HM Blog
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Is it the Right Time to Buy a Building for Your Medical Practice?
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In representing healthcare groups and specialized practices in leasing and purchasing clinical space for decades, we have found that some medical practitioners reach a crossroads—is it time to stop paying rent to a landlord and own the facility where they provide care? As a tenant only advisory firm, when we evaluate a potential medical office
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Working from home in the midst of this crisis is hard. It is hard to focus. It is hard to stay motivated. It is hard not to worry about the spread of COVID-19 and how the world in which we live will have been forever changed when we finally emerge from this self-induced isolation. In dark and challenging times, leaders…
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We are adrift in uncharted waters. The pathogen currently wreaking havoc around the world is novel, and so is the current collapse. I have personally witnessed three prior economic declines, but never before has the global engine of industry been turned off intentionally, by governments, overnight. And now we all have to figure out the rules of this new game.…
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Businesses across the country and around the globe have found themselves in completely unprecedented and dire situations, putting them in positions where the decisions they make today may mean the difference between keeping their doors open or closing up shop. With business leaders seeking advice on how to keep team members employed, and evolve their companies and business strategies in…
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As the leading national advocate for commercial tenants, our team at Hughes Marino is working seven days a week right now to help our clients navigate these unprecedented times. Your company’s revenue forecast is suddenly suspect while your expenses are stubbornly fixed. And your real estate cost is one of the big numbers on that damn expense statement. Interestingly, one…
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As the nation’s leading advocate for corporate tenants in real estate lease negotiations, Hughes Marino is playing an important role right now. Our phones are abuzz, and what’s most alarming is the leading question that we are being asked. Should I pay April rent? And the tricky, brutal and honest answer is, it depends.
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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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It’s estimated that half of the current American workforce are millennials. As a millennial myself, and for most millennials I know, the stereotypes are certainly overplayed–yet our mastery of technology and collaboration, and an inclination towards independence is undeniable. These facts have brought the adoption of remote or distributed work policies from startup culture to Fortune 100 companies and even…
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This past September I competed in the Cascade Super Ultra 50K, my first ultra-marathon. To preface my story, I don’t really consider myself a runner—I had never competed in a half marathon, or 5 or 10K for that matter—and prior to this race, a 3-mile jog around the neighborhood seemed like a “long” run in my book. The longest nonstop…
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In the first line of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) website, they lay it out loud and clear for all to see—“BOMA International’s advocacy team is hard at work continuing to positively impact the commercial real estate industry and protect our members’ livelihood.” And this time, with the latest change to the commercial building measurement standards, they are…
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Across several of our Hughes Marino offices, clients and members of our local communities joined us for an inspiring presentation with best-selling author Mike Robbins. Mike has been an integral part of our success since we first collaborated in 2011, and we are proud to have cultivated an award-winning culture ever since—from being named Fortune Magazine’s #1 Best Workplace in…