News and Insights
Beaming with Pride as Sorrento Gateway Progresses!
Milestone alert! Our San Diego team celebrated the construction topping out for Sorrento Gateway at 4930 Directors Place with the ceremonial lift of a personally autographed steel beam by the project team.
Return to Office or Return to Experience? Top Execs Weigh In
This month marks two full years since most U.S office workers began full-time remote work. An increasing number of people, from the federal government to small businesses, are now saying it is time for employees to return to the office.
As Regulations Ramp Up, Building Owners Turn to Technologies that Track Green Performance
Government policies are pushing landlords to meet new sustainability requirements, heaping pressure on investors to back up their efforts to go green.
How San Diego Became One of the Nation’s Hottest Life-Sciences Real Estate Markets
Because life sciences is viewed as a more stable asset class now — spurred not just by the pandemic but because of an aging population's growing health-care needs and the advent of technology — it's propelling investors to booming lab markets like San Diego.
CRE’s New Year Resolution: Prioritizing Missing Middle-Income Housing
The multifamily sector is successfully weathering the pandemic and construction continues to boom, leading the commercial real estate industry’s overall recovery.
Affordable Housing Developers Lean Into Modular Trend
One of the biggest topics in L.A. right now is affordable housing.
Developing Buildings With a Facilities Management Mindset
Often in large development projects, design and construction teams focus on completing the building for the occupants’ short-term needs – about five years out from completion. Yet modern buildings have the potential to reach a lifespan of 30-50 years before requiring major renovations, according to Getty Conservation Institute.
Project: Home for the Holidays
After a long period of being away, we are pleased to announce the Lincoln Park Zoo Lions are heading back to their newly renovated habitat just in time for Zoo Lights!
New Life (Sciences) for Struggling Office Properties
Booming biotech is accelerating this type of conversion. Hear why and how.Perhaps the biggest question the commercial real estate industry has grappled with since the onset of the pandemic is: What will office properties look like?Nearly two years after the outbreak of COVID sent office workers home, a clearer view is emerging, and, for many owners, the future involves white coats and Bunsen burners.
Flexible Design Prepares Schools to Weather the Unexpected
The back-to-school season this year was accompanied by a new round of worries and concerns. While COVID-19 vaccines roll out to those 12 and older, the safety measures that dominated the past school year, including social distancing and remote learning, are being phased out in many areas.
Healthcare Technology Needs for Telemedicine
The COVID-19 pandemic solidified the home as a dominant force in peoples’ lives. Today, long after stay-at-home orders ended, it is still common to work from home, socialize at home and even access healthcare at home.
How Employer-Employee Negotiations Could Shape the Future of Office
Urban Land sat down with Project Management Advisors president and CEO Roger McCarron during the 2021 ULI Fall Meeting in Chicago to talk about the employer-employee return-to-office “negotiations.”McCarron says when the pandemic initially struck, it was a “tough decision” to send his employees home and he wondered how he would bring them back after the pandemic was over.
