The Death of the Cubicle, and Other Workplace Trends
By Benjamin Osgood, Contributing Columnist As tenants transition from hard-lined telephones to VOIP, abandon private offices for open areas and clamor for “brick and timber” creative…
Tips for Hiring a Commercial Landscape Contractor
If you need your commercial property lawn cut and, should you choose a local vendor or would you prefer a nationally franchised chain? Look at…
Paper towels or hand dryers in your bathrooms?
Are paper towels less costly to your facility than running and maintaining a hand dryer? It’s a tricky question, especially if you are a tenant…
Lease Review – What should you focus on outside of the major lease terms?
Do landlords go into the unreasonable “gray area’” when it comes to measuring tenant spaces and common areas? Do they include building overhangs, exterior sidewalks, balconies and patios? It…
Should you Refurbish and Reuse Broken, Worn or Torn Office Chairs?
Office furniture ages over time. Seat pads get worn, arm rests tear and mechanical adjustments wear down. During an internal shift, there’s the employee scramble…
Due Diligence Is Critical in Commercial Real Estate Transactions
By Link LeGrand, CCIM Contributing Columnist Financial due diligence is the process of verifying all statements of fact (or “finding where the bodies are buried”)…
Water Conservation Strategies for Your Facility
Let’s start with the basics – if you don’t measure it, you can’t manage it. And if you can’t manage it, you can’t improve it!…
What can Commercial Real Estate folks do to help Sandy victims?
When I was asked by my friends at @theBrokerList to contribute my thoughts on this issue, my initial reaction was to mention a local commercial…
How do you deal with Graffiti at your facility?
Graffiti is everywhere; it is unsightly, costly to business and ruins public spaces. These “taggers” consider themselves graffiti artists and not property defacers. The important…
New healthcare codes regulate space between treatment chairs
There are very specific spatial requirements for treatment chairs in areas where multiple treatment chairs are provided. Typically, each chair must be positioned within an…
What is the best predictor of performance for a General Contractor?
Prediction is a tricky thing especially when it comes to General Contractors. And in most cases, the lowest price is not always the best price….
How often should you replace the belts of the roof fans?
Part of routine maintenance is to replace the belts of your rooftop fans regularly. A basic routine might be simply walking past the equipment on…
Is broadcast equipment in your facilities integrated with the corporate network? The debate continues.
In today’s broadcast systems with ingest video servers and VoIP, most organizations are now working with two IT groups, BITS, (Broadcast Information Technology Service) and…
What’s the most ridiculous lease clause you’ve encountered?
What’s the most ridiculous lease clause you’ve encountered? This was a question posted in a LinkedIn Discussion Group. Here are some example lease clauses that…
Negotiating the Tenant Improvement Allowance
by Coy Davidson, Contributing Columnist Get as much as you can, and maintain control of the build-out process A key component of any lease…