Author: Zane Keith
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Hughes Marino Expands East – Opens Offices in Boston & Raleigh-Durham with Top Brokers From Multiple Firms
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Hughes Marino is proud to announce the widely anticipated office openings in both Boston, Massachusetts, and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, as part of an initiative to expand its service offering across the United States and continue to operate around the globe.
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Mayor Dick Murphy’s first State of the City speech in early January promised several improvements that he vowed would come to pass by 2004. As I listened to his thoughtful assessment of the problems we face and what we can expect from his administration in terms of solutions, I began thinking about what our metropolitan area might look like by…
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My last column was upbeat and generally optimistic about the prospects for commercial real estate in the new year and short-term future. I did mention the continuing electrical rate crisis as a problem that needs to be dealt with, but I cited a new City Council, the bustling redevelopment of East Village and additional office space inventory coming on-line in…
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Let me get to the point; let me get to it now. Who-ville’s not the only place Grinches abound, and Christmas is not the sole thing they steal. It’s anything good they consider ideal. Sad to say, “Our-ville” has many, many Grinches, who left unchecked, can steal things from San Diego that are far more precious and longer lasting than…
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With the shock of the election tug of war and other scary things of the fall season now pretty much behind us, it is due time to reflect on what we can be thankful for concerning our region’s critical real estate economy. The condition of the real estate market contributes mightily to an area’s overall economy in ways no other…
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As this issue of the San Diego Daily Transcript goes to press, San Diego voters are preparing to choose our city’s next mayor in what arguably is the most important mayoral election in San Diego’s recent history. Whoever the winner is will be receiving enough congratulatory notes and written advice tomorrow morning to paper the entire ballpark site that now…
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Do elevator close door buttons actually work? A short opinion piece in a recent issue of Fortune asks the question rhetorically as a creative way to call attention to the growing impatience we as a work society are experiencing. Workers board elevators and want to shut the door immediately, not caring a whit about slower boarders behind them. Urban motorists…
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Over the past many months, I’ve taken more than one occasion to talk about the need for office tenants to be properly represented when negotiating leases with landlords — especially in situations where the broker also represents the landlord. I’ve asked rhetorically how a landlord’s agent can equally represent the interests of a tenant beyond relaying his landlord client’s terms…
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There’s a good chance that one day in the distant-but-sure future, we’ll come to think of downtown San Diego as part of North County. We’re about “northerned out” in terms of our ability to accommodate the hordes of workers who each day trundle the Interstate 5 north from Clairemont, Mission Bay and South County to work in the congested employment…
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Lord knows we have enough shortages in today’s economy of abundance. First, we can’t develop badly needed freeways because there’s a shortage of gnat catchers, speckled owls, mesa mint and assorted other critters and plants. Utilities say they can’t produce enough electrical power which, among other things, is supposed to explain the rocketing utility rates we’re paying. Oil companies say…
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As I squint to write this offering on a dimly lit notebook computer screen powered by a half-dead battery, I find myself pondering the question on the minds of all office tenants nowadays — and everybody else for that matter. Just how high will my utility bills go? That’s followed by a question more specific to my present undertaking: Will…