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Transit-oriented development and housing prices
April 6, 2017. Results from an important research project on the influence of public transportation on housing values were released at the same time construction began on the MAPS 3 streetcar line.

Drama Coming Soon to a Theater Near You
April 2017. It used to be enough to have stadium-style seating, large screens, and awesome surround-sound, but today movie-goers are demanding more.

Pivot Awards
March 30, 2017. This week at the annual Commercial Real Estate Summit hosted at the University of Central Oklahoma, the Central Oklahoma Commercial Association of Realtors and the UCO Real Estate Program presented four awards to deserving real estate professionals.

A different perspective on homeownership
February 23, 2017.. With homeownership dropping to 62.9 percent, or the same as it was in 1965, the U.S. demand for rental property is at an all-time high.
Confronting a Nor’easter – the research must go on!
March 23, 2017. As our team of researchers arrived in New York City, weather forecasters were predicting one of the most devastating Nor’easter storms in recent memory.

Building a better burb
March 16, 2017. The redrawing of America’s poverty map should cause Oklahomans to question long-held myopic views of the people and communities that typically see poverty’s effects.

Risk Management Association
March 9, 2017. I was honored to speak at the Risk Management Association monthly luncheon this week.

Externalities and the price of real estate
March 2, 2017. What determines the price and attractiveness of commercial and residential real estate? Researchers at the University of Central Oklahoma Real Estate Program are working in this area.

5th & Littler
March 2017. The area surrounding the park is undergoing its most significant change since its WPA era construction.

ULI Awards, and the winners are. . .
February 16, 2017. For the past three years, ULI Oklahoma has awarded Impact Awards to the most deserving projects.

Being a tourist in your hometown
February 9, 2017. There isn’t much I enjoy more than showing off our city, telling our unique story, and yes, it always relates back to the built environment in which I work.

Placemaking
February 2, 2017. Placemaking is a multifaceted approach to planning, design, and management of public places

What’s Going Up Downtown?
February 2017. There is a renaissance of sorts taking place in what used to be the sleepy little downtown, urban core of Edmond, Oklahoma.

Is the 30-year mortgage safe?
January 26, 2017. Rumblings amongst President Trump’s Cabinet picks and congressional Republican leadership indicate support for curbing governmental backing of the traditional 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage that Americans have become accustomed to receiving.

A changing retail environment
January 19, 2017. The typical retail store is getting significantly smaller and retailers are focusing more on the experience of shopping.

Real estate in 2017
January 12, 2017. Now that college football is over, people in Oklahoma will get back to work and ponder what 2017 will bring to their business. I wish I was as optimistic about the real estate market as I was about our state football teams

Convenience store definition changing
January 5, 2017. They say that everything is bigger in Texas. When it comes to convenience stores, Buc-ee’s sure seems to confirm that notion.

The future of workspace?
December 29, 2016. The shared office movement around the country is skyrocketing, thanks in part to a new concept called co-working.

Airbnb – sharing technology effect
December 22, 2016. The emergence of the sharing economy, enabled by multi-sided technology platforms, has given travelers another option when choosing local accommodations.

Development impact fees
December 15, 2016. The impact fees imposed on Oklahoma City development could cause developers looking at development on the fringes to go a little farther and simply develop in those suburbs.