Contributors
Tomorrow is Another Stay: First Impacts of COVID-19 on the Hotel Industry
By Jena Thornton The Black Swan has arrived. Definition of black swan: An event or occurrence that deviates beyond what is normally expected of...
PropTech in the United States – Where We’re Heading
Smart buildings – data is the new gold. Keep it secure. By Guy E. Flynn & Lin Pang “Smart buildings” are not just buildings...
How Occupancy Sensors Can Increase Your Real Estate ROI
By Caroline Quick, Senior Principal at T3 Advisors Thanks to advances in workplace technology, we can gather data to create office spaces that support your employees’ working...
McNellis: Your Real Estate Empire-Build it or Buy it?
By John McNellis What’s your strategy in allocating capital between buying finished projects and doing development deals, what percentage of each do you...
Uptick in Mixed-Use Development: Key Trends, Strategies, Shaping Design
By Kenneth Nilmeier In the past decade, mixed-use has become one of the fastest-growing and most desired product types in the U.S. And...
McNellis: Understating Your Net Worth
By John McNellis If you’re in real estate, if you’re developing or simply investing in property, you’re in the business of borrowing money....
How to Plan and Manage Smoother Apartment Renovation Projects
By Lauri Moffet-Fehlberg & Chris Apostolopoulos Renovation projects, occupied or unoccupied, are seldom straightforward because, unlike new construction, they are challenged with the...
McNellis: Meals on Broken Wheels
By John McNellis What do DoorDash, GrubHub, Postmates and Uber Eats have in common with Lassie? Nothing. They’re dogs; Lassie’s a superstar. What...
Retail Double Whammy
By John Cumbelich The suburban shopping center business is not in crisis. But the simultaneous presence of two unsettling dynamics in the industry...
McNellis: Game of Phones
By John McNellis The International Council of Shopping Centers, far better known as the ICSC, gathers this weekend for its annual meeting in Las...
Connected Buildings, Connected Things and Security Concerns
By Scott M. Wornow Is your “smart building” connected? Is your high-tech office, residential building or entertainment facility, with embedded sensors, wireless networks, remote...
Tech is Bringing Changes to Construction
By Scott M. Wornow Digital technologies are disrupting the construction industry, which has been a notable laggard in technology adoption. For an industry that...