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Simplified Lease Documents Aid the Need for Business Speed
They don't have to be thick, dense and difficult to read. Spieker Properties has slashed its document in half and found better tenant relations as a result.
In Transit Gloria: How the Mass Transportation Connection Works
Transit-oriented development may be the most underuseds, and yet highest potential, form of development in the U.S. What makes it work? What are the pitfalls?
Institutional Investors Seeking Stable Growth, Cash Flow
What do pension funds want? Stability counts more than opportunistic returns, but market equilibrium is not without its set of challenges.
Why It's a Win-Win to Provide Telecom Services
Why did eight leading REITs join with a well-known venture capitalist to create BroadBand Office, and what do they know that you don't? A principal answers.
How to Use Telecommunications as a Revenue Source
Access to tenants is valuable – highly valuable – to telecommunications providers. Here's how Brookfield Properties manages that access and generates substantial revenue in the process.
Keys to Success Now in Converting Military Bases
An effective public/private partnership proves critical to Stirling Airports International in developing an all-cargo airport. Here is a step-by-step look at how they did it.
Market Focus: Raleigh-Durham
Infrastructure improvements pave the way to satisfy demand fueled by high-tech tenants, who also want fiber optics, park-like environments, walking trails and other amenities.
When Technology Comes To Town: A Case Study in Seattle
Creating a campus environment in an urban setting is a challenge, Martin Smith Inc. labored mightlly to create spaces that formed a tangible identity, capable of helping tenants grow.
Government Affairs
While there are certain minimum location requirements for each company, in today's competitive market, the most important criterion for choosing a community is profitability.
NAIOP Forums
For insights and views on current issues and trends in commercial real estate, DEVELOPMENT magazine regularly interviews National Forums leaders. Although the proceedings of Forum meetings are confidential, Forum leaders shared their observations about the economy, the availability of financing, the continuing saga of e-commerce and that other key "E" word: Equilibrium.
