HM Blog
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Silicon Valley Market Outlook
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Four years after the onset of Covid-19, the commercial real estate market in Silicon Valley is still adapting to the long-term impact of the pandemic. With approximately half of office leases signed before Covid yet to expire, many tenants have not addressed their surplus space resulting from the shift to remote and hybrid work. The…
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Effective today, CBRE dismissed, with prejudice, the lawsuit it filed last July against Hughes Marino for being an alleged co-conspirator to steal CBRE’s trade secrets. After recognizing that Hughes Marino never stole or misappropriated anything, CBRE was forced to dismiss the suit as part of a settlement agreement with its former top brokers who left CBRE last summer.
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Through the years I have used a simple graph to explain a concept about market pricing and value. At some point I started calling it the “Jarvis Value Model,” and whenever I draw it on a whiteboard I always add a copyright symbol, you know, just in case. As an economics major at the University of California, Santa Barbara, I…
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While 2017 was a year packed with exciting changes for Hughes Marino as a whole, it also marked a monumental year of growth and creativity for our marketing team. Tasked with the exciting challenge to develop an entirely new brand identity, we knew we needed to highlight Hughes Marino’s elevated sense of style, attention to detail and unique culture. Led…
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This past Friday Hughes Marino flew our entire ninety-person team for an all-hands gathering in our newest office overlooking Puget Sound in Seattle. That’s a lot of plane tickets. And a lot of lost productivity for this hard-charging and highly productive team. Or maybe it was actually the highest and best use of our time; coming together, in person to…
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I’ve been fortunate to have many very special experiences, both personal and professional, with my family. But the morning of June 12, 2017, certainly ranks as one of the top professional experiences I can think of.
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In 2005 I joined, what was then and is still today, the world’s largest commercial real estate brokerage company. For 12 years, I built my portfolio of clients providing them the best service I was capable of providing. During my tenure, I was consistently recognized as a top performer both within my former organization and industry-wide. In 2015, I was…
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One of the most impactful decisions a student can make after college is selecting a career path. Stressful? Yes. Intimidating? Definitely. Life changing? Absolutely. But where do you begin? While the feat may be intimidating, the path to getting there is obvious: do absolutely everything you can now to prepare yourself for success in the future. Feeling overwhelmed? You’re not…
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We are honored to announce that Hughes Marino’s COO and Owner Shay Hughes was recently named a Women of Influence by L.A. Biz! Shay made the list along with 26 other inspirational women who have made a significant impact across Southern California. We are humbled to have Shay recognized among so many accomplished women. Each of the honorees were asked…
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To paraphrase Dr. Seuss, oh the games that landlords will play. Building measurement is one of those games. It is a complicated subject, to be sure. In this paper, I will hit the basics including BOMA, the changing BOMA Standard over time, a few key concepts and phrases and the latest strategies landlords are using to grow their buildings and…
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CBRE Group is the world’s largest “full service” commercial real estate services firm, with 70,000 employees in 400 offices and 2015 annual revenues of $10.9 Billion. Truly impressive. And problematic. You see, CBRE’s business model is to serve both property investors and the companies that occupy those investment properties. They want to represent the buyer and the seller, the landlord…
