By Debra Stracke Anderson, CCIM, SIOR and J. Patrick Moultrup
Commercial real estate professionals who do most of their business in the U.S. often focus on the local rather than the international picture.
By Craig A. Irving, Principal, ITRA / Irving Hughes, Inc.
Dual Representation Brokerage is the Real Estate Brokerage Industry's "Elephant in the Room".
By Mylinda Vick CCIM, ITRA / Cherry & Associates
You are a commercial user of office space.....and you are negotiating a new lease, renewing your lease, or purchasing a building from a Landlord.
By Timothy McEvoy, SIOR, Principal, ITRA Norfolk / Exclusive Tenant Rep.Com
A value investor should stay tru to these basics.
By Jason T. Stagman, CCIM, ITRA / Stagman Commercial Real Estate Advisors
"To Buy Or To Lease?" This is one of the most important business decisions that every company must consider at some point.
Consider protective planning for a plethora of contingencies ranging from tsunamis and terror atrtacks to tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and even Avian Flu pandemic.
By Lawrence Dickstein, President, ITRA / Dickstein Real Estate Services
Once upon a time, developing a new office building seemed such a sure-fire bet that in some markets, the tax breaks helped put a new building on every corner of a CBD. Or so it seemed.
By Barry Beswick, Director, Corporate Real Estate/Capitol One
The corner office hasn't quite given way to the corner I-Pod yet, but the future of work as most of us know it is about to change.
By John Rumboldt, ITRA / Consortium Commercial Real Estate Limited
In many parts of the world, businesses considering relocation of divisions to new and existing facilities are saying, "Why Canada?" as in "Why Not?"
By Martin Levy, ITRA / Martin Levy Commercial, London, England
A View From the Other Side of the Pond: A few helpful tips and traps of leasing space on the other side of the Atlantic.
By Mark C. Rosen, President, ITRA/Rosen Realty Group
From Holland's Tulip Bulb Frenzy in 1634 to the DOT COM Bust of 2000, we all know that business, equity and real estate markets go through amazing cycles.
by Peter Reiss, CFSP, Office Furniture Resources, Centerport, NY
Why do some property owners have more trouble retaining tenants or attracting buyers?
by J. Patrick Moultrup, AsiaPac International, Inc., San Jose, CA
Any businessperson who has looked recently at the explosive economic growth of business in Ch8ina will realize that there are incredible opportunities to make money, dspite common misconceptions to the contrary.
By Craig Melby, SIOR, CCIM, ITRA / The Melby Group
In the real estate world, everyone understands what it means to be green....
by Ronald R. Pollina, PhD, ITRA / Pollina Corporate Real Estate, Inc., Chicago, Illinois USA
Freedom and economic opportunity are threatened because Federal policies encourage job outsourcing while ignoring the realities of 21st century population growth.
by Albert Duryea, ITRA / New York Realty Group, New York City, NY
The tale of the "Rubber Ruler".
By Carrie S. Holstead, ITRA / Carrie S. Holstead Real Estate Consultants, Inc.
Know your market and get the best lease arrangements.
By J. Patrick Moultrup, President and CEO, ITRA/AsiaPac International
If your company is about to sign a real estate lease for office space in Asia, Caveat Emptor!
By Aaron Biller
It took a king-size bluff and a very confident command of the market, but the lqatest lease transaction using the ITRA Realty Group global connection illustrates why exclusive representation serves the best interests of the tenant.
By Scott Miller
A San Francisco lawyer's Reflections on the rapidly evolving world of increasingly complicated office leases.
by Ross Selinger, ITRA / Selinger Enterprises, Inc., Long Island, NY
For commercial tenants, the best way to understand how lease renewals work is to look at how wireless phone companies treat new versus renewing customers.
By Stuart Holcombe, CCIM, ITRA / Corporate Real Estate Advisors, Atlanta, Georgia
Imagine if you will, all of the office tenants in a city the size of Pittsburgh or St. Louis vacating all their space at once!
by Ronald R. Pollina, PhD, ITRA / Pollina Corporate Real Estate, Inc., Chicago, Illinois USA
Can the United States afford to lose more of its manufacturing base?