10/17/2016 -
By Stephen
L. Burger, CPM®, CRX, CSM
Recently we
ran a story about the four basic
truths of commercial real estate. The story was
based on a recent blog that appeared on the website of the Institute of Real
Estate Management, and it underscores some key points that frankly I believe
are very easy to forget.Prime among
these is that property managers don’t manage properties.They manage businesses.
As the ...
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9/7/2016 -
By Stephen L. Burger, CPM, CRX, CRM
Tired of political polls? It seems that every time a
candidate sneezes (or has a coughing fit), a new set of polls comes out,
tracking in minute detail the ups and downs in the candidates’ popularity as
spinmeisters from both sides read grand meaning into small upticks and dips.
Much the same is happening on the economic front, ...
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7/11/2016 -
By Stephen L. Burger, CPM, CRX, CRM
Commercial real estate is a mystery. In one sense, it’s a
huge industry, taken in its entirety, from financing and construction to
leasing and sales, measuring in the multi-trillions of dollars.
And yet, the majority of this industry is performed as if it
is a local business. At EBMC, as I’ve stated before in this space, we strive
and succeed, ...
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6/13/2016 -
By Stephen L. Burger,
CPM, CRX, CRM
A presence. That,
in two words, is the basis of best practices in the fine art of tenant
retention in in the office space. As I have written in this blog, the central
mission for any professional property management organization is to enhance net
asset value. One of the key components of that mission is to find and retain
creditworthy commercial ...
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5/31/2016 -
LAS VEGAS--If you were here at all last week, you got the
clear sense that the US retail market is alive and well. The International
Council of Shopping Centers held its annual RECon Conference here, jamming
hotels, crowding taxi lines, filling the sprawling Las Vegas Convention Center
and generally celebrating the retail and retail real estate industries.
As we reported last week,
some 36,000 attendees ...
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