Author: Jason Hughes
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The Quiet Power of Gratitude
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By Jason Hughes In the fast-paced life cycle of business, we spend much of our time focused on what’s next: the next client, the next milestone, the next strategic move. That forward momentum is healthy. It drives performance and pushes us to improve. But without pausing to reflect and practice gratitude, it’s easy to become
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Despite the Covid-19 pandemic taking a catastrophic toll on many U.S.-based businesses, Hughes Marino bolstered its reach by adding a Denver office to its fleet of locations, including Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, Seattle, San Francisco, East Bay and New York. “We added the Denver office in the fourth quarter of last year, with the grand opening of Denver…
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I got a call from a reporter asking about my individual position, as well as our company’s position, on a recent California draft Senate Bill (SB 939) that would provide potential rental relief for companies who suffered catastrophic loss of business due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reporter assumed I would of course support it given my stance on only…
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As an eighth-grader in his hometown of San Mateo, Jason Hughes was paired up with a local commercial real estate broker for “Take a Kid to Work Day.” The experience turned out to be a life-changer for the young man of modest means, starting him on a path to a highly successful career. Today, he is president and CEO of…
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Nearly a decade after a fiscal crisis earned the city of San Diego the tagline “Enron by the Sea,” America’s eighth-largest city has yet to shake the nickname—or the budget woes. So when Jason Hughes offered to perform for free a service that would normally have set the cash-strapped city back about a million dollars, it seemed like a deal…
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From the outside, the Hughes Marino building on Front and Beech streets is unobtrusive. Built of aged brick and surrounded by busy city life, this office building in the heart of downtown San Diego is more like a home away from home for the family that works here. Jason Hughes, president of Hughes Marino and his son Tucker Hughes are…
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By Lou Hirsh San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has signed a letter of intent to relocate a portion of city operations to the downtown office tower at 525 B St., in a move the mayor said will save the city $3 million annually in leasing costs. The action, which is subject to final lease negotiations
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San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has arranged a deal that is projected to save the city more than $15.7 million over the next six years, merely by shifting the public utilities and engineering departments down one block on B Street. More than 400 employees at 600 B St. will be involved in the move, which involves a sharp reduction in…
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San Diego Mayor Bob Filner announced Monday that his volunteer lease negotiator has struck a deal that is expected to save the city up to $15.8 million over five years with a new lease for at least 77,000 square feet of office space. The city will pay $1.25 per square foot, down from the current $2.62 for the public utilities…
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“The communications are leaning in that direction (of moving) but they haven’t specified what project they’re looking at the hardest or if they have decided on a specific project,” Shapery said. The most talked about option is the block bounded by J and Island, Seventh and Eighth Avenues, just north of Petco Park, where Cisterra Development has proposed a 14-…
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Jason Hughes previously negotiated the city’s downtown leases and offered months ago to do the same job again for free. His offer was denied at the time — but on Wednesday, Filner announced he’d do it after all. The long delay in approving someone to fill the role has created a huge time crunch: Hughes must now address three of…