Following on the theme of my last blog, I wanted to expound on the idea that time is the most important thing a tenant broker has control over.  I mentioned that only chasing clients with either set lease expirations or who are running out of space is a great way to ensure you don’t...
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For those of you running around with Alpharetta deals right now, this is going to be good news for you. The two buildings at Parkway 400 are back on the leasing market. To clarify, those buildings are right across the street from what will be the new Avalon development.
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Over the past year, I have spent about 40% of my time helping Patrick Braswell and Scotland Wright on a software company called Ten Eight For those of you who don’t know, it is a company that is focused on eliminating the paper tour book and revolutionizing the way companies evaluate commercial space. A few...
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About 3 years ago I read the book The Blue Ocean Strategy and it changed the way I viewed not only the commercial real estate landscape, but also my own career.  When I began to look at myself as a broker and the commercial real estate brokerage shops as a whole, I realized one very...
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What is the future of office space?  This is a question that I ask myself all of the time.  Take my office for example.  We’ve got a 53 year old, a 32 year old, and two 25 year olds.  Right there is already a problem.  We’ve got 3 different generations that like 3 distinct office types....
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I’ve been asked this question by enough clients, that it is time to put it out on the internet.  So, here is a rough breakdown on the cost per cube to move from one office suite to another. $125.00 per cube to break down $50.00 per cube to move $250.00 per cube to set back...
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Good question and one that I’ve been asking myself as well for the last several months.  So much so, that I even went through an exercise that can be found in the book, The Blue Ocean Strategy. So, what did I discover?  I discovered that if you look at who commercial real estate firms...
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I know that I do this a lot, but I can’t help myself….  Duke Long inspired, yet, another idea for a blog post.  The idea comes from his most recent blog post Commercial Real Estate Must Kill the PDF!.  Love this post, and it got me thinking of something that annoys me here in Atlanta with...
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I must admit, I think that the iPad is one of the coolest things going right now.  I’ve been to Best Buy on several occasions looking at them.  I’ve taken my nephew’s iPad for a day, and loved it.  However, I’ve been struggling to purchase one because I couldn’t find a real use for...
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We’ve spoken, before, about potential changes in how leases will show up on corporations’ books:  Office Space Leases: Will There be Changes Affecting Accounting Treatment for Corporations?  Well, it looks like the topic is now starting to get a little more press.  Below is an excerpt from the Atlanta Business Chronicle regarding the changes and how they...
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