Navigating contracts from public partners
One of the many challenges facing engineers in this economy are the onerous contracts that many public institutions are using for their design professional. In the current economy, in which many engineering firms are literally desperate for any work, governments are taking advantage of the situation to transfer unmitigated amounts of risk and responsibility to ...read more
Commercial Real Estate Bottoming?
From CNBC on February 23rd, an update on the commercial real estate market: Moody’s Commercial Property Index showed an uptick of 4.1 percent in December. Neal Elkin, of Real Estate Analytics, and Harvey Green, of Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, share their insight.
The Next Decade of Housing
From the Urban Land Institute: John McIlwain, ULI Senior Resident Fellow for Housing, describes the U.S. housing market, and how it will be affected by demographic trends. John’s talk was recorded at a gathering of ULI trustees on Jan. 26, 2010.
Atlanta Residential Market Update
Some interesting news and updates on the residential front has been popping up recently. The lot count update for the metro Atlanta area showed up in an article in Friday’s Atlanta Business Chronicle. At the end of 2009, the area had 149,277 lots, down slightly from 149,782 in 2008, but above the 143,253 lots in ...read more
What We Learned This Week
A new feature to The Blue Blog – What We Learned This Week – will highlight some of the articles that were shared via the Blue Blog Bits. For all the articles that were shared, please visit this website or subscribe to this RSS feed. Residential News The WSJ says we don’t need to get ...read more
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