Detroit is a fascinating example of stark contrasts. After spending the better part of a week there with 4,000 other real estate professionals at the Urban Land Institute Spring Meeting, I am inspired, impressed and…

As the real estate industry braces for what is likely to be a challenging point in the boom/bust cycle, getting each commercial lease over the finish line takes on greater importance and requires greater finesse. As each lease...

This month we explore the intersection of corporate real estate and the co-working revolution that is transforming office use globally. This was the topic of conversation at a recent meeting of Fortune 100 company real estate executives…

As we move into 2018, the challenges faced by brick and mortar retail continue to garner interest. Armchair pundits loudly proclaim New York City retail is in especially deep decline. But the facts don't support this conclusion…

For those of us in the retail real estate industry, the December announcement that Unibail-Rodamco, Europe’s largest listed commercial property company, reached an agreement to purchase Westfield, the owner of Class A malls, was big news.

As a strong 2017 accelerates to a close, we’ve picked our heads up for a moment to look ahead. Here’s what we see in two of the real estate sectors that we’re active in, based on our own book of business, industry forecasts…

If you’re thinking that the cultivation, transformation, or retail distribution of cannabis would be a good use for your property, keep in mind that the use, cultivation, and transportation of marijuana is illegal under federal law…

As we move into the fall season of a year studded by hard-to-conceive-of events, capped (so far) by the horrific devastation of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, we are struck by two recent hard-to-believe innovations that could further…

A stellar panel of retail real estate experts convened last week in New York City for the Urban Land Institute’s Reinventing Retail program to answer this $64,000 question: what’s in store for retail real estate? Here’s what they had to say…

Spring is (finally) in the air and it’s a great time to evaluate what your company stands to gain by taking advantage of the fresh perspective new leasing counsel can provide. Here are three ways that a new attorney can save you time and money…

This April, we turn our attention to tax reform and its effect on the real estate industry. A variety of real estate associations, including the Real Estate Roundtable, the ICSC, and the National Association of Realtors are…

As we move further into the new year, change is palpably in the air. The inclination to cling to what’s comfortable and familiar is being challenged everywhere. From our vantage point on the front lines of the legal leasing process…

With or without the Affordable Care Act, the healthcare landscape will continue to evolve, and it's altogether likely that today’s urgent care center, which did not exist yesterday, will be unrecognizable tomorrow.

Having just witnessed one of the most important transitions in U.S. and world history with the 2016 Presidential election, and having just participated in ULI’s Fall Meeting and the ICSC Law Conference, I’m focused on making sense of it all.

Attending ULI and ICSC conferences is like being in a giant petri dish where I (and my colleagues) can focus on improving the fundamental underpinnings of the legal leasing process in ways that are not possible when we are back at our desks.

Now that fall is upon us, we are enjoying the immediacy of meeting our clients’ third-quarter leasing goals. Our success in meeting these goals, quarter after quarter, is fueled by a holistic approach to the legal leasing process…

The importance of systemic thinking is graphically illustrated by the parable of the blind men and the elephant. Depending on what part of the elephant the blind men feel, it could be a snake or a rug. The same…

We recently attended two real estate conferences: the ULI Spring Meeting in Philadelphia, and the ICSC annual RECON show in Las Vegas. We shared market intel with thousands of real estate colleagues about getting deals done while the…

These hazy days of summer are anything but quiet in our corner of the real estate market. As we work on retail, office, and industrial leases across the country, we’ve recently navigated treacherous terrain in the Red Zone…

As we move with our clients into one of the busiest times of the year, the intensity with which we drive ourselves to produce extraordinary results often gets in the way of taking a step back to evaluate whether we’re working smarter, or just…