There’s Something Inherently Wrong About Turning the Sacramento Delta into Brooklyn
I took the photo at left in November 2024 while traveling on Amtrak near Suisun City, downriver from Rio Vista. The rendering at right shows ...
Governor Newsome Yanks Chain on $1.7 Million San Francisco Restroom
Now another story on a city's inability to provide for basic human needs: State government is canceling a $1.7 million for a 150-square-foot restroom serving ...
“She said the move to work from home will not be permanent.”
It's fun to look back, and that's a quote from a Bloomberg Business article written on July 20, 2020 about the bankruptcy of the Neiman ...
Within 3 Years, Apartment Defaults May Outpace Office
That's the conclusion of a Bloomberg Business article citing statistics from the Fed; Trepp, MSCI Real Assets, Fitch, and other companies that track real estate ...
A milestone that says something about our economy, manufacturing replaced by drug sales!
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“We Actually Don’t Have a Restroom”
That word "actually" is always interesting, and it came from a Starbucks barista in the center plaza of Portland State University, a transit-oriented place that ...
For Venture Capital, Two Places Are Now Unexpectedly Strong
There's nothing surprising in the rankings of total investment, but two places do stand out when you look at the list of per capita investment: ...
The Office of the Future May Look A Lot More Like A Hotel
In San Francisco this year, AI firms have leased about a million square feet of space, about half again as much as last year. One ...
Whoever Thought it Would Come To This?
The buck stops with the City of Portland. It's the government agency charged with making the place livable. If there's a problem- be that homelessness, ...
Co-Working Firms that Lease But Don’t Own Their Space are Booming by Meeting Users’ Transitional Needs
As WeWork declares bankruptcy, other firms that simply lease and manage are booming. Industrious, a lease-only manager of co-working spaces, has seen its revenue grow ...