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...
McNellis: The Politics of it All
Making it in Real Estate (Part Nine): The Politics of it All
By John McNellis
Rents and occupancy rates are tumbling today in North Dakota because shale oil is mud in...
Five Trends that Will Shape Silicon Valley in 2017
By Lexi Gelb & Miles Garber, Polaris Pacific
While the world waits to see how Silicon Valley will change the way the rest of us live – from driverless cars...
Leone: What Lies Beneath
By Nicholas B. Leone
I received an interesting call the other day from Michael Gibbons, a property manager for a mid-size multifamily investment firm in San Francisco. I’ve done some...
Cresa: Should Tenants be Fooled by Landlord Optimism?
Everyone is talking about it. The impacts of COVID-19 on our economy have been far reaching with no industry left out, though some are bouncing back quickly. Residential real...
Asian Supermarkets: Creating Their Own Strategic Niche & Well Positioned to Succeed Long Term
By Don Maclellan, Managing Partner at Faris Lee Investments
A Community Pillar
Asian supermarkets provide their community with a place to shop and find products of their homeland. Their specialty ingredients,...
McNellis: Understating Your Net Worth
By John McNellis
If you’re in real estate, if you’re developing or simply investing in property, you’re in the business of borrowing money. And if you’re a serial borrower, you...
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: Uber’s Johnny Cab Future
By John McNellis
While Uber isn’t exactly driving straight to the bank, it may get there yet. The company has ripped through $10 billion to date, but its latest report...
Recent Ruling to Transform Architects’ Liability Cases
By Gregory Korbel and Rosanna Moreno
In early July, the California Supreme Court in Beacon Residential Community Association v. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP clarified that architects that serve in the capacity...