April 20, 2012
I recently had one of my broker peers in another city call me to ask if I could recommend any books that would be helpful for a new commercial agents entering the business to learn more about leasing and tenant representation. The book that immediately came to mind is, “Negotiating Commercial Real Estate Leases” by [...]
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April 18, 2012
This post has nothing directly to do with commercial real estate, but the video below struck a chord with me. I like to think of myself as a pretty good listener, but reality tells me at times I probably can improve in this regard. Amgen CEO Kevin Sharer explains the value of being a good [...]
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April 17, 2012
The Power of In-Person I have written a lot on this blog about teleworking and its impact on the future demand for office space? While I don’t question the growing adoption of telecommuting and a more distributed workforce, I am firmly in the camp that believes office space isn’t going away anytime soon and the [...]
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April 16, 2012
National and regional restaurants and grocers expand in the Houston Retail Market As Houston’s population grows so does the need for food, and national and regional retailers are responding to this demand. In the past 15 months 450,000 square feet of new restaurant and grocery store space has been added to Houston’s retail market. Some [...]
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April 13, 2012
Five Articles to Read This Weekend Compete on Know-Why, Not Know-How Does your organization know why it does what it does? Companies often don’t have a clear enough sense of why they do what they do and get stuck making incremental improvements that are rooted in existing competencies, markets, and business models… Harvard Business Review [...]
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April 13, 2012
All three major stock indexes closed lower for the week as the Dow tumbled 1.6%, while the S&P 500 sank 2% and the Nasdaq lost 2.3% for the week. This marks the second consecutive week with the worst declines for the year. Below are links to the top economics news for the week: Consumer sentiment [...]
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April 13, 2012
In Q4 2011, national office vacancy was over the hump, and going down gradually for 7 quarters. Did that trend continue? Preliminary statistics from our National research department indicate yes, vacancy decreased again, but even more gradually. National absorption was firmly in positive territory, but weaker than recent quarters and lower than we’d expected. National [...]
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