Back To The Factory: Cities Bet Big On The Return Of The Office
Quick Summary Audio Back to the Factory: Cities Bet Big on the Return of the Office By Angela O’Byrne, FAIA Facing an...
Editor’s Note – January-February 2023
The Bellringer After Quasimodo’s death, the bishop of the Cathedral of Notre Dame sent word far and wide that a new bellringer was needed. He decided to conduct the interviews in the belfry. Only one person applied for the job – an armless vagrant man with no name....
State Of Emergency In The Commercial Real Estate Market In Florida – An Insurance Claims Adjustor’s View
Ron Snouffer is the Owner and CEO of National Claims Negotiators [email protected] State of Emergency in the Commercial Real Estate Market in FloridaAn Insurance Claims Adjustor’s View Florida is no stranger to natural disasters. Every year the state deals with at...
Why Is Red For Republicans And Blue For Democrats?
Quick Summary Audio The Coriolis Effect Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792-1843) was a French mathematician, mechanical engineer, and...
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport — A Sustainable Design To Elevate The Passenger Experience
Quick Summary Audio Sustainability is one of the most often used words in the world of commercial...
The Cultural And Natural UNESCO World Heitage Sites Of The Ukraine
Quick Summary Audio The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage...
Editor’s Note – November-December 2022
On the first day of school, a language instructor was explaining to her adult education class that, in French, nouns, unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine and feminine. “House, in French, for example, is feminine – la maison. Pencil is masculine – le crayon,” she said.
The Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth II And King Charles III
Quick Summary Audio When Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8th (at the age of 96), she had been the British monarch for 70 years. A...
A New Blueprint For Sustainable Life: The Line
Quick Summary Audio (pic: Mohammed bin Salman) In 2021, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman released plans for a 100-mile linear...
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Stage Built With Insight) ABBA’s High-Tech Arena
Quick Summary Audio By Angela O’Byrne, FAIA With the internet buzzing about the impending rise of the metaverse and the rapid...
33 Properties On The World Heritage List Are In The United Kingdom
Quick Summary Audio This is the fourth installment in which we bring these world treasures to our readers country by country....
50 Properties on the World Heritage List Are In Spain
Quick Summary Audio This is the fifth installment in which we bring these world treasures to our readers country by country. See the...
King George III – The Last King of America
Quick Summary Audio King George III is identified in the title of a new book by Andrew Roberts as ‘the last king of America’, and this he was! He has...
Editor’s Note: September-October 2022
Phones- Wireless Cooking - Fireless Cars - Keyless Food - Fatless Tires -Tubeless Dress - Sleeveless Youth - Jobless Leaders - Shameless Relationships - Meaningless Attitudes - Careless Babies - Fatherless Feelings - Heartless Education - Valueless Children –...
Culture Island: Designing The New Abu Dhabi
Quick Summary Audio By Angela O’Byrne, FAIA For decades, Dubai has enjoyed a six-star reputation for the sumptuous, the ostentatious, and the...
33 Of UNESCO’S World Heritage Sites Are In The United Kingdom
Quick Summary Audio World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom This is the fourth installment in which we bring these world...
There Are Twenty World Heritage Sites in Canada And 14 More On the Tentative List
Quick Summary Audio There Are Twenty World Heritage Sites in Canada , And 14 More On The Tentative List.This...
Desert Rock – Integrating Architecture And Nature Into The Stunning Mountain Landscape Of Saudi Arabia
Quick Summary Audio The Spectacular Desert Rock Mountain Resort Desert Rock will...
Stay One Step Ahead With These 7 Valuable Pieces of Information
Quick Summary Audio What Is With This Heat?!?! We Asked an Expert The central part of the United States is burning! It...
The Texas entry in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) awards competition is Lowest Stemmons Project in Dallas.
Quick Summary Audio The Texas entry in...
Things You’ve Probably Wondered About More Than Once
Quick Summary Audio Things You’ve Probably Wondered About More Than Once Uncle Sam | John Bull Uncle Sam (which has the same initials as...
