Author : All posts by Don Catalano

The Top 5 Apps for CRE Professionals Today

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    As the role of mobile devices in the commercial real estate workplace matures, many real estate professionals like you are finding that they are useful business tools almost more than they are useful real estate tools. While applications like CoStar Go, PowerOne Finance Pro Calculator and LoopNet are useful, the real power frequently..

6 Office Floor Plan Design Tips for CRE

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  Designing an office floor plan is not like it used to be. Once, you set up a reception area with a conference room off of it, put the most senior employees in the corners with big offices, the middle people on the glass line with smaller offices, and everyone else in the middle in..

Understanding Office Space Area and Commercial Lease Terms

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  Some of the most confusing commercial lease terms come in how an office space’s area is determined area. Gross, rentable and usable square feet are all different, and impact your occupancy costs.   Space Basics   Most office spaces are leased out on the basis of their size. All things being equal, a bigger..

Surviving Office Relocation

  One of the upshots of optimizing your company’s corporate real estate portfolio is that you will probably end up moving around a bit. Whether you are looking to consolidate multiple spaces into one, downsize a too-big space or simply move for a better deal, office relocation is usually in the cards for any company..

3 Tips to Help Cut Your Rent Now

With the end of the calendar year looming, many companies have cost cutting on their mind either to maximize profits for 2014 or to get 2015 off to a good start. While rent might seem like a relatively inflexible cost due to the long term nature of many leases, you have more control over your..