Managing Land Use Campaigns
Tips for Managing the Unmanageable Every commercial real estate development team is made up of experts from a variety of disciplines. Managing them and the roller coaster-like permitting process is not for the faint of heart.With some team members, their role is clear and you can easily manage them and chart their progress. For example, […]
Broken Planning
Broken Planning: How Opponents Hijacked the Planning Process Former U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill famously said that “All politics is local.” It can also be said that “All land use is political.” And the politics of land use has turned against development. Rather than generating a healthy debate on the merits […]
Political Due Diligence in Commercial Real Estate
Any company making decisions about a commercial real estate deal does a lot of due diligence. They study demographics, market share, infrastructure, and deal financials among other things. What too many still fail to do is a political due diligence. All land use decisions are political and the question needs to be asked – Is […]
