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On Seattle’s Construction Boom, Rents, and Crane Counting
By Liberty One Lithium
There are 67,507 apartment units in various stages of the pipeline.
Jun 30, 2017--It’s kind of hard to wrap your head around...
McNellis: Is Macy’s Amazon’s Next Target?
By John McNellis
“Amazon wrecked the mall. Now it’s coming for the grocery store.” Chris Isidore CNN Money
“The 40,000 square foot market as we know...
McNellis: For the Class of 2017
By John McNellis
“Even if all your desires and wishes were fulfilled, you still wouldn’t be happy…” Alan Watts
Rather than focus on practical advice* in...
McNellis: The Death of Retail?
By John McNellis
“The outlook for physical retailers is grim, the sector roiled by store closings, layoffs and bankruptcies.” San Francisco Chronicle 5 May 2017
Some...
Primer on Workplace Amenities
How to Leverage Your Competitive Edge And Meet the Needs of a Changing Workforce
By Robin Weckesser
Using the workplace as a tool to attract and...
McNellis: Oh, Lucky Man
By John McNellis
As the red-staters in Congress gather yet again this week to disembowel the Affordable Care Act, it may be worth considering why...
Short the (Department Store) Stock
By John Cumbelich
The Department Store business model is dead. Macy’s and JC Penney are closing stores by the hundreds. Sears is on the verge...
Foreign Investors Pile into US Commercial Real-Estate Bubble
By Wolf Richter
With impeccable timing, after a blistering 7-year price boom.
2016 might later be called the peak year in terms of commercial real estate,...
McNellis: Marching Into Madness?
By John McNellis
“Cocaine’s for horses, it ain’t for men
They say it’ll kill you, but they won’t say when” Cocaine Blues
When it comes to business...
McNellis: There’s no Place like Home
By John McNellis
If idle hands are the Devil’s work shop—they are—idle money is surely his pied-a-terre. When left with little to do, small boys...
