Archive for November 2009

New “Green” McDonald’s Logo

Just found this interesting tidbit online:  McDonald’s is apparently changing its logo in Europe, eliminating the red background and replacing it with a “deep hunter green” background to tout their environmental credentials.

You can read the article on greenbiz.com here.

Top 10 Phrases Not Heard from Developers Since 2007

I’ve put together a list of the top 10 phrases that I have not heard for quite some time from developers.  Please feel free to add any others you come up with in the comments.
#10 "I’m a preferred developer for Rite Aid."
#9  "We have excellent banking relationships, financing is not an issue."
#8  "There are thousands [...]

Shhhhh! Don’t Tell Anyone

This must be very confidential if these brokers are using a Property Line email blast to the whole world to get the word out!  The subject line of the email was “4 Highly Confidential Listings”

Comments on CoStar Article About Institutional Transactions

This morning, CoStar published an article entitled Institutional Investors Throwing Big Money Around Class A Quality Retail Property.  The article highlights several recent large transactions that have taken place and interviews guys from CBRE, Marcus & Millichap and Jones Lange LaSalle for opinions.  A few of the points/quotes caught my attention and I thought I’d [...]