Recommendations by the CRE® Consulting Corps Volume 45, Number 22 August 13, 2021 By Jerry Turner, CRE; Kirk King, CRE; Bill Norton, CRE; Skip Preble, CRE; and Reid Wilson, CRE Members of the CRE® Consulting Corps team onsite at NAS Oceana in August, 2020. The Counselors of Real Estate’s Consulting Corps delivered strategic guidance and […]
Volume 45, Number 21 August 6, 2021 By Constantine Korologos, CRE Photo: Panuwatccn/Shutterstock.com Bifurcation of Capital Markets was listed as the #10 issue in the 2021-22 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. While we may not be experiencing the steep drops on our roller coaster ride since March of […]
How WSDOT Saved $89M With Design-Build PERSPECTIVE Volume 45, Number 20 August 4, 2021 By Steve Price, CRE Photo: trekandshoot/Shutterstock.com Last winter, I had a chance to review a freeway interchange project that was recently completed using the Design-Build style of procurement. I assumed what I would find would be deadly dull and not suitable […]
Volume 45, Number 19 July 30, 2021 By KC Conway, CRE, CCIM, MAI Photo: Jared Huckle/Shutterstock.com Adaptive Reuse 2.0 was listed as the #9 issue in the 2021-22 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. Adaptive reuse is not a new term or concept to the commercial real estate industry. […]
Volume 45, Number 18 July 28, 2021 By Hugh F. Kelly, Ph.D., CRE Photo: zimmytws/Shutterstock.com Economic Structural Change was listed as the #8 issue in the 2021-22 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. The pilot of a jetliner on the tarmac has a lot of decisions to make. But, […]
Volume 45, Number 17 July 23, 2021 By Hugh F. Kelly, Ph.D., CRE Photo: Benjamin Clapp/Shutterstock.com Political Polarization was listed as the #7 issue in the 2021-22 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. There seems to be nothing new about America’s political polarization. Depending upon one’s historical perspective, this […]
Volume 45, Number 16 July 22, 2021 By George T. Vallone, CRE Photo: Kedofoto/Shutterstock.com Housing Supply and Affordability was listed as the #6 issue in the 2021-22 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. When I wrote on this same topic a year ago, there was a shortage of 7.2 […]
Volume 45, Number 15 July 14, 2021 By Scott R. Muldavin, CRE Emeritus, and Korin Crawford, CRE Photo: yelantsevv/Shutterstock.com Infrastructure: New Imperatives Emerge was listed as the #5 issue in the 2021-22 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and heightened societal interest in social and […]
Volume 45, Number 14 July 9, 2021 By K.C. Conway, CRE, CCIM, MAI Photo: Travel mania/Shutterstock.com Logistics was listed as the #4 issue in the 2021-22 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. Introduction Logistics conjures images of the brown UPS delivery vehicle from the 1980s for most baby boomers. […]
Volume 45, Number 13 July 7, 2021 By Deborah J. Cloutier, CRE Photo: fokke baarssen/Shutterstock.com ESG at a Tipping Point was listed as the #3 issue in the 2021-22 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. Introduction Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has reached a tipping point. In a 2019 McKinsey […]
The Counselors of Real Estate®, established in 1953, is an international group of high profile professionals including members of prominent real estate, financial, legal and accounting firms as well as leaders of government and academia who provide expert, objective advice on complex real property situations and land-related matters. Membership is selective, extended by invitation only. The organization’s CRE® (Counselor of Real Estate) credential is granted to all members in recognition of superior problem solving ability in various areas of real estate counseling. For more information, contact The Counselors of Real Estate