Q&A
Executive Q & A
Peter Castleton: Orange County office market stung by vacancies
Financial firms have become the Achilles heel of the Orange County office market in Southern California as the industry continues to shed jobs and consolidate...
Bjorn Hanson: Hoteliers will battle permanent shift in room demand
The banking, housing and economic crises have taken a toll on Americans' financial health, forcing consumers to curtail leisure and business travel...
Q&A: Craig Meyer: Downturn in retail sales bruises industrial sector
When Craig Meyer was elected president of the 3,000-member Society of Industrial and Office Realtors in November 2008, he knew he was taking the helm...
Realhound Hunts for Efficient Tools
When it comes to commercial real estate software, Realhound, based in San Clemente, Calif., hopes to be one of the most innovative. ...
Green Lives Despite Economic Crisis
Conventional thinking might tell you that in times of economic crisis, the last thing on institutional investors’ minds is sustainability and green initiatives. ...
Employee Program Offers Sweet Green Benefits
Could corn mugs and transportation incentives make an architectural firm a better place to work? Dustin Watson, principal of Development Design Group (DDG) based in Baltimore, Md., thinks so. That’s why the architect launched DDGgreen in 2007. ...
Tenant Rep Firms Face Challenges, Yet Remain Viable
In recent years, the number of brokerage firms specializing in representing tenants has dwindled. Jones Lang LaSalle’s June 2008 purchase of the Staubach Co., the largest exclusive tenant rep firm in the country, left only a handful of companies in this sector. ...
Going Once, Going Twice … L.A. Lofts Set for Online Auction
On Feb. 8, auctioneer William Stevenson, president of Los Angeles-based Intelligent Market Systems, plans to simultaneously sell 79 residential lofts in an Internet auction....
Amid Gloom and Doom, 2009 Holds ‘Best Buying Opportunities Ever’
This month marks Bernard Haddigan’s 28th anniversary in the commercial real estate business. In an industry known for its transient employment, Haddigan has spent 26 years with the same firm, Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services. ...
Good Facility Design Incorporates the Outdoors, Says Researcher
Contrary to public perception, residents in seniors housing communities like to spend time outdoors, but often the design of facilities hampers the mobility of older adults, according to Susan Rodiek, a professor of health facilities design at Texas A&M University....
Corporate Appetite for Sale-leasebacks is on the Rise
According to recent findings by Chicago-based real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle, more cash-strapped corporations across the globe are exploring the benefits of sale-leaseback transactions as a way to extract value from their non-core assets....
Chicago Research Firm Provides Tools to Help with Valuation
Chicago-based Real Estate Research Corp. (RERC) was founded in 1931 to specialize in both real estate research and analysis. ...
