Industry Insight
These posts include my insight on the meaning and significance of recent events and changes in how we live, work, learn and shop. You can read by topic or key word, as shown at right.
Seattle’s Effective Office Vacancy Rate is 30%
This article quotes stats from a recent Kidder Mathew report showing 12% vacancy for landlord-offered space plus an additional 18% vacancy in subleased space, for...
Forget Tech and Streetscape: How A Small Island in the North Atlantic Used “Profound Hospitality”, Cod and Quilts To Create A New Place-Based Economy
I spent last week in Charlotte around urban designers and writers talking about the "urban form" of a place and truly "seeing" it. I'm so...
Living At Home and Driving Their Parents’ Car…
Aggregate miles driven is probably the same as before. Parking costs (+$45,000/space) may keep car ownership down if and when they do move out. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-01/is-gen-z-really-done-with-driving-cars-don-t-bet-on-it?srnd=citylab
The Enduring Appeal of Midtowns
25 years ago I worked on the turnaround strategy of the Grand Arcade in Milwaukee ( a failed specialty center), and it was obvious then...
What The World Will Look Like If We Don’t Deal With Global Warming.
This is Dhaka, Bangladesh. I toured India in January, and the particulate counts in Delhi were comparable to the forest fires here in the Pacific...
An Alternate Take On “Back To Work”: The Headquarters Office as Conference Center
This month's "Seattle Business Monthly" profiles the redesign of MCG Health's HQ, the big idea being that it's a national meeting site. The article states,...