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Facebook Oculus Spends $106MM on Redmond Facilities Expansion
By Kelsey Graeber In January, Matt Day of the Seattle Times stated that “Facebook is reshaping Seattle as a virtual, augmented reality hub.”...
McNellis: Could California Flame Out?
By John McNellis The phone rang early yesterday. “Well, our center’s still standing,” my partner said. “Whoa.” “The fire’s only a couple blocks...
Still Room for Growth in Housing Market
Industry perspectives from PCBC 2018 By Erica A. Bose, Mathew A. Wyman and Christopher D. Stark Developers, capital providers and other industry professionals...
Why the U.S. Housing Market Will End Up Like Japan’s
By Tyree Nelson Housing start stats. You’ve got to love them. One month they’re up, the next month they’re down. What’s an astute...
McNellis: Uber’s Johnny Cab Future
By John McNellis While Uber isn’t exactly driving straight to the bank, it may get there yet. The company has ripped through $10...
Is This Going to Crush Rents in Seattle?
by Wolf Richter A phenomenal onslaught of the wrong kind of supply. Crane-counters in the metropolitan area of Seattle have long had an...
Screwed: Brokers Tell-All
“Business is the polar opposite of a high school dance—you can always find someone to screw you.” By John McNellis “Dear John: I...
Online Dating
By John Cumbelich The real estate industry’s version of online dating can be found in places with names like LoopNet, Crexi, Commercial Search,...
McNellis: Many Happier Returns
Solving E-Commerce’s Challenge to Traditional Retail Comes in Small Packages By John McNellis Before the Wall Street Journal pontificates again about retail’s demise,...
McNellis: Does WeWork at All?
Company discloses $1 billion losses in bond offering By John McNellis [dropcap]W[/dropcap]all Street’s biggest houses just hawked $702 million in junk bonds for...
McNellis: Seeing the Forest for the Trees
By John McNellis If you are an entrepreneur, you are an optimist. You have to be. And, Pollyanna aside, it is no simple...
Russ Solomon, R.I.P.
By John Cumbelich [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he world of retail lost an inimitable icon last week with the passing of Russ Solomon, the founder of Tower...
