Location Advice

• Delivering the Keys, Commercial Real Estate Decisions that Shape Family Business Success October 16, 2026
  In 1984, when I began my career in commercial real estate, I could scarcely have imagined the journey that awaited me. Thousands of buildings toured, hundreds of transactions completed, countless relationships formed, and more lessons learned than I could possibly enumerate. Now, 42 years later, I’ve decided to write another book, and this one is directed […]
• The NEW Normal? October 9, 2026
  “We’re going to see interest rates below 10% for a prolonged period, and maybe even down into the 8% range.”  I remember hearing predictions like this early in my commercial real estate career and thinking they were fanciful. After all, I entered the business in 1984, when the bank prime rate averaged just over 12% […]
• CREi Summit October 2, 2026
  Last week, I spent a glorious three days in Savannah, Georgia. You see, “working out loud,” a phrase we discussed last week, rewarded me with the title Commercial Real Estate Influencer, or CREi for short. You might wonder why the “i” is lowercase. As CREi founder Ken Ashley of Cushman & Wakefield explained, it’s intentional. The […]
• Work Out Loud September 25, 2026
  In a land far away but not so long ago, my wife encouraged me to “work out loud.” A foreign concept at first, but brilliant in its simplicity. You see, in 2009, Carla was introduced to social media marketing while earning an advanced degree in apparel manufacturing from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, better […]
• US Cities September 18, 2026
  I’m penning this column from one of our great U.S. cities, Chicago, Illinois. The scale of the downtown area is overwhelming. Massive skyscrapers rise from the banks of the Chicago River as it meanders toward Lake Michigan. The El bangs along rickety tracks in its endless loop around downtown. Of all the major metropolitan areas […]