Instant History – Brooklyn’s Brand-New Art Deco Tower is Unparalleled in Height and Confidence
Quick Summary Audio ANGELA O’BYRNE is the president of national architecture, design-build, and real...
Lieberland – a real world place but also a virtual metropolis in the metaverse!
Quick Summary Audio Real Estate of the Future Liberland, officially the Free Republic of Liberland, is a...
The Freedom Riders – Civil Rights Activists Challenging the Status Quo in the Segregated South
Quick Summary Audio Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the...
20 Properties on the World Heritage List are in Canada
Quick Summary Audio UNESCO – Canada This is the third installment in which we bring these world treasures to our readers country by...
Editor’s Note – July-August 2022
Memorandum To: All Employees From: Administration Subject: Special High Intensity Training To assure the highest levels of quality work and productivity from employees, it will; be our policy to keep all employees well trained through our program of SPECIAL HIGH...
Editor’s Note – May/June 2022
zip file: AI CS + high res jpg My Birthday Yesterday was my birthday… and I didn't feel very well. Waking up, I went downstairs for breakfasthoping my wife would be cheerful and say, 'Happy Birthday!' and possibly have a small present for me.As it turned out, she...
Why Recycling Properly Is Important and How It Can Create Significant Cost Savings (Video Webinar)
Quick Summary Audio Reduce, Reuse and Recycle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGajqeZ0xsI&t=72s...
A Collection of Helpful and Interesting Information
Quick Summary Audio You Need (or might want) to Know Time Zone Bridge Have you ever thought about how strange our time zones are? When...
35 Properties on the World Heritage List are in Mexico
Quick Summary Audio This is the second installment in which we bring these world treasures to our readers country by country. See the...
Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
The United States Post Office began its Parcel Post service for fourth-class mail on January 1, 1913. Almost anything could be mailed parcel post, including day-old chicks, baby alligators, and honeybees. Only items that could be dangerous to handle could not be sent...
Phyllis Wheatley and Plessy v. Ferguson
Quick Summary Audio Phillis Wheatley was the first African American and second woman (after Anne Bradstreet) to publish a book of poems. Born around 1753...
Building Brand-First: BIG’s Consumer Destinations – San Pellegrino and The Plus
Quick Summary Audio Visitors to Italy have plenty of pilgrimages to choose from. You can tread the cobblestones of...
The Museum of the Future is Here Now
Quick Summary Audio Dubai is the capital and most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Established in the 18th century as a small fishing...
Pick or Click – A Story of Retail Sales
Quick Summary Audio I'm graduating from high school, and I'm an immature, non-thinking kid. So, I asked my parents, "All my special senior clothes must...
Shout Out
Quick Summary Audio 1. Camille Renshaw, the CEO of B+E was named to Commercial Property Executive’s 2021 “Executive of the Year” list. In its 24th year, the award is determined by a...
Ever notice how all of women’s problems start with men?
WOMAN has MAN in it… FEMALE has MALE in it…MADAME has ADAM in it…MENtal Illness MENtal Breakdown GUYnecologist MRS. has MR. in it…SHE has HE in it… MENstrual CrampsMENopauseHISterectomy A...
Whatever Happened To (Issue 2-2022)
Brenda Mae Tarpley (born in1944), known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer. She had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s ranking fourth in that decade, behind only Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. She is known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry", and...
Really Bad (But True And Funny) Headlines
March Planned For Next August Blind Bishop Appointed To See Lingerie Shipment Hijacked-Thief Gives Police The Slip L.A. Voters Approve Urban Renewal By Landslide Patient At Death's Door-Doctors Pull Him Through Latin Course To Be Canceled-No Interest Among Students,...
The Real Estate Roundtable Commends Bipartisan EB-5 Reform
Quick Summary Audio Long-overdue reforms in the investment visa program safeguard national security, deter fraud, and promote urban...
The Differences Between a Contractual Lien and a Statutory Lien
Quick Summary Audio “A promise must never be broken”– Alexander Hamilton When a landlord signs a commercial lease, it expects...
