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As I take a visual tour of the coolest offices in Tech, I can’t help but be reminded of the last time we saw mass amounts of money spent on office digs for companies that, in some cases, have yet to prove out their business model. For all the triple bottom line awareness this generation of tech entrepreneurs are supposed to have, some of these moves look vaguely like Ego 2.0 more than Web 2.0. Its not an investment deal breaker but does it show something of a leaning from irreverent to irresponsible? Sure, the flavor and finish of most of this is not extravagant in comparison with their hiring moves or investment fervor. And I’m not trying to say that these companies don’t do well by creating an environment that keeps and kindles creativity and commitment. I’m all about that.  What I am saying is that keeping that in check with bottom line business decisions and sound workplace strategy will be the way to keep the lights on. These kinds of companies are my clients so I guess I’m just saying hey, don’t forget the ‘bubbly’ lessons of the past while your charging prosperously into the future.

Flikr photo cred: Mark McLaughlin

….These include efficient use of office space, more flexible workstations (not necessary smaller), sustainable practices and more data center development. – The conclusions of a study done recently by Colliers and reported in GlobeSt.com. We’ve been writing and reporting on it for some time. Your commercial real estate costs, employee recruitment, company’s future depends on it.

flickr photo cred: Cross Duck

We do it because real estate should be adaptive, be renewed and be smarter.

We do it because real estate is a vehicle to artistic expression, financial prosperity, and fostering community.

We do it because real estate should be efficient and elegant with all its systems.

We do it because transactions should be respectful to all its participants.

We do it because integrity is what makes the structures and relationships last.

We do it because new ways of doing it are how the old ones got started.

We do it because creative vision can be made into commercial value.

Okay. What’s your WHY?

fickr photo cred: Ame Otoko

Nordeast Retail Space

The lights are on but with the website change over we have moved from Blogger to WordPress. Please excuse the generic skin for the moment. We’re diligentlyworking on getting a new theme imported…..please stay tuned, visit our other media and previous blog posts. All previous content has be imported into the new blog. BTW, the Nordeast retail space has a couple of great vacancies.

And new features with focus. Stay posted or don’t. We’ll be here working it out, working on deals for great developments and on the hunt for cool space. Email if you want to hear about the ones that are not making it on to our site. Work in progress not a work neglected.

Now she is only 6,570 odd days away from an institution of higher learning. That is if she wants to go or if higher learning will still have the same shape, feel and application that it does today. Regardless, she and many others until she gets there will most likely need to live away from home during their time of educational experiences. This need combined with the housing desires of aging boomers to be ‘connected’, will mean more emphasis will be placed on higher density living with higher level amenities in areas close to universities and campus communities. That said, where can we take the independent living situation and combine it with the online educational world that we see more and more of? Will this mean new campus type housing situations without real campuses? People will always crave social activities (meeting, eating, drinking, etc) in communal spaces but the time they will do it will be temporary or only during different phases of our life. Why shouldn’t our living quarters take the same role? It does but not with real pay off in the same way we are preached about home ownership. Is it because of the desire to have our rent be an investment? Why not get landlords then to have good paying students earn credit toward…good credit or mortgage qualifications. That way, they can be earning and learning while they are learning to earn. I may just be babbling like a new dad with little sleep but it always somehow comes back to real estate opportunity. Its in the interest of my girl’s future that this babble takes its course…be it online or on campus.

Want to pursue this course with me? Send word, I’ll be up.