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It is my pleasure to serve on the Board of Advisors for YMCA Overnight Camps, where we oversee three great year-round resident camps: Camp Surf, Camp Marston and Raintree Ranch. It was in a conversation about Raintree Ranch, a camp where kids learn to ride and care for horses, where I learned something interesting. A…
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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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Finding the best deal when leasing commercial real estate demands strategy. You might be a poker player who knows how to hold your cards close to your vest. Or, you may be something of a chess master, always thinking three steps ahead. Those strategies are key—but neither is more important than knowing how to read “leasing microclimates.”
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Virtual and augmented reality, once pipe-dreams of sci-fi enthusiasts, are now officially part of our generation’s reality. Every year computing power increases exponentially, allowing technological developments like the ability to visualize data in ways never before imagined. Most industries have always been limited by 2D digital representations, but will soon be irrevocably affected by the new horizon of interactive, 3D…
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As a commercial real estate broker, sometimes I feel like I am haggling over pennies. When rental rates are quoted on a monthly basis, we can be negotiating for days over $.05 per square foot! Are we crazy? Is this sheer lunacy? It sure doesn’t sound like a lot of money when it is put in these terms. But it…
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In the 2010 movie “Knight and Day” starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, one of the most memorable scenes is when Tom Cruise’s character tells Cameron Diaz’s character that her life expectancy is much higher with him than without him. Cruise uses his hand and sharply cuts the air in front of her at her waist level saying “without me”…
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Recently I had the honor of serving on a CLE panel for the Orange County Bar Association alongside fellow attorney David Wensley, managing partner at Cox, Castle & Nicholson, and my colleague at Hughes Marino, commercial real estate broker Tucker Hughes. We were invited to speak to the audience of 50+ attorneys regarding various issues in the current – and…
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It should come as no surprise that the internet is one of the most widely used tools for searching for real estate. Companies like Zillow have secured real estate’s foothold on internet search patterns and consumers are usually better off for it. What is less understood is how companies use the internet to aid them in their corporate real estate…
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Since 2008 the conversations taking place in economics, politics, and media have primarily focused on the global recession and, more specifically, dismal unemployment rates. For this reason it can be difficult to think about signs pointing to an approaching workforce deficit as an actual concern. However, organizations from Stanford University to Kelly Services all agree that the data suggest highly…
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Commercial real estate has rebounded in most parts of San Diego County. So much so that it has been on a tear in the Class A office space arena during the last 18 months, with rents spiking between 25-40%.