Unique Structural and Mechanical Requirements for Life Science Facilities in New York City
Quick Summary Audio Tara Mulrooney is a partner at the law firm Zetlin & De Chiara LLP in New...
Back To School: Easements 101 – What You Need to Know
Quick Summary Audio Georgia kids are heading back to school, so it is a perfect time for a primer on easements. An easement describes...
Potential Legal Issues Related to Co-Employment and Non-Employees
Quick Summary Audio “Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so?There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and...
Water Rights
Quick Summary Audio “Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” ― Samuel Taylor Coleridge There is no shortage of global crises these days: financial turmoil, poverty,...
Real Estate Agents’ Safety With Smart Tactics and Technology
Quick Summary Audio While being a real estate agent might seem like a safe job, that is not always the case. According to a NAR...
When Will Real Estate Innovation Help the Consumer?
Quick Summary Audio Grant Clayton is the co-founder of 1 Percent Lists [email protected] I began my real estate career in the spring of...
Foundations of Real Estate Online Learning Curriculum Offered by Urban Land Institute
The Urban Land Institute announced the launch of its new online learning curriculum, Foundations of Real Estate (FoRE), a key part of the Institute’s efforts to identify, diversify, and broaden the pool of young people interested in a real estate career. ULI is a...
People on the move
Quick Summary Audio Dave Dlugosh joined Balfour Beatty in Austin as General Superintendent Garrett Mickal, MAI joined NAI Partners in Houston as a Senior Vice President. Don...
Real Estate Research March/April Update
A new research brief published by the NAIOP Research Foundation reveals the reasons that tertiary markets favor local developers and why smaller industrial markets are attracting more interest from institutional investors. The survey and interviews revealed...
If a Dog Were Your Teacher, You Would Learn Stuff Like…
When loved ones come home, always run to greet them. Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride. Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your…
Spotlight on San Antonio
Quick Summary Audio San Antonio: Essential to National Defense, the Texas Economy and Local Employment What first comes to mind when you hear San Antonio? Is it the...
Discover 7 Things About The World’s First Space Hotel with Artificial Gravity
Quick Summary Audio Discover 7 Things About The World’s First Space Hotel with Artificial Gravity It’s been a...
23 Fun Facts (March/April 2022)
1. That’s stupid! Those who have an IQ between 0 and 24 are Idiots; IQs between 25 and 49 are considered Imbeciles; those who have an IQ between 50 and 74 are considered Morons; and those who have an IQ between 75 and 84 are considered Borderline. 2....
24 properties on the World Heritage List are in the United States
This is the first of a new series in which we bring these treasures to our readers. A Brief History In 1942, while WWII was going on, the governments of the European countries, which were confronting Nazi Germany and its allies, met in the United Kingdom for the...
March 2022 Affiliate Update
Quick Summary Audio The Board of Directors of CoreNet Global announced that it has elected a new slate of members beginning April 1, 2022: Elected to serve a...
Burning Arguments: the Restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris
Quick Summary Audio by Angela O’Byrne, FAIA Nearly three years ago, the world watched in stunned disbelief as Notre-Dame de Paris...
Find your passion, stay true to your story, and accelerate your career
In Brand With Purpose: Find Your Passion, Stay True to Your Story, and Accelerate Your Career real estate phenomenon and highly sought-after speaker Ivan Estrada shares critical lessons about personal growth and self-discovery―from his early precocious...
Diversions
Jack and Jill Jack and Jill went up the hill.They each had a quarter.Jill came down with fifty cents.You think they went up for water? You lie, and I’ll swear to it…. A businessman was interviewing applicants for the position of divisional manager. He devised a simple...
Lease Concessions and COVID-19 – What You Need to Know
Quick Summary Audio Ane Ohm is a CPA and CEO of [email protected] Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in...
Technology is Disrupting the Residential Real Estate Industry During the Pandemic
Quick Summary Audio Alex Doubet is the Founder/CEO of Door, Inc. (Door.com), a residential real estate startup...