ZIBA HQ INTERIOR SNEAK PREVIEW Recently, I had a chance to see the interiors of the new Ziba Headquarters Building in the Pearl District. The building is slated for completion and occupancy in August with Ziba taking the entire 2nd floor and 3rd floors. The interior design reminds me a bit of the Weiden+Kennedy offices with floating [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Who’s On The Move – Week Ending 5/22/09
Posted in build to suit, commercial real estate, Green Building, headquarters, lease, LEED, new office, office brokerage, office space, oregon, portland, square feet, tagged commercial real estate, for lease, holst architecture, LEED, office space, pearl district, retail space, unum, venne, world headquarters, ziba on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Weave Gets A Green Weave
Posted in build to suit, commercial real estate, Green Building, lease, LEED, new office, office brokerage, office space, oregon, portland, square feet, Trends, tagged commercial real estate, doug fir, eco roof, lease, LEED, office space, skylab, square feet, weave building on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Slated for the corner of SW 13th and Burnside, the Weave Building, a Skylab Architecture designed office building, is now including a rooftop garden with 2,500 square feet of plantings and around 750 square feet for people to enjoy them. Skylab is known around Portland for designing such popular hangouts as the Doug Fir and Departure (The [...]
Who’s On The Move – Week Ending 5/15/09
Posted in commercial real estate, Green Building, headquarters, lease, LEED, new office, office brokerage, office space, oregon, portland, square feet, Trends, tagged adp, fleet concepts, green lease, marshall gardens, office space, PCC, perkins coie, portland community college, renewals on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
GREEN LEASES – HOW TO AVOID PAYING TOO MUCH GREEN TO BE GREEN With the official “push” by both state and federal government to attract and build up the sustainable practices industry, it’s no wonder that “green” leases are becoming increasingly popular across a wide swath of industries. But this is unchartered territory, so plan [...]
Green Remodel For Downtown PCC Offices
Posted in build to suit, commercial real estate, Green Building, headquarters, lease, LEED, new office, office brokerage, office space, oregon, portland, square feet, tagged commercial real estate, Green Building, LEED, office, office space, PCC, portland community college, remodel, seismic, SERA, square feet, willamette block on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Due for completion in December 2009, the Willamette Block, located at 722 SW Second on the corner of Yamhill, is currently undergoing a $7 million renovation in preparation for the arrival of Portland Community College staff and administrators. The 35,000 square foot building used to house the U of O Duck Shop until the University of [...]
A New Home for Elemental Technologies
Posted in commercial real estate, headquarters, lease, new office, office brokerage, office space, oregon, portland, square feet, start up, tagged 620 building, commercial real estate, elemental technologies, lease, office space, oregon, portland, software, square feet, startups on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of Portland’s successful startups, Elemental Technologies, has found a new home in a downtown location. The software firm has leased 4,500 square feet (just a little over half a floor) on the 4th floor of the 620 Building (620 SW Fifth Avenue). The building is 12 stories tall with 103,000 square feet of space. [...]
Great Downtown Office Sublease
Posted in commercial real estate, downsizing, new office, office brokerage, office space, oregon, square feet, start up, sublease, Vacancies, tagged iterasi, lease, office space, oregon, pioneer park building, pioneer square, portland, square feet, sublease on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It appears Iterasi is seeking a subtenant for their offices at the Pioneer Park Building in downtown Portland. The local software firm made the leap across the Columbia River last summer into 4,141 SF of office space overlooking Pioneer Square. Their space is now being marketed for sublease by a local real estate firm as [...]
Who’s On The Move – Week Ending 5/8/09
Posted in commercial real estate, headquarters, lease, new office, office brokerage, office space, oregon, portland, square feet, start up, sublease, Trends, vancouver, tagged columbian, commercial real estate, earth class mail, edward jones, HSVT, innovative care management, kleinfelder, office space, peci, regents bank, square feet, the oregon clinic, todd organization on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
C.E. JOHN BUILDING LANDS BANK TENANT Regents Bank has leased one of four offices in the C.E. John Co.’s new two-story building along the Columbia River at 2001 S.E. Columbia River Drive, next door to Beaches Restaurant & Bar. The bank will move a staff of 13 employees into the ground-floor space this fall. Regents [...]
Community Banks May Bite the Dust
Posted in build to suit, building sale, commercial real estate, downsizing, Green Building, office space, Trends, tagged banking system, commercial loans, commercial real estate, community banks, default, delinquency, office development on May 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
While the fed report indicates our banking system can further endure a recession (pass the stress test), there is still a river full of troubled waters ahead for many. For starters, banking system discussions by the government have largely focused on big institutions with little or no information shared regarding smaller banks. But more than 150 small and medium-sized U.S. banks are currently failing and expected to [...]
iQ Credit Union Moves to Downtown Vancouver
Posted in build to suit, building sale, commercial real estate, headquarters, lease, new office, office space, square feet, Vacancies, vancouver, tagged citizen's service building, iQ Credit Union, office building, square feet, vancouver on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With the recent exit of numerous retail, and some office, tenants in downtown, the relocation of a thriving financial group to the Vancouver CBD is a welcomed change. iQ Credit Union has made the move into a new headquarters building located in downtown Vancouver. The $10.5 million office building will hold 40 employees for the [...]
Who’s On the Move – Week Ending 5/1/09
Posted in commercial real estate, headquarters, lease, new office, office brokerage, office space, oregon, portland, start up, vancouver, tagged auctionpay, brighton enterprises, lease, lincoln tower, office space, relocated, square feet, thirty third place, triangle corp park, zapproved on May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our First Quarter Report was released early last week and the numbers bear out what we predicted back in December 2008, which is to say vacancy is up and rates are down. August is the predicted low point with flat growth through the balance of 2009. A few tips to keep in mind if you [...]
National Real Estate Investor- RECon 2012 Roundup May 25, 2012A myriad of project announcements, deals and product launches came during ICSC’s RECon show in Las Vegas. Here’s a rundown of some of the news.
- RECon 2012 Roundup May 25, 2012
- JLL GreenBlog
- Sustainability Initiatives and Shareholder Value (VIDEO)Posted by: Michael Jordan Strategic Consulting Many service companies are developing sustainability programs, but few are actually integrating sustainability into their core business activities. In the video below, I describe the experience of KeyBank, which is creating a sustainability program focused on shareholder value. Recycling and energy efficiency pr […]
- Sustainability Initiatives and Shareholder Value (VIDEO)
- Retail Traffic
- RECon 2012: A Return to Normalcy May 24, 2012At ICSC's RECon 2012 there was optimism. There were full halls. And, most importantly, deals were getting done.
- RECon 2012: A Return to Normalcy May 24, 2012
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