Sustainable Resilience
This is not a new concept, but often overlooked in property development strategies, and in the organizational models that drive those development strategies. As architects, we are experiencing...
View ArticleChina – Fueling a New Green Economy
This week, while working across China on a series of new development projects, major green economic initiatives are front page news. Back in the US, domestic development community struggles with...
View ArticleBravern Opening This Week
Two days from today, Neiman Marcus celebrates the opening of their new store in Bellevue with a black tie gala, followed by opening of the new luxury collection of shops, restaurants and clubs at The...
View ArticlePostcard from Dallas – International Retail Design Conference
Today, here in Dallas, leading global retailers, strategists and designers will convene for the annual IRDC conference – beginning with a keynote opening by Burt Tansky, President and CEO of Neiman...
View ArticleRetail Leaders Gather in Dallas
Challenging times, continued re-tuning, and celebrating the few successes. There were many key insights to learn from this group of industry leaders, gathered in Dallas recently for the International...
View ArticleChina Snapshot
Market analysts report that China will be the world’s largest construction market by 2018, at $2.4 trillion – 19.1% of global construction output. The new report by Global Construction Perspectives...
View ArticleRetailers re-energize in 2010
For those strong national and international brands that leaned out their operations, shifted merchandising to address new consumer attitudes (demanding both value and luxury), and for those who held...
View ArticleSeattle Spring
It is a cold, windy and rainy day in Seattle. In looking for signs of spring, they are evident – there are tulips, sunbreaks, and cherry blossoms, and in being in our South Lake Union neighborhood,...
View ArticleGlobal Retail Summit 2010
Earlier this summer, the IGDS (Intercontinental Group of Department Stores) held their annual high profile summit in New York. This is the one conference that attracts the CEOs of the leading retail...
View ArticleDawn Clark: Greening of Supercities
I’ve been on a perpetual road trip for a number of months – well, maybe more than a few years. Living across the planet in these cities – from Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, New York, London, Amsterdam,...
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