Opportunities in the Fourth Turning

Opportunities in the Fourth Turning

We are living through a time of extraordinary change. Demographer and author refers to this time as ‘The Fourth Turning’. It is the last season of a roughly 80-year cycle which is market by intense crises and institutional collapse. Previous fourth...
Information is Everywhere….Wisdom is Scarce

Information is Everywhere….Wisdom is Scarce

There are some important distinctions I am discovering between information and wisdom, in commercial real estate decision making and life in general. Both information and wisdom are needed in making optimal decisions, but with so much focus on the large language...
AI in Commercial Real Estate Negotiations

AI in Commercial Real Estate Negotiations

We are already using AI to monitor market trends and to improve the speed and quality of our property searches for clients. We are also applying it to obtain expert advice on questions relating to the specific facility needs of our clients. This helps us to quickly...
State of the Market 2025

State of the Market 2025

As the Chinese proverb makes reference to, we are living in interesting times. In this edition or our newsletter, we will address the salient trends we see impacting commercial real estate in 2025. While there is much uncertainty in the macro economy and financial...
Mitigating the Impacts of Inflation

Mitigating the Impacts of Inflation

While we cannot entirely eliminate the impacts of inflation, there are things we can do to mitigate them. Pass Throughs. When it comes to operating expense pass throughs, you are going to want to take a close look at the breakdown of the operation expenses to...
Risks and Benefits of a Sublease

Risks and Benefits of a Sublease

By its nature, a sublease is more complex than a straight lease between the Landlord and Tenant. Whereas the latter generally has two parties to the agreement, the former has three:  the original landlord, the sublandord and the subtenant.  So, if you are either the...