In an interesting turn of events, the “greening” of America has slowed down in at least one sector; commercial real estate. Why does this matter? Because commercial properties account for a significant portion of our carbon footprint and the continued push toward building designs that minimize that footprint are vital to achieving a respectable decrease in [...]
Archive for October, 2009
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Posted in build to suit, building sale, commercial real estate, Forecast, Green Building, lease, LEED, new office, office space, square feet, Trends, tagged commercial real estate, Green Building, LEED, lending, office buildings, office space, square feet, sustainable practices, Urban land Institute on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Who’s On The Move – Week Ending 10/23/09
Posted in build to suit, commercial real estate, downsizing, Green Building, headquarters, lease, LEED, new office, office brokerage, office space, portland, rental rate, square feet, start up, sublease, Trends, Vacancies, vancouver, tagged baker ellis, collins foundation, commercial real estate, first choice, garagegames, infocus, lease, morris bratt, office space, phoseon, relocation, renewal, rent per square foot, rental rate, RIM tec, RIS insurance, square feet, wel group, zapproved on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TechDex (apps|provider|hardware|var) Central Business District GarageGames – 618 Building | 618 NW Glisan | 6,500 SF expansion Westside InFocus – Triangle Corp Pk Bldg 2 | 13190 SW 68th Pkwy | 18,079 SF RIM Tec – Oswego Towne Sq | 3 Monroe Pkwy | 3,567 SF Zapproved – Sunset Center | 19075 NW Tanasbourne Dr [...]
Who’s On The Move – Week Ending 10/16/09
Posted in commercial real estate, downsizing, headquarters, lease, new office, office brokerage, office space, oregon, portland, square feet, start up, sublease, Trends, vancouver, tagged aop technologies, collins companies, comcast cable holdings, congress center, cornell oaks, delta financial, entrix, mainz brady, marten law, office buildings, office lease rates, office spaces, per square foot, relocation, rental rate, square feet, sublease, xpand on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SustainDex (environmental|sustainable|clean/bio tech) Central Business District Entrix – Columbia Square | 111 SW Columbia St | 4,936 SF Collins Companies – Riviera Plaza | 1618 SW First Ave | 14,520 SF renewal TechDex (apps|provider|hardware|var) Westside XpanD Inc – Cornelll Oaks | 15201 NW Greenbrier | 15,438 SF Vancouver AOP Technologies – Quad 205 Biz Park [...]
Mercy Corps Debuts LEED Platinum HQ
Posted in build to suit, building sale, commercial real estate, Green Building, headquarters, lease, LEED, new office, office brokerage, office space, oregon, portland, square feet, Trends, tagged city of portland, commercial real estate, headquarters, jeld wen, LEED, lemelson foundation, mercy corps, office lease, Old Town, portland development commission, Saturday Market, square feet, sustainable architecture, tha architecture, wells fargo on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mercy Corps finally unveiled their new headquarters (28 SW First) on Thursday, October 9, 2009. Located on the old Saturday Farmers Market site by the Burnside Bridge in Old Town, the project is a combination of old and new to create a building that totals 85,000 square feet at a cost of $37 million. The building has been certified LEED [...]
Who’s On The Move – Week Ending 10/09/09
Posted in commercial real estate, downsizing, Green Building, headquarters, lease, LEED, new office, office brokerage, office space, oregon, portland, square feet, start up, sublease, Trends, Vacancies, vancouver, tagged bonneville billing, celestial solstice, columbia shores, commercial real estate, coyote logistics, downsizing, ford building, hampton affiliates, hampton management, inflow systems, LD jellison, lease, lease rates, leasing, mccormick and schmick's, mentor oregon, new offices, office space, oregon jewish museum, radio popper, rate per square foot, renewal, SAP, square feet, wells fargo, Whipple Duyck on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Activity has definitely picked up post Labor Day, with many firms looking to upgrade their space now that rates are the lowest they’ve been in at least 3 years. The larger tenants are continuing to renew, such as Wells Fargo, but a few are making moves to newer space. McCormick & Schmick’s will be vacating the [...]
Who’s On The Move – Week Ending 10/2/09
Posted in commercial real estate, downsizing, headquarters, lease, new office, office brokerage, office space, oregon, portland, square feet, start up, sublease, vancouver, tagged bank of america, benefit partners, columbia tech center, east2west studios, Eastridge Business Park, epicor, H5 ventures, kruse woods II, lease, lease rates in portland, new office space, northwest reading clinic, oak tree insurance, office space, pacific corporate center, rental rates, sacagawea, square feet, washington state auditors office on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TechDex (apps|provider|hardware|var) Westside Epicor – Pacific Corp Center | 6650 SW Redwood Lane | 3,517 SF renewal MediaDex (traditional|digital|research) Central Business District East2West – 4815 SW Macadam Ave | 5,100 SF GeneralBizDex (consulting|finance|insurance|legal|other) Central Business District Benefit Partners – Bank of America | 121 SW Morrison | 2,450 SF H5 Ventures – Macadam Center | [...]
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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