March 2018. Today, the lot where the little bungalow sat, will continue to be a blessing. With the advice from her kids, banker, and builder, Iris is building an income-producing project to aid in her retirement.

March 1, 2018. We are two years out from the census, and now is the time for our cities to judiciously avert an undercount.

February 22, 2018. Commercial real estate, as an asset class, is a hedge against inflation, meaning that it can help offset the impact.

February 15, 2018. The Urban Land Institute has had a huge influence on development in Oklahoma in its first 11 years. For the past four years, ULI Oklahoma has awarded Impact Awards to the most deserving projects.

February 8, 2018. I’ve been considering the effect that the shrinking middle class is likely to have on commercial real estate.

February 1, 2018. We live in one of the most affordable housing markets in the U.S., and because this is a strategic advantage to our city and state, it is worth tracking and monitoring.

January 25, 2018. The countdown to implementation of the new liquor laws in Oklahoma has begun and the strategic jockeying of real estate plays are now evident all over the state.

January 18, 2018. There are important housing policy decisions under consideration in our nation’s capital.

January 11, 2018. The University of Central Oklahoma Risk Management, Resilience, and Built Environment Policy Institute is studying Gentrification and Social Capital as it concerns real estate development.

January 4, 2018. I’ve been thinking about the residential rental market in Oklahoma City this holiday season.

December 28, 2017. When it became evident the president and Congress were serious about passing the first meaningful tax reform since 1986, lobbyists at the National Association of Realtors got busy. So, how did they do?

December 21, 2017. It appears that Oklahoma City is beginning to address the increasing economic realities of maintaining its sprawling miles of infrastructure and attempting to increase density.

December 14, 2017. There is a little-talked-about clause in most retail leases called “going dark.”

August , 2017. The most important and difficult aspect is management.

July, 2017. “The train has since lost its attraction in Edmond, turning from romance to nuisance.” David Chapman

June 1, 2017. Belfast is on the path to recovery and the real estate market shows signs of regeneration.

May 24, 2017. The call came into my London hotel room after midnight. My colleague and co-author on an international research project on terrorism in the built environment was calling.

May 18, 2017. I am writing this from the Grand Rotunda in the British Museum. We are wrapping up our research extension and awaiting another 25 students eager to start the 2017 UCO London/Belfast/Dublin Study Tour.

May 11, 2017. Student researchers from the University of Central Oklahoma set out to collect and analyze data in an area of London that was once a desolate environmental wasteland, full of derelict buildings and home to public housing, prostitution, drugs and other criminal activities.

May 4, 2017. While we have been busy trying to make accommodations for millennials and their desire for “third place,” I think many of us in the built environment, such as architects, developers, and builders, have failed to realize the importance to other generations.