McNellis on Spring Rituals: A Full Accounting
By John McNellis
Like daffodils, if not quite as lovely, accountants are among the earliest signs of spring. When ours called the other day to ask for details about a...
McNellis on Spring Rituals: A Full Accounting
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
By John McNellis
Like daffodils, if not quite as lovely, accountants are among the earliest signs of spring. When ours called the other day to ask for details...
McNellis on Developers and Contractors: General Relativity
December 13, 2011
By John McNellis
With major construction about to blossom all over the Bay Area—campuses for Salesforce, Google and Apple, the Transbay Transit Center and an armada of other...
McNellis: Lords of the Pipeline
The worst is over and recovery begins.
November 1, 2011
By John McNellis
At last. September’s ICSC Western States Conference in San Diego was more upbeat than beat-up; it had more site...
McNellis on Governance: Rescue Our Horse
John McNellis
The annual meeting of America’s foremost real estate organization, the Urban Land Institute, took place last week in Los Angeles. Its mood was as somber as an Irish...
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...
McNellis: Working Without a Net Worth
Cash flow is real estate’s real value.
By John McNellis
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first vice president, John Nance “Cactus Jack” Garner, is remembered for having observed that the vice presidency isn’t...
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...
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: 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...
