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Our fourth installment of this 45-year-old tradition nominating words to be banished from the language because of misuse, overuse or general uselessness.
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WAYNE STATE WORD WARRIORS
Our fourth installment of this 11-year tradition to retrieve words from the linguistic closet.
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GREEN GLOBES CERTIFICATION
University of Chicago’s Gleacher Center Achieves Green Globes Certification. A case study from the Green Buildings Initiative.
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BY TH3 NUMB3RSThe Texas Congressional Delegation.
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THE TOBY AWARDS
Local winners move to the regional competition.
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F THE FU URE L’Arbre Blanc in Montpelier, France.
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AMAZ NG BU LDINGS –A NEW VANCOUVER
Contributing Editor Angela O’Byrne examines how a tribal development could transform a city.
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The sculptor of monuments known for the design of buildings in Brasilia.
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COLUMBUS, INDIANA – A GLOBAL MECCA OF ARCHITECTURAL ACHIEVEMENT
A small city with a big footprint in architecture, landscape architecture and art.
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THE BOOMING MARKET OF SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES
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HOW CHANGES IN THE CRE INDUSTRY WILL IMPACT BUSINESSES
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Contributing Editor Rose-Mary Rumbley tells the story of the 29th POTUS who was on the verge of ignominy, but died before it happened.
DEVELOPING HEALTH-CENTERED COMMUNITIES
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SIMPLEASEITY™ BY ANDREA DAVIS
Book Review – a guide for business owners who lease commercial space.
Sage advice from Andrea Davis, a real estate consultant and writer.
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The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson and the Tenure of Office Act.
THE PSYCHOPATH EPIDEMIC – BOOK REVIEW
Cameron Reilly offers advice on what you can do about today’s crazy world.
WOOF – BOOK REVIEW
A heart-warming story of the dogs in his life by Robert Freeman.
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Chairman and CEO of SG Blocks Paul Galvin offers a solution to the affordable housing crisis.
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Attorney and Contributing Editor Anthony Barbieri examines the differences.
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The landscapes of the imagination of Russian-Canadian artist George Grie’s digital neo-surrealism present a powerful impact.
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is a shareholder at Kessler Collins, where he enjoys a broad legal practice. He has been a speaker for ICSC, IREM, and BOMA, has taught continuing legal education seminars, and has been named a Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star for many years, as well as being a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. He and his wife, Cathy, enjoy traveling and spending time with their extended families, getting involved in their church and supporting the community through various programs – including raising awareness of muscular dystrophy, education and exercise to fight heart disease, providing care and treatment for autism, and counseling domestic-violence victims. He is also a Contributing Editor of
(P. 43) has practiced commercial real estate for over twenty years. Davis’s breadth of knowledge stretches from developers to landlords to buyer/tenant representation and investments. Within the commercial real estate industry, she has won numerous awards. The Phoenix Business Journal ranked Andrea Davis CRE in the top 10 of Ranking Arizona for the category of Office Brokerage. Her book, SimpLEASEity™, focuses on leasing and is the first in a series of commercial real estate guidebooks. Her next book, Simply Own It, the American Dream, is forthcoming this year.
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is a musicologist, Steinway artist, and a professional musician. Over 42 years of marriage to his wife, Carol, he has been the proud master of 17 dogs — 11 of them golden retrievers, six of them American dogs. Having made tenure at MIT, he directed the Eastman School of Music for 24 years, presided over the New England Conservatory for three, and served as dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas in Austin for seven. He is also the author of the highly praised The Crisis of Classical Music in America. For the Eastman School’s website honoring Freeman: esm.rochester.edu/freeman
is the Chief Executive Officer of SGB and its predecessor entity. He has over 20 years of experience developing and managing real estate, including residential condominiums, luxury sales, and market rate and affordable rental projects. Prior to his involvement in real estate, he founded a non-profit organization that focused on public health, housing, and child survival, where he served for over a decade in a leadership position. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from LeMoyne College and a master’s degree in Social Policy from Fordham University.
ANGELA O’BYRNE (P. 32)
is a Principal/Shareholder and Team Leader at Merriman Anderson/Architects. He has over 16 years of experience in many sectors of the Design and Construction industry including Mixed-Use Development, Hospitality, Industrial, Retail, Commercial Office, and Sports and Entertainment. He, his wife and two children live in north Dallas, and while their time is spent on the kids, their schools and activities, they enjoy traveling around the country, going to sporting events and spending time on their boat.
is the president of national architecture, design-build, and real estate development firm Perez, APC. She champions the principles of smart growth in her home community of New Orleans and in her frequent travels across the country and abroad. Born in Cali, Colombia, Angela is a licensed architect in over a dozen states, a licensed general contractor in Louisiana, a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and a member of the National CREW Network (Commercial Real Estate Women) Board of Directors. A singer, golfer, music- lover, and globetrotter, she relishes spending free time with her three grown children and large extended family. She is a Contributing Editor of and her Amazing Buildings feature appears in every issue.
CAMERON REILLY (P. 45)
is an Australian entrepreneur who runs a marketing consulting business and formerly worked for Microsoft, where he developed an interest in psychopaths. In 2004, he became Australia’s first podcaster and launched “The Podcast Network,” the world’s first network of its kind. Since then he has developed a passionate global fan base for historical figures with millions of podcast downloads. With the financial support of his fans, Reilly recently wrote, produced, directed, and hosted a secular documentary about early Christianity, Marketing The Messiah. His first book, The Three Illusions, was self-published in 2011. He has been featured in many Australian media stories for his role as a pioneer in podcasting and is often invited to speak at industry events. He lives in Brisbane with his wife and 3 children. Learn more at www.ThePsychopathEpidemic.com
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In a small amerIcan town, a band of squirrels had become quite a problem.
