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Go big or go home
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Go big or go home

October 18, 2018. It did not take a Ph.D. in real estate to predict the effect of passage of State Question 788, which legalized medical marijuana, on retail real estate in Oklahoma.

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Unintended consequences of marijuana legislation
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Unintended consequences of marijuana legislation

October 11, 2018. Locals in Red River claim that there has been an infusion of new guests to New Mexico ski slopes avoiding the smoke and smell of recreational marijuana on the slopes of Colorado.

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Safeguarding Oklahomans
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Safeguarding Oklahomans

October 4, 2018. I doubt many reading this column truly understand the role of the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission.

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Will Birds Fly in Edmond
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Will Birds Fly in Edmond

October 2018. I have been getting questions about when the scooters will make it to Downtown Edmond and the University of Central Oklahoma.

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Pivot Awards presented
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Pivot Awards presented

September 27. 2018. Recently the Pivot Awards were presented at the annual Commercial Real Estate Summit hosted by the COCAR and the University of Central Oklahoma Real Estate Program.

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The emergence of the food hall
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

The emergence of the food hall

September 20, 2018. Food halls are becoming a favorite among real estate developers, who see them as an experiential retail strategy.

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2018 Commercial Real Estate Summit
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

2018 Commercial Real Estate Summit

August 30, 2018. It is time to register for the 2018 Commercial Real Estate Summit, hosted at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City on Sept. 20.

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Sustaining an industry
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Sustaining an industry

September 6, 2018. While I am proud of our progress in our community, I spend very little time talking about what it takes to sustain an educated real estate workforce in our state in order to maintain and continue this progress.

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Under Construction & Open for Business
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Under Construction & Open for Business

September, 2018. Downtown Edmond is undergoing some much-needed infrastructure improvements. The project includes installation of new storm drainage pipes in multiple locations downtown, along with new streetscape parking along Edwards and Campbell Streets.

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 Industrial upside
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Industrial upside

August 23, 2018. The online purchase is important to expanding warehouse activity; however, the local disrupting factor is the passage of medical marijuana in Oklahoma.

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Manufactured home communities
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Manufactured home communities

August 16, 2918. Jimmy Buffett sings about them, police departments raid them, retired people in Florida live in them, and I have always wanted to own one. I’m talking about trailer parks.

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Generational disruption
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Generational disruption

August 9, 2018. Two separate studies indicate troubled waters ahead for residential real estate because of a generational impasse.

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Generational consequences
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Generational consequences

August 2, 2018, In a recent survey conducted by Bank of the West, 68 percent of millennials (ages 21-34) who had purchased a home stated they felt buyer’s remorse and regretted their purchase.

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To BNB or Not to BNB
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

To BNB or Not to BNB

August, 2018. A few months ago Outlook Magazine’s cover story was on the “gig-economy.” As a real estate guy with two Airbnb properties in downtown Edmond, I suggest to you the ultimate side hustle was left out–rental real estate.

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Real estate sales
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Real estate sales

July 19, 2018. Fewer and fewer today are choosing real estate sales, and those who do are in the job only until they can become an investor, asset manager, or developer.

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Beautifying the Gateways
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Beautifying the Gateways

July, 2018. 1Those working to revitalize downtown Edmond have long wished to beautify the gateways into downtown. Specifically, the intersection at Edmond Road and Broadway. From the south starting at Fifteenth and from the west beginning at Kelley. These two corridors approaching Edmond Road and Broadway may be the most aesthetically challenging in the City of Edmond.

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