There’s an exodus of tenants and the traditional real estate “experts” are befuddled. A couple weeks ago, I recently posed a question that has really hit home in the real estate arena: “Which property owners are sitting on commercial properties that are going to lose value in the vortex of property depreciation?”

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Are you buying the wrong equipment for building or campus surveillance because your on-staff expert only reads specification sheets?
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The problems with the sub-prime rate mortgage market have seeped into other facets of the real estate market.

What happened to all the experts on CNBC and other business channels who in 2007 said the mortgage and financial crisis was going to be limited to the sub-prime rate mortgages and those holding them? Their initial observation was that only a very small percentage of loans would be affected.

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As another Chicago-area hospital calls it quits, what are the remaining ones doing to keep a solid health care network in the Chicago metropolitan area? What’s happening to major area hospitals as they throw in the towel and scalpel and call it quits due to negative revenues?
Continue reading "MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL: ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST"

In this new global millennium, organizational titanics must be transformed into streamlined starships in both the public and private sectors.

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Why are we still trying to stereotype everyone into a group composite based on their age? “60 Minutes” on CBS recently ran a segment on “millennials” in the job market. CBS said:
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What we take for granted in the suburbs is just on a wish list for Chicago police.
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If your commercial or residential building is lacking broadband connectivity, you might start seeing a lack of tenants.
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For thousands of years, trade routes were considered important to the regional sustainability of every civilization. Those trade routes are now electronic.
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There needs to be ubiquitous state awakening to commit billions of dollars for major infrastructure endeavors like what we’re seeing in New York and New Jersey, James Carlini writes from the New York Palace in New York City.
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The lack of jobs for American citizens is reflected with this latest, multibillion-dollar financial collapse that reaffirms my economic observations. Many financial experts and economists have yet to connect the dots while analyzing financial indicators and determining why things are happening in the economy.
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Within the commercial real estate markets, those commercial buildings that lack IQ will lose tenants and overall value over the next five years.
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Based on your experience, where is the economy? While some economists think we are doing well, that is based on what they read in charts and not what happens on the street.
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The reason the economy is in a tailspin is because there are a growing number of beta consumers who can’t adhere to the same hierarchy of spending levels as Alpha consumers.  
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