Taking Food Trucks for a Test Drive
By Leah Grout Garris Commercial property owners and managers have found a bold new way to attract, retain and impress tenants: forming partnerships with local food trucks to bring building…
Read MoreLove Will Keep Us Together: Keeping Tenants Happy
BY JOHN SALUSTRI Here’s a riddle for you: How is a building manager like a circus juggler? Answer: If anything falls down, people notice. In the case of a property…
Read MoreCan Office Space and Children Mix?
BY LIZ WOLF For multitenant office buildings in competitive markets, keeping a building fully occupied can become an amenities arms race. Many property teams may have never even considered offering…
Read MoreA Tight Squeeze: How Dense Is Too Dense?
BY BOMA International For years, property professionals have witnessed firsthand the densification of tenant spaces in the office buildings they oversee, as more and more employees occupy the same—or even…
Read MoreShedding Light on Lobby Lighting Design
BY SUSAN MARTIG The lobby of a building is the first place we see when we step through the doors and the last place we see when we leave. Whether…
Read MoreProtecting Properties from Problems with Hazardous Materials and Waste
By Sarah L. Denton, PG, CHG, CEM Although more often associated with large-scale industrial or manufacturing operations, numerous small businesses that occupy commercial and light-industrial buildings also use hazardous materials…
Read MoreThe Ongoing Value of the Traditional Office
By Marla Maloney COVID-19 has had a monumental impact on the way we function, work and live. According to statistics from tech giant Salesforce, more than 60 percent of the…
Read MoreReturning to Place: The Built Environment and the Human Experience Mandate
By Will Craig Art and the City, Calgary (Photography by Kasian Architecture) In January 2020, I wrote a piece for BOMA International on designing for the human experience. The article noted…
Read MoreMid-Year 2024 U.S. Commercial Real Estate Outlook is Mixed Bag
August 21, 2024 – Liz Wolf Halfway through 2024, the U.S. commercial real estate industry is showing signs of both optimism and cautiousness. While the fundamentals for the multifamily, retail…
Read MoreAre We There Yet? Preparing For The Autonomous Vehicle Revolution
BY JESSICA BATES A decade from now, many of us could be commuting to work in cars that drive themselves. For some, this sounds like science fiction; others can’t imagine…
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