Integra Telecom Holdings
Proud to Represent The Plaza Companies & Holualoa
We are thankful to have represented The Plaza Companies/Holualoa in helping their tenant, Theranos, expand their space at the beautiful SkySong 3 in Scottsdale.
The Coppola-Cheney Group: A Look Back at a Solid 2014
Once a year, I like to take a break from my weekly narrative to do two things: First, I like to look back and see how we did in 2014 as a team. Below is our year by the numbers. It was a fine year. I am grateful for our clients and proud of the work we … Continue reading The Coppola-Cheney Group: A Look Back at a Solid 2014
What Happens When You Sit All Day?
I have been working a lot over the past few months. Sitting, typing, meeting. Sound familiar? Below is a cool infographic on what happens when we sit all the time. The results are not very good. So I have highlighted in yellow some ways to offset all the sitting. Doing some cat/cow yoga postures in the office is always fashionable, right? On … Continue reading What Happens When You Sit All Day?
Spooner Desert Ridge
Top 10 Emerging Trends in Real Estate for 2015
The Urban Land Institute is a thoughtful group of committed real estate practitioners who are global in their membership and thoughts. They have recently produced their emerging trends for 2015. You can click here for the complete document. Below I have included a few pages of Chapter 1 for a quick review, the entire document is lengthy. Here are my personal highlights—most of … Continue reading Top 10 Emerging Trends in Real Estate for 2015
The Travelers Indemnity Company moves to Desert Ridge Corporate Center
We are thankful to have represented Regent Properties in helping bring a new tenant, The Travelers Indemnity Company, to Desert Ridge Corporate Center this fall.
CBA 21 Consulting (Bloguettes)
CopperPoint Tower welcomes new tenant, Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC
Congratulations to Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC on their new home beginning in April at the beautiful CopperPoint Tower located at 3030 N. 3rd Street, Suite 790, in Phoenix.
Day 5: The One Commercial Real Estate Tech Company that Changed Our World
In my final narrative for the week, I thought I would end with the company that I believe has made the most impact on our business: CoStar. Before CoStar, all companies had to do their own property research. This was time consuming and expensive. When I first started in the industry, each quarter, every broker in our firm had to … Continue reading Day 5: The One Commercial Real Estate Tech Company that Changed Our World
Day 4: Tech Companies Trying to Eliminate/Assist Commercial Brokerage
Hope you are finding this week’s series interesting. We are in the homestretch. Below are six additional companies to review. Zillow is probably the only household name among them. Enjoy. Craig 602.954.3762 ccoppola@leearizona.com Company Name: http://www.gethightower.com/ Upper Management: Brandon Weber, CEO Donald DeSantis, CDO Niall Smart, CTO Business Strategy: Hightower’s strategy is two-fold: One, to sell software to owners who … Continue reading Day 4: Tech Companies Trying to Eliminate/Assist Commercial Brokerage
Day 3: Tech Companies Trying to Eliminate/Assist Commercial Brokerage-First Six
Over the next two days, we will review 12 different technology companies that are in the commercial real estate space. Before I look at the companies that are trying to take business from commercial brokerage companies, a little background is necessary. I want to break the commercial brokerage industry down into two key segments: leasing and investment sales. … Continue reading Day 3: Tech Companies Trying to Eliminate/Assist Commercial Brokerage-First Six
Furst Properties gains another new tenant at Kierland Office Park
We were grateful to represent Furst Properties, LLC in helping bring a new tenant, Guardian Mortgage Company, Inc., to their beautiful Kierland Office Park located at 6929 E. Greenway Parkway in Scottsdale.
Day 2: Why Tech Has Stayed Out of Brokerage for So Long and A Case Study of a Company Trying to Change It
Day Two of our Five-Day Series–In the early 2000’s, before the dot com bubble burst, hundreds of millions of dollars were invested and lost by startup companies trying to turn the commercial brokerage process into an automated endeavor. The theory was, and still is, that real estate brokerage can be automated like the travel agent business and … Continue reading Day 2: Why Tech Has Stayed Out of Brokerage for So Long and A Case Study of a Company Trying to Change It
A Special 5-Day Series on Technology Companies Trying to Replace Commercial Brokerage–Day 1
I spent the last six months reviewing technology companies that are trying to disrupt the commercial brokerage industry in various ways. Over the next five consecutive days, I am going to share with you a number of these companies, what they are trying to do, who has invested in them and, of course, my take on their … Continue reading A Special 5-Day Series on Technology Companies Trying to Replace Commercial Brokerage–Day 1