Advisor | Writer | Researcher
Unfiltered Strategy for Office Real Estate and Client Service
— Anita J. Turner
Latest insights
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Thanksgiving Thoughts: Go and Do
It’s Thanksgiving week and no one wants to read about office space metrics or service firm operations. Instead, I am going to share my biggest lesson…
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As Your Law Firm Evolves, So Can Your Space
How is the make-up of law offices changing? If your law firm is building out office space right now, your best bet is to build in…
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Two Good Ideas From Law Firm DLA Piper
DLA Piper (#2 on the AmLaw 200) is working to ensure that it is the law firm of the future. While I was at the Law…
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Building for Serendipity at Google NYC
Google designs its work spaces to encourage collaboration because, as data-driven research company Sociometric Solutions has found, “the biggest driver of performance in complex industries like…
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Big Apple Wisdom: Lessons Learned from Brookfield Properties
I spent last week in New York City listening to various experts sharing their thoughts on the future of everything from law to real estate development.…
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As Cities Grow, Property Management More Important
– Guest Blogger, Tommy Hiltz, Colliers International When I tell people my company does property management, I get plenty of pleasant, vacant smiles. The truth is,…
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Inside Fleetio’s Work Anywhere Approach to Office Space
“Work Anywhere” might be the approach that keeps tech starts up in Birmingham! I recently had the privilege of touring Fleetio’s Innovation Depot space with…
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New Construction Lease Land Mines
As a tenant, moving into a newly constructed building is exciting but can also cause unforeseen problems if your lease is not carefully drafted. If you…
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Guns at the office?
John Pickering, Partner at Balch & Bingham Last month (September 2016), the FBI ran just under two million background checks for people wanting to purchase guns…
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Colliers Birmingham Joins the Stand-up Desk Movement
Working in commercial real estate, my daily activity occurs in fits and starts. There are plenty of days where I sit at my computer all day…
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Renewal Rights: Why You Must Get Them
Even if you think you are going to grow, move or sell your business by the planned expiration of your lease, it is still in your…
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Five Areas Often Overlooked When Closing a Building Purchase/Sale
In my twenty years in tenant representation, I have brokered numerous building purchases and sales. In most of these transactions, both sides have sophisticated attorneys drafting…