February 4, 2021. Externalities can be positive or negative, such as pollution, traffic, real estate developments, and public areas and parks.

January 28, 2021. This combo of full-service hotel and state-of-the-art convention center is going to work together to be a game-changer for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.

January 21, 2021. Economists are predicting modest mortgage rate rises this year. In my opinion, this increase is unlikely to derail the red-hot housing market.

January 14, 2021. Lot Lines: The built environment’s response to COVID-19

A community’s built environment can play an important role in enhancing recovery and its response to disasters.

January 7, 2021. 5G is being integrated into the built environment with in-building cell site installations for enterprise customers.

December 17, 2020. Airbnb is dependent upon its hosts to be successful. It was rewarding to see that it recognized that and gave hosts the opportunity at ownership in the company.

December 10, 2020. The assemblage of land for development is a time-consuming, complicated process and is one of the biggest challenges in urban “infill” development.

December 3, 2020. There is more to a façade than meets the eye.

December 19, 2020. I have seen very few real estate academics or industry experts stepping up to predict what 2021 is going to look like.

November 12, 2000. Edmond is a suburban city outside of OKC with a growing urban attitude.

November 5, 2020. United Minds and KRC Research recently surveyed office occupiers. The results support my suspicion that it might be time to acknowledge some permanent changes are likely taking place in the office market.

October 29, 2020. We could be entering a time when Oklahoma's two largest metropolitan markets are actually in the “sweet spot” when it comes to size and available amenities.

October 22, 2020. There is a prediction that 16% of U.S. malls will need to be redeveloped into other uses.

October 15, 2020. All the talk about climate change, floods, droughts, and recent hurricanes has led to a plethora of research projects and indexes, and now every property will get a publicly available flood risk analysis.

October 8, 2020. The pandemic has been particularly damaging to retail establishments in the United States.

October 1, 2020. Developers of all sizes, from independent small-scale firms to large, publicly traded companies, are building infill projects throughout the country, and are doing so profitably.

September 24, 2020. It is imperative that we help our restaurants and bars succeed during this difficult time. Parklets are a way the city can help them financially as well as build a sense of community.

September 17, 2020. What is happening to convince real estate investors that they should invest in failing retail businesses? All I can say is desperate times create desperate solutions.

September 10, 2020. A new federal eviction moratorium went into effect Sept. 4 and will last until Dec. 31 unless extended. Oddly enough, this moratorium came at the suggestion and promotion of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

September 3, 2020. We are getting used to active hurricane seasons in the Gulf of Mexico and wildfires in the western U.S.; however, what Texas, Louisiana and California have encountered this year in the midst of a historic pandemic is absolute piling on when it comes to natural disasters.