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Telegraph Creative’s Offices: Highly Functional Eye Candy
Telegraph Creative occupies arguably one of the hippest spaces in Birmingham, next door to Carrigan’s Pub and right off the trendy Morris Avenue. However, when Telegraph…
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Knight Eady: Using Low Cost Tools to Create a High Value Workspace
Knight Eady is a Birmingham-based sports marketing and event management company. Over their three years of existence, Knight Eady has grown from the initial two founders…
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What Five Interior Finishes Make a Class A Office Build Out Class A?
If you are looking at building out new offices for your firm or company in a new or existing class A building, landlords may try to…
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What Will a Trump Presidency Mean to Real Estate Tax Reform?
Guest Blogger: John D. Pickering, Partner at Balch & Bingham, LLP Predicting the future for commercial real estate is always difficult, but it’s made significantly more…
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New Open Offices Result in Increased Employee Attendance
Littler measures improvement one badge swipe at a time Last year, after more than forty years at 650 California Street, law firm Littler Mendelson moved their…
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Four Real Estate Benchmarks You Should Track and Why
If you are a business owner, services firm manager or corporate real estate director, you likely have some strategy regarding your real estate. That strategy could…
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Building Sale + Land Sale + Furniture Sale + New Office Lease = Wisconsin Fun With ProAssurance
I hope everyone shares this sentiment, certainly for me, 2016 was a fun year. Professionally, with my partner, Joe, I was able to complete some interesting…
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2016 Blog Year in Review
Ten years ago, I was contemplating changing employers after almost ten years at the same company. I called my wise and fearless friend, Craig McKesson, for…
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The Value of Surprises
Surprises and vivid action matter far more than we imagine, and we regularly underinvest in them. – Seth Godin I read this quote earlier this year…
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Operating Expense Desk Audit 101: How to Make Sure You Aren’t Overpaying
If your firm or company leases office space, the odds are good that you pay your landlord for actual annual increases in the cost of running…
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Are New Lobbies Enough? Making the Most of Older Buildings
Today, most corporate office tenants seeking their initial spaces or relocating their offices lease space in newer buildings because newer buildings usually provide better environments for…
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The Disconnect Between Lease Term Length and Business Forecasting
The information age has increased the velocity of change exponentially. Think about it: most businesses now build a two-year strategic plan – best case. And most…