A number of years ago, I was near a building that had a natural gas leak in the basement, which ultimately caused a fire and destroyed the building. This week…
Read MoreI’m going to a national convention next week with 30,000 of my closest friends. While preparing, I started thinking about whether I’m selling upstream or working downstream. Whether at a…
When it comes to maximizing a career in real estate, Auburn University has gotten it right. Since 2010, the College of Architecture, Design and Construction and the College of Business have partnered to offer…
This year, we celebrate 3 decades. Over these years, I have learned that people typically feel “sold” by a company or service provider. But people naturally trust and connect with…
I just returned from the ICSC ReCON conference in Las Vegas, which some refer to as “the Super Bowl of real estate.” About 40,000 from the industry attended, and I…
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking to Auburn University’s Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) Class of 2015. MRED is a post graduate track offered jointly by the University’s College of Architecture, Design and Construction and the College of…
For the last nine years, I have spent the second weekend of my year at the Sewanee–The University of the South, participating in a solid program called Beyond the Gates. About…
These days, we are involved in several multi-use, multi-level projects, both suburban and urban. When these structures go vertical–due to space constraints or other reasons–they are often a mix with…
We thought January would be a good time to take advantage of this season of new beginnings. We enlisted the expertise of Jennifer Cole Conn who owns The Farmhouse, a food…
We recently we had a project where very tight tolerances for the floor finishes were important. I thought I would share what this measuring system is all about, and give…
