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Downtown Cousins: Brownfields, Urban Redevelopment and Adaptive Reuse
Growing up, I often visited South Georgia, where my father told me what it was like in the early days of a cotton farmer. As I recall, they would plant…
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How Big is Your Lunch Table?
In the 1960s, the amount of office space allocated to an individual was a direct indicator of your status at a company. Bigger was better, with CEOS working in sprawling…
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ICSC Recap: Things Are Looking Up
This week, I attended 2013 RECon Las Vegas, or the “ICSC” as it is commonly called. It was an impactful 4 days, with 30,000 of my closest friends from around…
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Construction Industry Update
Last week, I had breakfast with Ken Simonson, chief economist with the Associated General Contractors of America. While we see a good bit of positive news, it was interesting to…
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Immigration Reform: A Trip to the White House
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet with several senior advisors to the National Economic Council in Washington DC. Our “Gang of Nine” business leaders from the South included people involved…
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What’s Ahead for Commercial Real Estate From an Investment Veteran
Retirement is a strange word to me, as it seems few people ever really stop working. Perhaps we just shift our interests a bit. Last week, I was talking with the recently…
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Takeaways from the C-Suite: ICSC Open Air
“If you dislike change, you’re going to dislike irrelevance even more,” General Eric Shinseki, former Chief of Staff of the Army. To me, this quote sums up my takeaways from…
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Tilt Wall vs Masonry Construction
Last year, we constructed more buildings using tilt wall construction as compared to years past. I started to investigate. While sometimes there is very little cost difference, there’s the value…
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On the Radar: Construction in 2013 and Beyond
With 2013 only a few days away, it seems like everyone’s looking ahead. Here’s a snapshot of what we’re seeing going into next year. Fewer subcontractors and vendors. This is…
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GPR for Pre-Construction
We have been in the preconstruction phase of a brownfield project for about 18 months. In the process, we have been using a relatively new and still evolving set of…