Author: Jason Hughes
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Building Back Office Endurance
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Endurance is built by continuous repetition. Over time, muscles become stronger. The heart pumps blood more efficiently. Stamina increases, and once difficult challenges can be easily overcome. Conversely, atrophy occurs when a muscle, heart or mind isn’t used as often. America’s commercial tenants are experiencing something similar—an atrophy of office use. And just as muscles…
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As Jason Hughes tells the story, when he and Shay got married after graduating from Pepperdine University 23 years ago they were $75,000 in debt. They lived in an apartment in the University Towne Center area where rent was $825 a month and his take-home pay was $800. Even with Shay working they were just scraping by, said Jason. But…
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The recent discussion here about whether San Diego’s Prop B pension reform measure would be enough to stave off municipal bankruptcy provoked a lot of feedback. One reader, in observing the perks his grandfather and uncles received as retired New York City and FBI employees, underscored the problem. “While the private sector slept, there has been and remains pervasive corruption…
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Is Mayor Jerry Sanders’ administration about to again turn down a generous offer from an expert that could save hundreds of thousands of dollars? Last year, Jason Hughes – one of the principals in Hughes Marino, a tenant representation firm – volunteered to help the city for free as it pursued three new multimillion-dollar leases for hundreds of thousands of…
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The passage of Proposition B pension reform initiative by a healthy majority of San Diego voters sent a clear message that taxpayers have had it with runaway costs involved in the care and feeding of public employees, especially those who have retired. In a time when most of the 10,000 Americans who turn 65 every day cannot afford to retire…
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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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Hughes Marino Inc., a San Diego commercial brokerage firm, opened its new offices on 1450 Front St. in downtown San Diego recently. The building dates back to the 1950s and underwent a complete renovation, inside and out, while care was taken to preserve the building’s historical character. Leaders of the San Diego commercial brokerage firm Hughes Marino Inc. say they…
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The man who represented the city the last time it negotiated for downtown office space offered to renegotiate the deals for free — and the city said no. Jason Hughes, president of the tenant representation firm Hughes Marino, made the offer in a letter to Mayor Jerry Sanders and the City Council in August. He estimates his offer to waive…
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With local redevelopment agencies having fallen prey to the governor’s budget axe last year, cities and other local jurisdictions are left with precious few tools to revitalize their local economies and create employment centers. There remains one powerful incentive that has been responsible for much of what has taken place in downtown San Diego, other urban neighborhoods and southward through…
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This magazine covers outstanding residential redesign. That’s how we roll. However, the made-over downtown headquarters of Hughes Marino is a column-worthy commercial exception. The 12,000-square-foot, dual-level, red brick building is a place of business. But step inside and cover one eye (to block out the reception desk) and you’d swear you were in an upscale residence, furnished with shelter-publication-worthy furniture,…
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It’s the physical and emotional conditions of the work space environment that drives employee productivity. In fact, there’s evidence that shows a work environment that is actually “fun” is a good thing for organizations to have. An office environment that is homelike in ambience and equipped with recreational and leisure-time amenities increases enthusiasm, satisfaction, creativity, communications, and a strong sense…