Author: Jason Hughes
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Six Takeaways from James Clear’s Atomic Habits for Getting 1% Better Daily
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As a business leader, I am constantly on the hunt for inspirational reads, as well as ways to improve efficiency and spark innovation. A few years ago, I came across a book that I knew would be both a professional and personal game changer, with concepts that I have added to my daily routines to
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A Wall Street Journal article last month authored by Ben Cohen about the Golden State Warriors struck a chord with me. The premise was that the data-driven owners of the team felt there was an opportunity to exploit the three-point line as a market inefficiency. Then they built a team around doing just that.
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Nearly two years ago, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to require real estate brokers and their salespeople to disclose when they are acting as dual agents, representing both sides in a commercial real estate transaction, and what duties they owe clients.
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Tech companies have influenced our lives tremendously in the last decade. Think Google. Uber. Facebook. Apple. They’ve also had an enormous influence in the past 10 years or so on office design. They’ve also had an enormous influence in the past 10 years or so on office design. (Beginning with a love for bare brick walls and exposed duct ceilings.)
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The tech industry has done amazing things for humanity and its contributions are ubiquitous in virtually everything we do. It comes as no surprise that the tech industry also forced the old-school commercial office space world to re-evaluate its boring, vanilla, box-like past. With the help of creative architects and planners, office space is striking a balance between work and…
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Dan Khabie got exactly what he was looking for when he moved his digital marketing firm from the Gaslamp into 18,000 square feet of space in East Village’s DiamondView Tower in 2011.
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Say you’re a life sciences company looking for a new location. You approach a commercial real estate agent, who gives the impression he’s working on your behalf. But unbeknownst to you, the broker was also working for the landlord of the building you’re interested in. What’s more, the broker actually had a minority interest in the building. And he never…
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A new California law that went into effect on Jan. 1 requires commercial real estate agents and brokers to provide clients with written disclosures regarding whom the agents represent, potential conflicts of interest and fiduciary duties.
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California commercial-property brokers are coming under the magnifying glass in California.
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Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed into law new broker disclosure rules bringing commercial real estate into line with what is already required in residential real estate.
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The desire to protect tenants from disadvantages due to lack of transparency is what spurredJason Hughes, president and CEO of Hughes Marino, to push for the disclosure bill SB 1171. As GlobeSt.com reported last week, the bill, first proposed by Hughes and sponsored by State Senator Ben Hueso, was signed by Governor Jerry Brown on August 15. Effective January 1,…
