McNellis: Da to Kapital
Retail landlord finds hope amidst the rubble.
July 1, 2011
By John McNellis
In Red Square, Russia stages day-long parades to display its military might; troops, tanks and world-ending rockets endlessly rumble past...
McNellis: Abandon All Hope
By John McNellis
Hollywood has it wrong. Lawsuits very seldom right wrongs and, as often as not, taking a case to trial can nearly bankrupt one emotionally as well as...
McNellis: Is Tesla a Climate Change Bystander?
By John McNellis
(EDITOR’S NOTE: While The Registry does not usually weigh into making changes to opinion articles, it is worth pointing out that some statements below should be qualified....
McNellis: Let Us Now Praise Famous Architects
And let us remind not-so-famous developers to seek business counsel elsewhere.
March 1, 2011
By John McNellis
The Registry is devoting this issue to design—to celebrating Northern California’s premier architects and designers,...
McNellis: Lawyers’ Labors Lost
By John McNellis
Lawyers are losing ground, perhaps faster than many of us realize. According to CBRE Group Inc.’s most recent San Francisco office leasing survey, law firms gave up...
Hobstetter: America’s Cup and the Legacy Opportunity
By David Hobstetter
Races come, races go, but what legacy do they leave behind? In the run-up and excitement to the world’s most-followed sailing competition, the America’s Cup in 2013,...
Prop D’s Bad Actor
By John Cumbelich
In the March elections, San Franciscans approved Proposition D, a new tax sponsored by a member of the Board of Supervisors that targets landlords of vacant retail...
McNellis: Groceries Falling Through the Net?
By John McNellis
In hindsight, yesterday’s common wisdom is often so wrong we wonder how we ever thought it true. In fact, some of us—the clever—occasionally deny having embraced discarded...
Cheaper AND Greener?
One builder’s small steps yield big results to the triple bottom line
By Kara Overaa Gragg
We know that the construction business is waste and energy-intensive, so as general contractors, our...
McNellis on Crimeless Victims & Tyranny in Palo Alto
By John McNellis
In this month’s McCutcheon case, a compassionate Supreme Court restored the civil rights of the wealthiest 1,000 political donors in America, namely their First Amendment right to...
