Leasing Green
Incorporate Sustainable Practices Into Tenant-Landlord Contracts.
by Christa Dommers, JD, and Adam Walsh, JD
Commercial real estate property owners and tenants are adopting sustainability programs that affect various aspects of their business operations. To implement such programs, property owners and tenants must look at their real estate, both existing and future, to determine what changes are necessary or desired to further their sustainability goals. Since most corporate commercial real estate in the U.S. is subject to lease agreements, standard lease provisions may need to be modified to incorporate green concepts from both a tenant’s and a landlord’s viewpoint. Leasing specialists also can learn which provisions should be modified to provide both parties with enough flexibility to implement these concepts.
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ADA Commission Improves Access to Information
Voluntary Program Strives to Streamline Compliancy, Reduce Litigation
by Greg Kane, CREJ Staff Writer
David Warren Peters has advised hundreds of California landlords, business owners and other clients who have been targeted by costly lawsuits accusing violations of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. Too often, he said, the litigation could have been avoided.
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Proper Attribution
Multifamily Operators Grapple With Lead-to-Lease Tracking Accompanying the Explosion in Internet Marketing
by Chris Wood
Apartment owners and managers are voicing increased concerns regarding Internet Listing Service (ILS) pricing models and reporting methodologies. As the paradigm for apartment marketing has evolved from printed locator guides to the Internet over the past decade, so too has the tracking of lease leads, particularly those leads generated by ILSs, and even more specifically those leads that ILSs are charging back to multifamily operators as part of their normal billing cycle.
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Survey Reveals More Than 95 Percent of Renters Are Moving in 2010
by Apartments.Com
 According to an Apartments.com national survey, many renters across the country are planning to move to a new apartment this year. The survey gathered more than 1,500 renter responses and more than 95 percent of renters said they are planning a move in 2010. |
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Employee Anniversaries
by Andrea Kennedy
We proudly acknowledge employee anniversaries; each of these individuals have one or more years of tenure. Thank you to each and everyone for sharing your time and expertise to help us be the best that we can be!
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Manco Abbott, Inc., Executive Appointed as Vice-Chair of the CAA Greater Fresno Board
by Greg Bethke
Manco Abbott, Inc, is proud to announce the appointment of Adam Goldfarb as Vice-Chair of the Greater Fresno Division of the California Apartment Association (CAA).
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In Favre's Favor - Delayed Retirement
by Brett Arends, The Wall Street Journal
Maybe we should all take a leaf out of Brett Favre's playbook.
Not the last-minute interception: The delayed retirement.......
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Report: Seeking a Housing Recovery
Gains in home sales have been driven by government stimulus, leading some to wonder if the nascent housing recovery needs federal assistance to sustain, Nick Timiraos reports.
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