By Scott M. Wornow
Digital technologies are disrupting the construction industry, which has been a notable laggard in technology adoption. For an industry that until recently has relied primarily on hardcopy...
Uncertainty or Opportunity?
By John Cumbelich
As the sun begins to set on the withered stalk of another eventful year in commercial real estate, uncertainty prevails in Q4 of 2022 as forecasters ponder...
McNellis: Selling vs. Holding
Making it in Real Estate (Part Twelve): Selling vs. Holding
By John McNellis
Some decisions in life are easier than others. Deciding whether you want fries with that is a piece...
Change Management and Workplace Design
By Winfield S. Roney
What are employees’ greatest fears about change management?
The biggest fear here is the word “change.” Let’s face it, no one likes change. I wish we had...
Construction Tops $1B at Facebook’s West Campus
Republished with explicit permission from BuildZoom. The original post appeared here: https://www.buildzoom.com/blog/facebook-west-campus-1b
May 16, 2018 By Kelsey Graeber
Since the grand opening of the Gehry-designed building named ‘MPK 20’ and de...
McNellis: WeWorking a New Angle
By John McNellis
With major announcements almost daily, WeWork is stealing so many headlines it's annoying the president. The latest is its name-change to WeCompany, the old name being simply...
Day for Night: Tech Crown of the City
This article also appears in The VIEW, the quarterly publication jointly curated by the three Bay Area chapters of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)—CREW San Francisco, CREW East Bay,...