The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do about their squirrel infestation. After much prayer and consideration, they concluded that the squirrels were predestined to be there, and they shouldn’t interfere with God’s divine will.
-a sImple frIend can stand by you when you are right, but a real friend will stand by you even when you are wrong.
-A simple friend identifies himself when he calls. A real friend doesn’t have to.
-A simple friend opens a conversation with a full news bulletin on her life. A real friend asks, “What’s new with you?”
The following sTaTemenTs abouT the bible were written by children. They have not been retouched or corrected (i.e., spelling errors have been retained).
-In the first book of the Bible, Guinessis, God got tired of creating the world, so he took the Sabbath off.
-Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree.
-Noah’s wife was called Joan of Ark.
-Noah built an ark, which the animals come on to in pears.
-Lot’s wife was a pillar of salt by day, but a ball of fire by night.
-The Jews were a proud people and throughout history they had trouble with the unsympathetic Genitals.
-Samson was a strongman who let himself be led astray by a Jezebel like Delilah.
-Samson stayed the Philistines with the axe of the Apostles.
-Moses led the Hebrews to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread which is bread without any ingredients.
-The Egyptians were all drowned in the dessert. Afterwards, Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten ammendments.
-The first commandment was when Eve told Adam to eat the apple.
-The seventh commandment is thou shalt not admit adultery.
-Moses died before he ever reached Canada.
-Then Joshua led the Hebrews in the battle of Geritol.
-David was a Hebrew king skilled at playing the liar. He fought with the Finklesteins, a race of people who lived in Biblical times.
-Solomon, one of David’s sons, had 300 wives and 700 porcupines.
-When Mary heard that she was the mother of Jesus, she sang the Magna Carta.
-When the three wise guys from the east side arrived, they found Jesus in the manager.
-Jesus was born because Mary had an immaculate contraption.
-St. John, the blacksmith, dumped water on his head.
-Jesus enunciated the Golden Rule, which says to do one to others before they do one to you.
-He also explained, “a man doth not live by sweat alone.”
-It was a miracle when Jesus rose from the dead and managed to get the tombstone off the entrance.
-The people who followed the Lord were called the 12 decibels.
-The epistles were the wives of the apostles.
-One of the opossums was St. Matthew who was also a taximan.
-St. Paul cavorted to Christianity. He preached holy acrimony, which is another name for marriage.
-A Christian should have only one spouse. This is called monotony.
At the Baptist church the squirrels had taken an interest in the baptistery. The deacons met and decided to put a waterslide on the baptistery and let the squirrels drown themselves. The squirrels liked the slide and unfortunately, knew instinctively how to swim, so twice as many squirrels showed up the following week.
-A simple friend thinks the problems you whine about are recent. A real friend says, “You’ve been whining about the same thing for 14 years. Get off your duff and do something about it.”
-A simple friend has never seen you cry. A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.
-A simple friend doesn’t know your parents’ first names. A real friend has their phone numbers in her address book.
-A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your party. A real friend comes early to help you cook and stays late to help you clean.
The Lutheran church decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God’s creatures. So, they humanely trapped their squirrels and set them free near the Baptist church. Two weeks later the squirrels were back when the Baptists took down the waterslide.
The Episcopalians tried a more unique path by setting out pans of whiskey around their church in an effort to kill the squirrels by alcohol poisoning. Sadly, they learned how much damage a band of drunk squirrels can do.
The Catholic church came up with a very creative strategy. They baptized all the squirrels and made them members of the church. Now they only see them at Christmas and Easter.
And not much was heard from the Jewish synagogue. They took the first squirrel and circumcised him, and they haven’t seen a squirrel since.
-A simple friend hates it when you call after she has gone to bed. A real friend asks you why you took so long to call.
-A simple friend seeks to talk with you about your problems. A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.
-A simple friend wonders about your romantic history. A real friend could blackmail you with it.
-A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest. A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps herself.
-A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument. A real friend knows that it’s not a friendship until after you’ve had a fight.
-A simple friend expects you to always be there for her. A real friend expects to always be there for you!
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This image was inspired by the Expiatory Temple, the masterpiece of the world’s most celebrated architect Antonio Gaudi. Frozen cathedral is an interpretation and a fabulous allegory of social disintegration of modern society. Human imagination is hardly an escape from reality, it is rather a way of understanding it.
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THAT EVERY FOREIGNER SHOULD LEARN
If you’re traveling to Spain, these words in Spanish will sure come in handy. The younger generation generally speaks English, but not everyone is fluent, so it’s always a good idea to learn some Spanish phrases. This will make your time in Spain more enjoyable, and you’ll surely be met with smiles and gratitude for trying to speak Spanish.
Vale is the Spanish word for Okay, and it basically means that the person agrees with you. Vale is used to confirming something that the other person said. (It sounds more like “bale” when it’s pronounced.)
The Torre GlòrIes, formerly known as Torre Agbar, is a 38-story (including 4 underground) skyscraper/tower in Barcelona, Spain. It was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel in association with the Spanish firm b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos and was originally named after its owners, the Agbar Group. It opened in June 2005 and - in 2017 - was purchased by Merlin Properties Real Estate Group and renamed Torre Glòries after the name of the adjacent square.
The 474-foot tower has a total 545,650 sq. ft. of which 320,000 sq. ft. are offices, The building also contains a very large auditorium.
