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.
Despite Rosy Conclusions, JLL’s Underlying Data Shows The National Office Market Will Probably Not Reset For Four to Five Years
Like most brokerage house reports, JLL's "Office Outlook, 2Q 2013" has a lot of optimism based on quarter-to-quarter market chatter. The report also has some...
The Country’s Biggest Examples of Failed and Successful Corridor Redevelopment
With all the communities around the country trying to build more housing, especially in commercial corridors, it's useful to see where this has already been...
Cities Like Portland Have Lost Their Leadership. To Rebuild, We Need More Citizens to Create Places Like This At the Local Level.
Earlier this week, Nicole Gallines of the Manhattan Institute wrote a NYT op-ed piece titled "The Life and Death of American Cities" about the change...
Pop-Ups and Beer, Bread, and Bicycles Won’t Be Enough To Revitalize Ailing Office Areas
This article quotes people who call for revitalizing cities with ground-floor retail and bringing in craft industries like those making beer, bread, and bicycles. Maybe,...
What’s Not Being Measured in the Pedestrian Statistics for Downtown Portland
Maybe it's all in a name, but the statistics only show counts for the area south of Burnside, and, interestingly enough, two of the three...
Four Key Factors in Montana’s Success at Providing More Housing:
1. Diverse interests all at the table. 2. Open debate. (Tradeoff analysis). 3. Stated dissent (so solutions are not overly-compromised). 4. A short stop on...