New Flood Maps Show US Damage Rising 26% In Next 30 Years Due to Climate Change Alone, and the Inequity Is Stark
Climate change is raising flood risks in neighborhoods across the U.S. much faster than many people realize. Over the next three decades, the cost of…
The New Math of Tenant Creditworthiness
Understanding the creditworthiness of your tenant is one of the most important aspects of successful commercial real estate ownership. The riskiness of tenants can be…
Water Mist Is a Better Way To Douse Most Structure Fires
Commercial fire sprinklers save lives and property. Time and time again, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) touts that automatic sprinkler systems are a crucial…
There Are No Easy Answers to Miami’s Condo Collapse
The tragic collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, left 98 dead. Sorting through the catastrophe of epic proportions will likely take years. Legal…
COVID-19 Has Changed How Banks Understand Tenant Risk
What impact did COVID-19 have on the banking industry? A question that has been probed from every angle over the past fifteen months, ever since…
The Difference Between Building Safety and Building Security
Building managers have always had a ton of things to worry about. With the pandemic, these worries grew exponentially. This will be seen as the…
No Matter Who the US President Is, the War on Climate Change Is Already in Retreat
No matter how the new administration will change the debate on climate change, it’s already forcing Americans from their homes. Decades of rising temperatures and…
Landlords Need to Quantify Each Building’s COVID-19 Risk
As we enter the autumn, workers around the world are returning to the office. Deaths from COVID-19 cases continue to fall from their spring peaks…