According to Jean Nouvel, Torre Agbar was intended to recall the shape of a geyser rising into the air. It was inspired
by Montserrat, a mountain near Barcelona. In an interview, he described the tower as having a phallic character. As a result of its unusual shape, the building is known by several nicknames, such as el supositori (“the suppository”).
It is a striking structure built with reinforced concrete, covered with a facade of glass, and over 4,500 window openings cut out of the structural concrete. The building is the third tallest in Barcelona, after the Arts Hotel and the Mapfre Tower.
A defining feature of the building is its nocturnal illumination. It has 4,500 LED devices that allow generation of luminous images on its façade. In addition, the outside of the tower has temperature sensors that regulate the opening and closing of the window blinds of the façade, reducing the consumption of energy for air conditioning. n
Friolero means that someone is sensitive to the cold. If a person is complaining about cold weather, you could tell them to stop being so Friolero.
Pues could be translated as hmm... in English. It’s often used as ‘then’, ‘since’ or ‘well’ at the beginning of a sentence.
Bueno literally means ‘good’ but it’s also used as a filler word. The meaning is similar to vale.
Venga/Vamos both basically mean ‘come on’ or ‘let’s go’. Mira means ‘look’ but it’s also used as a Spanish filler word at the beginning of a sentence, just like how you would use ‘Look’ in English.
Dígame – Often a way of answering the phone, it literally means ‘Tell me’.
Perdón means ‘excuse me’.
Mierda is an exclamation -the equivalent of ‘Shit’ in English, and it’s used when something doesn’t go your way. Vergüenza Ajena is a conceptual expression meaning that you feel embarrassed by someone else’s action even though they aren’t embarrassed themselves.
Pavonearse is strutting around or showing off like a peacock, acting like you’re something special.
Sobremesa is the quality time spent together after a meal.
Enchilar means to season a dish with chili or to become red in the face due to chili consumption.
Puente is when Thursday is a holiday and you take Friday off as well to make your weekend longer.
Estrenar means to try or do something for the first time.
Merendar means going out to have a snack, a small meal, or coffee.
Pedorro is another fun word in Spanish which basically means “farter” and you usually say that to someone who is farting constantly. It’s one of those words that foreigners are likely not to know but will make your Spanish friends burst into laughter.
Madrugar means to wake up very early in the morning. Botellón is the concept of gathering in a public place to consume alcohol with friends and family.
Cállate means shut up or be quiet and is often pronounced strongly to affirm that you’re serious.
Maricón means ‘faggot’and is often used as a curse word between men.
Joder! basically means ‘damn’ or ‘f**k’ and is often used to express anger or frustration.
Coño literally means ‘pussy’ and even though it’s vulgar it’s often used to express frustration or anger rather than describing another person (e.g., ‘damn’ or ‘f**k’).
And don’t forget
Lameculo = someone who kisses ass
Empalagar = sweetness overload
Tocayo = someone who shares the same first name as you
Gilipollas = dumbass
The other day I sent my girlfriend a huge pile of snow. I rang her up and asked, ‘Did you get my drift?’
simply have changed over time, leading the current average down to 97.5 degrees. Stanford scientists analyzed 677,423 temperature readings from nearly 190,000 subjects over a span of 157 years, using everything from pension records of Civil War veterans and a CDC survey administered in the 1970s to more recent Stanford research.
In 1869, carl reInhold August Wunderlich pioneered the idea that 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is the average human body temperature. But according to a new study from Stanford University, it may not have been Wunderlich’s number-crunching that was faulty—the human body may
What the researchers found is that, on average, temperatures of the Civil War vets were higher than those examined from the 1970s; and the ones from the 1970s were higher than the more recent Stanford-collected temps. The data suggests that as our environment has changed over the decades, our bodies adapted. Dr. Julie Parsonnet, the lead author of the study, told Scientific American they’re not sure what the direct causes could be, but warmer clothes, better control of indoor temperatures, increasingly sedentary lifestyles, and a drop in infectious diseases could all have played a part in making us “colder.”
“Wunderlich did a brilliant job,” said Parsonnet, “but people who walked into his
office had tuberculosis, they had dysentery, that had none infections that had festered their entire lives, they were exposed to infectious diseases we’ve never seen.” Life expectancy at the time was only 38 years and Parsonnet suggests that inflammation caused by chronic infections such as gum disease, syphilis and other maladies (which affected large portions of the population) explains the temperatures documented by Wunderlich and that changes in inflammation control is a very plausible explanation for the decrease in temperature. Still, it’s likely that the number on the thermometer is not as important as what your body is telling you otherwise. “If you’re sick, you’re sick, regardless of your temperature,” Parsonnet said. n
The supreme courT aGreed to take a rare but timely look at rules for electing U.S. presidents. It will decide ahead of the 2020 election whether a state’s appointed presidential electors are bound to support the popular vote winner in their states or if they can vote for someone else in the Electoral College. The justices will hear arguments in April and should issue a decision before July.
About 30 states require presidential electors to vote for the popular vote winner, and electors almost always do so anyway. Under the Constitution, the country elects the president indirectly, with voters choo-
sing people who actually cast an Electoral College ballot for president. It takes 270 votes to win in the Electoral College.
The case came about from the 2016 presidential election. Three Hillary Clinton electors in Washington state and one in Colorado refused to vote for her despite her popular vote win in those states. They hoped to persuade enough electors in states won by Donald Trump to choose someone else and deny Trump the presidency. The federal appeals court in Denver ruled that electors can vote as they please, rejecting arguments that they must choose the popular vote winner. In Washington, the state Supreme Court upheld a $1,000 fine against the three electors and rejected their claims.
