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May 18, 2010 - Vol. 9, No. 15 |
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Hot Springs, Virginia, Professional Forum Updates |
- Register for the Fall 2010 Professional Forum in Hot Springs, Virginia, entitled
"Real Estate: Are You Ready for the Next Cycle?," which happens October 2 - 6, 2010.
- The Homestead in Hot Springs, Va., is the Forum headquarters. For room reservations, call
1-800-838-1766, Ext. 1, and request the "IAMC room block." Or download the reservation form, complete it and fax it to 540-839-7922.
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Golf lessons on The Homestead course
Photo courtesy of The Homestead
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Positive ROI Possible for Green Tenant Improvements
In "LEED for Commercial Interiors Can Result In Productivity Gains, Energy Savings," Rod Vickroy and Rob Moylan advise, "The key to linking LEED to ROI and other valuable measures of organizational effectiveness is to plan early and strategically." The authors examine how LEED certified work space can result in a favorable ROI from three perspectives: corporate branding, employee performance and organizational effectiveness. The authors note that companies building an environmentally progressive image can benefit from meeting this LEED standard. The resulting improvements to inside air quality and worker access to daylight have been shown to enhance worker morale and productivity. And reduced employee turnover and improved recruitment are cited as organizational benefits of the LEED design. In support of these arguments, the article says, "A 2009 Michigan State study, 'Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Occupant Well-being and Productivity in LEED Offices,' found that groups moving to LEED office buildings missed less work and put in almost 39 hours more per person annually. According to the study, the total bottom-line benefits are from gains related to fewer allergic reactions and reduced stress. The productivity boost ranged from $69,601 to more than $250,000 per year, the study showed." |
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Participate in IAMC's Online Business Networking
Stay "linked in" year-round with fellow IAMC members through IAMC's LinkedIn online business networking group, which is open exclusively to members. Once you join, you can post discussion items for group input and share your knowledge by answering others' questions. If you're not periodically checking IAMC's discussion group, you're missing some great CREM Q&A. . IAMC Executive Director Ron Starner posed this question to the IAMC Group: "What is your favorite take-away from the Spring 2010 IAMC Professional Forum, held earlier this week at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs?" He has received 13 responses so far, including this one:
This was my first IAMC event. I really appreciated everyone's willingness to make connections. The Peer-to-Peer discussion is a great forum for getting to know the needs of all those involved in real estate deals.
To jump to the LinkedIn logon screen, click here. Once logged on, go to the top of the left-hand column and click on "groups." For more information on LinkedIn or the IAMC Group on LinkedIn, click here. |
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Find a Real Estate Job; Post an Opening; Post a Resume
 Go to the IAMC Career Center to read about dozens of corporate real estate, economic development and real estate service provider jobs. Here's an example: Real Estate Manager, for Michelin North America. The job description says, "The real estate manager is responsible for planning, coordinating and negotiating real estate transactions at multiple levels of size and complexity and applying a broad, comprehensive knowledge of real estate to complete such transactions." |
Short Subjects
More Evidence Commercial RE on the Mend
- Real estate economist Robert Bach writes, "For commercial real estate, the April employment data combined with the emptying construction pipeline signals that leasing market fundamentals are close to bottoming out." Read his short article.
Good Ideas Need Time, Forbearance
- Sometimes, workable solutions to difficult problems are dismissed because they are unexpected or contrarian. In "Killing Ideas with Righteous Might," G. Michael Maddock and Raphael Louis Vitón write, "Albert Einstein said, 'One should not expect to solve a problem with the same level of intelligence that caused it. If you find yourself getting really angry at the ideas being proposed to make your favorite cause better, we humbly submit that Einstein was talking about you."
New York Fed Survey: NY Manufacturing Still on a Roll
- The investment blog Seeking Alpha says, "The Empire State Manufacturing Survey indicates that conditions for New York manufacturers continued to improve for a tenth consecutive month in May, albeit at a slower pace than in April. The general business conditions index fell 13 points, to 19.1. Similarly, the new orders and shipments indexes also moved lower but remained at positive levels."
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