Author Archives: greylee

Jones Lang Lasalle’s Dan Probst spoke briefly the other day at CoreNet Global’s conference in San Diego today. The summit’s theme was “Re-Imagine, Re-Orient, Re-Ignite, Re-Invent! His take: commercial real estate managers have been focused on saving energy, and are … Continue reading →

This past Friday I attended the MIT Center for Real Estate Global Forum for 2012, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The full-day event was dense with information and broad in perspectives. I caught up with an old friend … Continue reading →

Bisnow put on a gathering for commercial real estate construction and development to explore the implications of emerging technology on the industry. Peter Campot of Suffolk Construction described how behind the times construction is, and as manufacturing and BIM come … Continue reading →

PlaceMakers blog – a collection of urban planning types – put out an article by Nathan Norris ”Why Generation Y is Causing the Great Migration of the 21st Century” Norris quotes Robert Schiller: “Just last week, Robert Shiller of the Standard … Continue reading →

As proud members of the US Green Building Council, Lee Partners participates in the local Massachusetts Chapter here in Boston. Yesterday they hosted their fifth annual Earth Day dinner, to gather and celebrate Innovations in Design and Green Building. I … Continue reading →

[byline: Bruce Lee; above: 101 Main St Cambridge (Photo by Rofo.com)] On March 29th I attended the celebration of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Boston’s move to the heart of Kendall Square for the inauguration of the new TiE-Boston Cambridge office. This was … Continue reading →

CoreNet Global, the pre-eminent commercial real estate research organization, has produced its latest “State of the Industry” report (link to summary). One of their major statements is that office workers will continue to prefer office environments over alternatives. I think … Continue reading →

Tishman Speyer hosted a reception at their 101 Federal St property with NAIOP – the premier organization for real estate developers and associated industries (certainly including brokers). The title was “Lifting Boston’s Low-Rise Space” and focused on the difference between … Continue reading →

A trio of dutch real estate finance economists have recently published a paper confirming higher returns for REITs that invest in buildings with energy standards and other green screening tools. I just found a great quick article on it at … Continue reading →

Reit.com recently posted this quick (4 mins)  interview with the GSA’s Federal Director, Kevin Kampshroer. In Summary: GSA is committed to sustainability. The real estate industry has turned the corner: 20-30% of firms have embraced the concepts. It is no … Continue reading →