In all, there were 10 ‘faithless’ electors in 2016, including a fourth in Washington, a Democratic elector in Hawaii and two Republican electors in Texas. In addition, Democratic electors who said they would not vote for Clinton were replaced in Maine and Minnesota.
In asking the Supreme Court to rule that states can require electors to vote for the state winner, Colorado urged the justices to decide the case in the next few months, “not in the heat of a close presidential election.” The three Washington electors, while contending they should be free to vote their conscience, also said the court should avoid the “dangerous possibility” of having to resolve the issue following the 2020 vote. n
to plastic pollution, that call for action at all levels of government,” said Denis Hayes, the organizer of the first Earth Day in 1970 and Earth Day Network’s Board Chair Emeritus.
earTh day Is aprIl 22nd of every year, and April 22nd of this year will mark its 50th anniversary. Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world habitable.
Earth Day began and continues as a unified response to an environment in crisis — oil spills, smog, rivers so polluted they literally caught fire.
Earth Day continues to hold major international significance: In 2016, the United Nations chose it as the day when the historic Paris Agreement on climate change was signed into force.
The world needs each of us — and our actions — for Earth Day 2020. There’s so much you can do to help protect and restore our planet, from joining a cleanup or climate strike, to taking part in the world’s largest citizen science initiative, to hosting an event in your own community!
By the end of 2020, nations will be expected to increase their national commitments
to the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. The time is now for citizens to call for greater global ambition to tackle our climate crisis. Unless every country in the world steps up –and steps up with urgency and ambition — we are consigning current and future generations to a dangerous future. Earth Day 2020 needs to be far more than a day. It must be a historic moment when citizens of the world rise up in a united call for the creativity, innovation, ambition, and bravery that we need to meet our climate crisis and seize the enormous opportunities of a zero-carbon future.
“Despite (the) amazing success and decades of environmental progress, we find ourselves facing an even more dire, almost existential, set of global environmental challenges, from loss of biodiversity to climate change
“Progress has slowed, climate change impacts grow, and our adversaries have become better financed,” said Earth Day Network president Kathleen Rogers. “We find ourselves today in a world facing global threats that demand a unified global response. For Earth Day 2020, we will build a new generation of environmentalist activists, engaging millions of people worldwide.”
In the decades leading up to the first Earth Day, Americans were consuming vast amounts of leaded gas through massive and inefficient automobiles. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of the consequences from either the law or bad press. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. Until this point, mainstream America remained largely oblivious to environmental concerns and how a polluted environment threatens human health.
However, the stage was set for change with the publication
of Rachel Carson’s New York Times bestseller Silent Spring in 1962. The book represented a watershed moment, selling more than 500,000 copies in 24 countries as it raised public awareness and concern for living organisms, the environment and the inextricable links between pollution and public health.
Earth Day 1970 would come to provide a voice to this emerging environmental consciousness, channeling the energy of the anti-war protest movement to put environmental concerns on the front page. Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson came up with the idea for a national day to focus on the environment after Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, witnessed the ravages of a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California, in 1969. Inspired by the student anti-war movement, Senator Nelson realized that if he could infuse the energy of anti-war protests with an emerging public consciousness about air and water pollution, it would force environmental protection onto the national political agenda.
Senator Nelson announced the idea for a “national teach-in on the environment” to the national media. He then persuaded Pete McCloskey, a conservation-minded Republican Congressman, to serve as his co-chair and recruited a 25-year-old named Denis Hayes from Harvard as national coordinator. Hayes built a national staff of 85 to promote events across the land.
April 22, falling between Spring Break and Final Exams, was selected as the date. On that day, 20 million Americans — 10% of the U.S. population at the time — took to the streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities in massive coast-to-coast rallies to protest environmental ignorance and to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment and demand a new way forward for our planet. Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against the deterioration of the environment. The first Earth Day is credited with launching the modern environmental movement and is now recognized as the planet’s largest civic event.
The first Earth Day in 1970 launched a wave of action, including the passage of landmark environmental laws in the United States. The Clean Air, Clean Water and Endangered Species Acts were passed and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created. Groups that had been fighting individually against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage, toxic dumps, pesticides, freeways, the loss of wilderness and the extinction of wildlife united on Earth Day around these shared common values. Earth Day 1970 achieved a rare political alignment, enlisting support from Republicans and Democrats, rich and poor, urban dwellers and farmers, business and labor leaders. Many countries soon adopted similar laws.
As 1990 approached, a group of environmental leaders approached Denis Hayes to organize another major campaign for the planet. This time, Earth Day went global, mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and lifting environmental issues onto the world stage. Earth Day 1990 gave a huge boost to
recycling efforts worldwide and helped pave the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. It also prompted President Bill Clinton to award Senator Nelson the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the highest honor given to civilians in the United States — for his role as Earth Day founder.
As the millennium approached, Hayes agreed to spearhead another campaign, this time focused on global warming and a push for clean energy. With 5,000 environmental groups in a record 184 countries reaching out to hundreds of millions of people, Earth Day 2000 built both global and local conversations, leveraging the power of the Internet to organize activists around the world, while also featuring a drum chain that traveled from village to village in Gabon, Africa. Hundreds of thousands of people also gathered on the National Mall in Washington, DC for a First Amendment Rally. Earth Day 2000 sent world leaders a loud and clear message: Citizens around the world wanted quick and decisive action on global warming and clean energy.
