June 2018. A developer in OKC named Steve Mason called me and asked me to define the time and event that started the renaissance in downtown Edmond.

May 31, 2018.I am writing this week’s column from the London Pub. With both the King’s Cross and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park data gathered, the University of Central Oklahoma student-researchers now turn their attention to the London/Belfast/Dublin Study Tour.

May 24, 2018. Things were abuzz in London as the country prepared for a royal wedding. Our nine-member team of student researchers is not creating a buzz on the royal wedding scale, but instead looking at the ramifications of what are being called privately owned public spaces, or POPS.

May 17, 2018. I am leading nine student researchers from the University of Central Oklahoma studying two significant developments in London.

May 10, 2018. Parks are a way the built environment can improve residents’ quality of life.

May 3, 2018. Growing up with a blind brother has given me empathy for those with disabilities; however, as a developer, builder, property manager, and built environment enthusiast, I still get frustrated trying to comply with the Americans with Disability Act requirements.

May 2018. The biggest potential game-changer for downtown Edmond is the implementation of a quiet zone to silence the horn of that pesky train.

April 26, 2018. Recently, CoStar honored local brokers by awarding its Power Broker Awards.

April 19, 2018. Millennials have bought into the concept of sharing things, such as physical space in exchange for services and convenience, and it is now making waves in the real estate industry.

April 12, 2018. I had the opportunity to take a group of students to Mick Cornett’s final Mayor’s Development Roundtable last month.

April 5, 2018. Just as a university cannot be separated from its community, neither can real estate.

April 2018. I like meeting with colleagues in the coffee shops and pubs to discuss our projects or just learn what’s going on in each other’s lives. To me that is community.

May 29, 2018. The momentum that autonomous vehicle technology had enjoyed the last few years recently took a hit when a woman in Tempe, Arizona, was struck and killed by a driverless vehicle. Much of the attention and many of the questions raised from the tragic event have fallen on planners and developers of the built environment.

March 22, 2018. Jack Werner founded A to Z Inspections in 2002 to do residential and commercial real estate inspections. With degrees in construction and finance, Werner developed a process to produce an inspection that educates the buyers about the property they are purchasing.

March 15, 2018. For one day this real estate column dude got to play restaurant critic.

March 8, 2018. What started out seven years ago as a tornado summit has grown into a three-day, multidiscipline conference focused on many different disaster threats, including tornadoes, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, hail, and earthquakes.

March 2018. Today, the lot where the little bungalow sat, will continue to be a blessing. With the advice from her kids, banker, and builder, Iris is building an income-producing project to aid in her retirement.

March 1, 2018. We are two years out from the census, and now is the time for our cities to judiciously avert an undercount.

February 22, 2018. Commercial real estate, as an asset class, is a hedge against inflation, meaning that it can help offset the impact.

February 15, 2018. The Urban Land Institute has had a huge influence on development in Oklahoma in its first 11 years. For the past four years, ULI Oklahoma has awarded Impact Awards to the most deserving projects.