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.
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!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rod-stevens-3816375/recent-activity/all/
“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,...