As in 1970, Earth Day 2010 came at a time of great challenge for the environmental community to combat the cynicism of climate change deniers, well-funded oil lobbyists, reticent politicians, a disinterested public, and a divided environmental community with the collective power of global environmental activism. Earth Day Network reestablished Earth Day as a major moment for global action for
the environment. It brought 250,000 people to the National Mall for a Climate Rally and introduced a global tree planting initiative that has since grown into The Canopy Project. Earth Day Network also launched A Billion Acts of Green® — the world’s largest environmental service project — and engaged 75,000 partners in 192 countries in observing Earth Day. TODAY
The social and cultural environments we saw in 1970 are rising up again today — a fresh and frustrated generation of young people are refusing to settle for platitudes, instead taking to the streets by the millions to demand a new way forward. Digital and social media are bringing these conversations, protests, strikes and mobilizations to a global audience, uniting a concerned citizenry as never before and catalyzing generations to join together to take on the greatest challenge that humankind has faced.
Today, Earth Day is widely recognized as the largest secular observance in the world, marked by more than a billion people every year as a day of action to change human behavior and provoke policy changes. The fight for a clean environment continues with increasing urgency, as the ravages of climate change become more and more apparent every day.
As the awareness of our climate crisis grows, so does civil society mobilization, which is reaching a fever pitch across the globe today. Disillusioned by the low level of ambition following the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015 and frustrated with international environmental lethargy, citizens of the world are rising up to demand far greater action for our planet and its people.
By tapping into some of the learnings, outcomes, and legacy of the first Earth Day while also channeling the energy, excitement, and coordination of the youth climate strikes, we can build a movement going into the 50th anniversary that goes to the very heart of what EDN and Earth Day are all about — empowering individuals with the information, the tools, the messaging and the communities needed to make an impact and drive change.
2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and Earth Day Network is launching an ambitious set of goals to shape the future of 21st century environmentalism.
We encourage you to be a part of Earth Day and help write many more chapters—struggles and victories—into the Earth Day book.
If Texas were a country, it would rank as the world’s 7th largest producer of greenhouse gases. Additionally, Texas emits more greenhouse gases than any other state in the United States.
The oldest tree in Texas is said to be between 1,500 and 2,000 years old. It is located inside Goose Island State Park on Aransas Bay.
The town of DISH in Denton County used to be called Clark. But one day in 2005, satellite television company Dish Network made Clark an offer it couldn’t refuse. In exchange for renaming the town DISH, each of its 201 residents would receive free basic television service for ten years and a free digital video recorder.
ACCORDING TO STATISTA.COM, AS OF SEPTEMBER OF 2019, THERE ARE 725,368 REGISTERED WEAPONS IN TEXAS (BY FAR THE MOST OF ANY STATE), 60% MORE THAN THE NEXT NEAREST STATE (FLORIDA).
TEXAS IS THE LARGEST PETROLEUM-PRODUCING STATE IN THE U.S. AND IF IT WERE AN INDEPENDENT NATION, IT WOULD RANK AS THE WORLD’S 5TH LARGEST PETROLEUM-PRODUCING NATION. ONLY 34 OF TEXAS’ 254 COUNTIES HAVE NO KNOWN NATURAL GAS WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES. HOWEVER, NO MAJOR WELLS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED FOR A HALF-CENTURY OR MORE.
TEXAS USED TO OFFER INMATES A SPECIAL REQUEST FOR THEIR LAST MEALS, BUT THAT PRACTICE STOPPED IN 2011 AFTER AN INMATE ORDERED: “TWO CHICKEN FRIED STEAKS SMOTHERED IN GRAVY AND ONIONS OR THE CHEESE OMELET WITH GROUND BEEF, TOMATOES, ONIONS, AND BELL AND JALAPENO PEPPERS” AND THEN NEVER ATE ANY OF IT.
The continental U.S. is served by three separate power grids: The Eastern Interconnection, the Western Interconnection, and Texas. It all has to do with the state’s commitment to avoiding federal regulations. According to the Texas Tribune, “In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Federal Power Act, which charged the Federal Power Commission with overseeing interstate electricity sales. By not crossing state lines, Texas utilities avoided being subjected to federal rules.”
In Texas, it’s illegal to sell your eye, to dust a public building with a feather duster,to milk somebody else’s cow, and to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.
Started in 1958, the Sweetwater Jaycee’s Rattlesnake Roundup is held every second weekend in March. It is the world’s largest rattlesnake roundup.
THE WORLD’S LARGEST CALF FRY (FRIED BULL TESTICLE) COOK-OFF IS HELD IN AMARILLO.THETESTICLEFESTIVALORGANIZERS ENCOURAGE ATTENDEES TO “HAVE A BALL WITH JESUS.” THE FESTIVAL RAISES FUNDS FOR CAL FARLEY’S BOYS RANCH AND GIRLSTOWN USA, WHICH ARE GROUP HOMES FOR LOCAL YOUTH.
SINCE 1953, 36% OF OUR NATION’S PRESIDENTS HAVE BEEN FROM TEXAS.
In Galveston, it is illegal to have a camel run loose on the beach.
Texas (originally known as “Tejas”) was named by the native people who lived here before the Spanish conquest. The name is a Hasinai word for “friends” or “allies.” Today, the Texas state motto is simply, “Friendship.”
The largest county in Texas is Brewster. It measures 6,193 square miles, which is roughly the size of Connecticut. Delaware could fit inside Brewster three times.
Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum in San Antonio has over 700 different types of artwork made from toilet seats.
Approximately90% of the world’s recoverable helium is located in the ground under Amarillo, Texas.
Elvis Presley had a twin brother named Aaron, who died at birth.
During the 1836 battle of the Alamo, Mexican forces devastated the American freedom fighters killing all 187, but the Mexican army still suffered substantial losses. Historical authorities vary significantly in their calculations of Mexican casualties. Estimates based on Mexican accounts and historians’ calculations put the number at about 600 total Mexican casualties, including both killed and injured soldiers. Due to insufficient medical support, many of the wounded Mexican forces died from their injuries after the battle.
The King Ranch in South Texas covers 1,289 square miles (825,000 acres). Compare that to the size of the entire state of Rhode Island, which is 1,212 square miles.
Elvis’s middle name is Aron in honor of his brother.’
The city of Slaughter, Texas, has never had a homicide.
TEXAS EXPERIENCES THE MOST TORNADOES IN THE UNITED STATES, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 139 PER YEAR. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN IN NORTH TEXAS AND THE PANHANDLE.
The Dallas State Fair Park is home to the largest Ferris wheel (the Texas Star) in the Western Hemisphere.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 70,000 MILES OF HIGHWAY IN TEXAS, OF WHICH 40,985 ARE PAVED FARM AND RANCH ROADS. ALONG TEXAS ROADS, THERE ARE MORE THAN A MILLION SIGNS AND MARKERS. TEXAS USES 1.6 MILLION GALLONS OF WHITE AND YELLOW PAINT EACH YEAR TO PAINT STRIPES ALONG ITS HIGHWAYS.
The famous battle cry “Remember the Alamo!” is often attributed to Sam Houston but was actually coined by Texas General Sidney Sherman (1805-1873).
In Texas it is illegal to graffiti a
THE BRACKEN CAVE (LOCATED JUST NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO) IS THE LARGEST KNOWN BAT COLONY IN THE WORLD AS THE SUMMER HOME OF MEXICAN FREE-TAIL BATS. A BAT COLONY IN AUSTIN IS HOME TO THE LARGEST URBAN POPULATION OF BATS IN THE WORLD.
JOSEFA “CHIPITA” RODRIGUEZ (1799-1863) WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY WOMAN EVER LEGALLY HUNG IN TEXAS. SHE WAS EXECUTED ON A FRIDAY THE 13TH AT THE AGE OF 63, AND HER GHOST IS SAID TO HAUNT THE PLACE WHERE SHE DIED. HER LAST WORDS WERE “NO SOY CULPABLE” (I AM NOT GUILTY).
Since a cow is a personal property, defacing it is considered vandalism. It is still punishable by hanging.
John Wayne and Chuck Norris are honorary Texas Rangers. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in North America with statewide jurisdiction.
ThIs Is our fourTh year presenting the two lists you see on this page. Now a New Year’s Eve tradition, Lake Superior State University (Michigan’s smallest public university) released its 45th annual “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness” on December 31st.The tradition was started by the late W. T. Rabe, a public relations director at Lake Superior State University, on December 31, 1975. Though he and his friends created the first list from their own pet peeves about language, Rabe knew from the volume of mail he received in the following weeks that the group would have no shortage of words and phrases from which to choose for 1977. Since then, the list has consisted entirely of nominations received from around the world throughout the year; it has been so popular among language purists that the university has kept it going. Here is their 2020 list of words that have been overused in 2019 along with the names of the nominators.
why…). The popularity of this phrase has the committee wondering what it should offer in exchange for next year’s nominations. Mary Bilyeu, Toledo, OH; Deborah Rempala, Saint Clair Shores, MI; Julie Janiskee, Petoskey, MI; Deanna, Sault Ste Marie, MI; Jeff Lewis, Ada, MI; Lisa K Farrell, Los Angeles, CA; Tana Baldwin, Petoskey , MI; Trudy Salo, Liberty Twp, OH; Tom Reilly, Bloomfield Twp, MI; Jeff Malcolm, Paw Paw, MI; Daniel Muldoon, Council Bluffs, IA; Kate TerHaar, Cedarville, MI; Mary J., Houston, TX; Lori Moore, Kalamazoo, MI; Steve Carr, Marquette, MI; R. Osinski, Clinton Twp., MI; Dan Berardi, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada.
Artisanal: One nominator described this word as an “obfuscation,” describing an “actual person doing something personal for another unknown person.” The committee agrees this word should be banned for well water… but not for sandwiches.
Nkenge Zola, Highland Park, MI; Bill McCune, Petoskey, MI
Curated: Like “artisanal,” this seems to be another attempt at making something more than it is, especially when used in reference to social media (or Banished Words Lists). As Barb from Ann Arbor says, “Save it for the museum.”
Barb, Ann Arbor, MI; Nkenge Zola, Highland Park, MI; Jerry Purdy, Portage, MI; and Samurel Press, Burlington, VT
Influencer: According to Urban Dictionary, “A word Instagram users use to describe themselves to make them feel famous and more important when no one really know who they are or care.”
Sylvia Gurinsky, Davie, FL; Jeff Lewis, Ada, MI; Paul Bartunek, Los Angeles, CA; Jacqueline Reardon, Burlington, NJ; diva_angel360
rative expressions or emphasis, which is literally annoying.
