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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It’s interesting looking back at the commercial real estate brokerage industry over the last 30 years. Brokerage is a fantastic business, offering incredible financial opportunities and work independence for aspiring entrepreneurial-minded real estate strategists. But it also comes with high risk for those not willing to innovate and evolve.
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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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What was once the unthinkable is now our reality. Outside of Bill Gates and maybe a handful of epidemiologists from around the world, I’m not sure anyone could have dreamt of a global social and economic lockdown to head off a global pandemic. So here we are, nearly three months of home quarantine, realizing that most of us can actually…
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The story of the “canary in the coal mine” is an advanced warning of danger. The metaphor originates from when miners used to carry caged canaries while at work; if the air in the mine became toxic, the canary would die before levels of gas became hazardous to humans. Many of our clients consider Hughes Marino the canary—an alert system…
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High-volume portfolios of space held under lease have hundreds or thousands of individualized lease agreements spread over multiple locations nationally or worldwide. The type and quantity of lease data varies from site to site. This jigsaw puzzle, if you will, interests bright minds in commercial and corporate real estate, and can attract new talent to the field. Property portfolios of…
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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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Two brokers have left CBRE to open a Seattle office for San Diego-based Hughes Marino next week. Owen Rice, formerly senior vice president at CBRE, joins Hughes Marino as executive vice president. His colleague, Gavin Curtis, will serve as vice president.
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Landlords would prefer to keep you in the dark – which is why our team at Hughes Marino collectively spends tens of thousands of hours advocating for the rights of our tenants during lease negotiations. But what about after everything is said and done and the lease is signed – how can you be sure your landlord isn’t billing you…
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Imagine a campaign manager working for two opposing candidates. Or a law firm attempting to defend both plaintiff and defendant. People and companies tend to steer clear of such arrangements and their inherent conflicts of interest, whether inspired by statute or common sense. But the business of real estate has for decades operated knee deep in dueling allegiances, to the…