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The Importance of Keeping Your Business’s Information Confidential
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Surprisingly, most commercial real estate firms proactively submit details about their clients’ lease information to news publications and CoStar, the commercial real estate version of the Multiple Listing Service. They then pat themselves on the back statistically while their clients’ real estate commitments are there for the world to see. “We think this is fundamentally…
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Hughes Marino was recently named one of the 2012 Best Places to Work in San Diego. The annual list of the Best Places to Work in San Diego is brought to you by the San Diego Business Journal, Best Companies Group, and was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in San Diego, benefiting the county’s…
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How many products or hours of service does your company sell to retain $1.00 in net income? Instead of selling more products or hours of service, think about ways to reduce occupancy costs. Major expenses that companies incur are payroll, research and development, insurance, marketing, and real estate. Payroll, insurance, and research and development are difficult to justify cutting. What…
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A lease expiration is one of those down-the-road events that just seem to creep up on you faster than anticipated. All too often, the lease negotiation process does not obtain enough attention until close to the end of the current lease term.
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Has the San Diego commercial real estate market turned the corner? Not so fast. Only certain areas in San Diego, namely biotech space and Class A office buildings, are hot to trot. Rental rates are slowly climbing and vacancies are dropping for these building types as we just rounded up the first quarter of 2011.
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Did you know? Landlord billing errors do exist. But with the right expert on your lease audit team, you can identify and recover those errors—potentially saving you millions. Millions of dollars in recoveries can be achieved . With an expert conducting a thorough examination of pass-through and other occupancy-related expenses, you’re not leaving valuable savings on the table. Time is of…
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As the commercial real estate market moves through its cyclical ups and downs, there are many windows of opportunity that periodically open up for savvy tenants to pounce on when the timing is right. Of course, it’s also important to always keep in mind the old adage of “look before you leap” – especially with longer term lease commitments that…
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Hughes Marino congratulates principal and executive vice president David Marino for his election to CommNexus San Diego’s Board of Directors. Community leadership is a key component of our company culture at Hughes Marino, and we are pleased to recognize David and support his efforts on behalf of CommNexus. CommNexus is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the growth of the…
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Hughes Marino congratulates partner John Jarvis for his election to a three year term of service on the YMCA Camping Branch Board of Directors. Community leadership is a key component of our company culture at Hughes Marino, and we are pleased to recognize John and support his efforts on behalf of the YMCA. The YMCA Camping Branch, celebrating its 90th…
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Rental rates for commercial space are still declining and bargains for tenants remain plentiful. Real estate values have crumbled anywhere from 25-40%, but it does not appear a mass exodus has occurred at the investor level. Are we at the bottom? Who knows, but U.S. unemployment rates are holding near the 10% mark. Will it increase or decrease? That’s the…
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Hughes Marino salutes Steven Gorup, a project engineer and member of the Hughes Marino CM team, for his commitment to the cause of autism as chair of this year’s 7th annual San Diego Walk Now for Autism Speaks, an event that takes place September 10, 2011. Three years ago Steven decided to get involved with Autism Speaks thanks in large…