Edward, Glendale, AZ; Ryan Chenier, Grand Rapids, MI; Daniel Kirk, San Luis Obispo, CA; Dale Martin, Novi, MI; Jack Pollard, Haslett, MI; Gary Wenger, Delta, BC, Canada; Christy Borthick, Nashville, TN; Pamela Naylor, Dover, DE; Jamie Rankin, Connellsville, PA; Margaret, Los Angeles, CA; and Jennifer W Berlin, Anthem, AZ
I mean: It’s easy to see why this phrase was nominated, right? I mean…
John Leask, Alpena, MIQuid pro quo: This phrase received the most nominations this year, with a noticeable spike in November (gee, we wonder
Literally: Surprisingly, this word hasn’t already been banished, but here it is, one of the few words in English that has begun to serve as its own antonym. Many of the nominators cite this word’s use for figu-
Living my best life: The committee very much enjoys exercising its authority in banishing words annually–literally the capstone of our year–but as Eric says, apart from reincarnation, are there “options for multiple lives”?
Gary Wheelock, Wixom, MI; Eric Park, Rock Hill, SC
Mouthfeel: A word used by foodies to describe the texture of food or drink in the mouth, which the committee feels should be banished entirely from food reality TV shows. As our nominator asks, “Where else, exactly, would you like to touch your food or beverage?” This one just doesn’t feel right in the mouth.
Jodi Miller, Gahanna, OHChirp: This one is a new insult for the non-millennials on the committee. Before we get chirped for being out of touch, as our nominator suggests, why don’t we leave it to the birds?
Abigail Ostman, Sault Ste Marie, MI
Jelly: An abbreviation of “jealous,” the committee agrees with the nominator of this word who suggested that it’s better left for toast.
Mike Bassarab, Kalamazoo, MI
Totes: Another abbreviation, this time of “totally.” Totes overused.
Samantha Stuart, Walker, MI
Vibe / vibe check: A new use of the 60s term, “good vibes.” This one just doesn’t vibe with us anymore, unless the speaker is actually vibrating.
Leah Mockridge, Sault Ste Marie, MI and Carissa, Sault Ste Marie, MI
never ones To perendInaTe, Wayne State University’s Word Warriors kicked off 2020 by releasing their list of long-lost words to bring back in the coming year. Far from a bunch of mullock, these are beautiful words that have sadly fallen out of use over the years, but Word Warriors are confident their luculent definitions and examples will make logophiles rejoice — and, perhaps, cachinnate. Alarmed by the tendency that people sometimes overuse words that are momentarily popular (like some of those in the LSSU piece opposite), and miss out on English’s inherent beauty and agility, now in its 11th year, Wayne State’s Word Warriors series promotes words especially worth of retrieval from the linguistic closet.
Gewgaw (ɡyooɡô)
A worthless, showy bauble. Don’t waste your money on such gaudy gewgaws.
Luculent (lü-kyə-lənt)
Clear in thought or expression. The interviewee was luculent and personable.
Mullock (mələk, mul)
Rubbish, refuse, dirt.
As he dug through the pile of mullock, Todd cursed himself for once again throwing his keys away.
OK, Boomer: This phrase caught on late this year on the Internet as a response from millennials to the older generation. Boomers may remember, however, that generational tension is always present. In fact, it was the Boomers who gave us the declaration: “Don’t trust anyone over 30!” Curtis McDonald, Shelby Township, MI; Scott Eldridge, Kalamazoo, MI; and Devin Greaney, Cordova, TN
The archived list of all of the 45 years of banished words can be viewed at: www.lssu.edu/banished-words-list/ banished-word-list-archive/ n
Cachinnate (kakəˌnāt)
To laugh loudly.
The kids were supposed to be in bed, but I could hear them cachinnating down the hall well past midnight.
Perendinate (puh-REN-di-nayt)
To procrastinate a long time, especially two days.
He received the order a month ago but perendinated on the work until 48 hours before the deadline.
Redolent (redlənt)
Reminiscent or suggestive of, like a scent. The distillery was filled with a sweet, almost cloying scent, redolent of the farm silos of my youth.
Seriatim (sirēˈādəm,ˌsirēˈadəm)
Taking one subject after another in regular order; point by point.
I will address the issues you raised seriatim.
Somnambulant (sämˈnambyələnt)
Resembling or characteristic of a sleepwalker; sluggish.
The Monday after daylight saving time began, the office parking lot was filled with somnambulant employees doing their best to lurch to work.
Velleity (vel·le·i·ty)
A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
Coruscate (kôrəˌskāt,kärəˌskāt)
(Of light) to flash or sparkle.
The water was still that afternoon, the sunlight coruscating off what little waves existed.
Greg imagined getting off the couch and running a marathon, but his desire for exercise remained a velleity.
See the archives of all of the previous years at: wordwarriors.wayne.edu/archive
open seven days a week from 6 a.m. until midnight, the University of Chicago’s Gleacher Center is a unique property. Built along the Chicago River in the downtown business district, the eight-story, 215,000-square-foot building was designed to serve as a hub for alumni conferences and meetings.
The center also serves as the North American campus for the Booth School of Business’s part-time MBA programs. Fifteen state-of-the art classrooms are dedicated to students on weekday evenings and Saturdays. An additional 35 spaces are available for rent day and night, which host internal and external conferences and events.
“The building’s dual nature and extensive operations make it much different than standard buildings, and it didn’t fit into the prescribed categories of some green building rating systems,” explains Colin Greene, Senior Director of the Gleacher Conference Center. “We would get inquiries about our sustainability efforts from a small but vocal student minority, and I wondered how we could obtain certification.”
Among the initiatives implemented, the team:
• Partnered with the regional utility company to benchmark operations and used the information to revise operating sequences better suited to real-time situations.
• Registered the property with ENERGY STAR to continually review energy, gas, and water consumption.
• Added energy meters and weekly monitoring to ensure the HVAC system is utilized as designed.
• Purchased renewable energy credits for 25% of total electricity usage.
• Installed LED lighting fixtures throughout the property and added occupancy and daylight sensors.
• Created a robust recycling program that includes paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, electronics, batteries, and lamps, bulbs and ballasts.
Gleacher Center’s operating plans and procedures reduced its carbon footprint by upgrading the property in range of environmentally friendly ways. As a result, the center earned Three Green Globes for Continual Improvement of Existing Buildings (CIEB).
“Our high level of certification is based on our current practices and performance,” Siragusa says. “I like that Green Globes rewards you for what you have put in place.”
that there was actual human interaction involved. It was a great experience.”
Siragusa is pleased that the center has proven, cost-effective solutions that positively impact the bottom line, and Greene is proud that they can publicly tout their efforts.
“It’s great for the students and my clients to see a plaque on the wall that lets them know we have done the work and have sustainable measures in place,” says Greene. n
Over the past few years, Greene and CBRE (Gleacher Center’s property management firm) took an aggressive approach to environmental responsibility. “The initiatives we put into place fell in line with Green Globe’s parameters, and certification became an obtainable goal,” recalls Jennifer Siragusa, General Manager at CBRE. “Now, our certification matches the universal core values that shape our culture.”
Although she has used other sustainability rating systems before, this was Siragusa’s first encounter with Green Globes. “Green Globes is very streamlined, easy to understand, and gets to the point,” she says. “You don’t need a lawyer and a dictionary to get your documentation submitted and approved. And it’s only a three-month process, so we didn’t have to make a huge investment in time and money.”
Working with a Green Globes Assessor who was dedicated to their project was also new to Siragusa. “It was nice to put a face to the process and understand what the Assessor was looking for in our documentation during his review,” Siragusa notes. “I appreciated
è In January, members had a blast at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo at its new home – Dickies Arena.
Breakout Member of the Year - Kerra Turner (The RMR Group)
Associate Members of the Year - Leslie SinclairKaye and Maira Santos
ACoM Member of the Year - Tammie Norris, ACoM (Shorenstein Realty)
ARM of the Year - Robert Lopes, CPM, ARM, ACoM (Relik Realty, AMO)
CPM Candidate of the Year - Gloria Stelly (CBRE, AMO)
Industry Partner of the Year - PaulDavis
Construction
Jeff Burck CPM of the Year Award - Nicole Foster, CPM (Transwestern, AMO)
Jeff Williford Award of Excellence - Sheryl Green, CPM (Camden Property Trust, AMO)
Industry Impact Award - Kim Hannigan, ACoM (Transwestern, AMO)
The Houston Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM®) announced its annual list of top real estate companies in the Houston area based on the number of CERTIFIED PROPERTY MANAGER® (CPM®) members they employ locally.
“A professional designation represents not only the breadth of knowledge needed to earn that certification but is also a visible representation of the commitment and diligence it takes
ç In February, a tour of the fabulous Pier 1 Building was preceded by introductions from new Chapter President Kristen Jaffe and the property’s General Manager Greg Wingate.
COLLEGE CASE COMPETITION 2020
The teams will present their case to 5 esteemed real estate professionals who will judge the cases on March 26th. The team with the most comprehensive and compelling case will win $5000 which will be presented at the luncheon at the chapter’s monthly luncheon on April 14th.
MARCH 10, 2020 – IREM LUNCH MEETING
Professior John Baen, Ph.D. will address the chapter at it’s monthly luncheon on March 10th at the Sheraton Hotel. The topic will be: 2020-2025 Signposts to the Future of North Texas” It’s California 1955, Are you ready?
ç UNT was the winner of the 2019 Case Competition
to achieve that goal.” Said IREM Houston President Kaci Hancock, CPM®, ACoM. The top five Houston firms with the highest number of employees who hold the IREM CPM® designation: Transwestern, AMO® – with 18 CPM® Member; Stream Realty Partners, AMO® – with 15 CPM® Members; CBRE, AMO® –with 9 CPM® Members; Brookfield Property Partners – with 6 CPM® Members; and Tarantino Properties, Inc. – with 5 CPM® Members
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seeking CPM certification. Their final test typically attracts 25 students; this year it had 45.
70% of professionals who hold their CPM® are in higher management positions than those without the designation. 57% of the U.S. Commercial Inventory is managed by individuals with the CPM® designation.
01/ Vicki Summerall- CREW Dallas President, Republic Title of Texas n 02/ Kassandra McLaughlin- CREW Dallas President Elect, Bell Nunnally Martin n
03/ Shea Kracheck- CREW Dallas Past President, Lane Gorman & Trubitt n 04/ Michele Langenberg- Secretary/Treasurer, Provident Realty n
05/ Paula L. Beasley- Strategic Advisor, Farrow-Gillespie Heath Witter LLP n 06/ Sara Terry- Director of Sponsorship, Stream Realty n
07/ Megan DeLeon- Director of Marketing/Communications, Adolfson & Peterson n 08/ Beverly Woodall- Director of Programs, JLL n
09/ Maschera Usrey- Director of Membership, Cresa n 10/ Courtney Spellicy- Director of Community Projects, Austin n
11/ Rachel Rouse- Director of Member Services, HOK n 12/ Kim Hopkins- CREW Dallas, Executive Director n
as wenT To press, these were the finalists for the 2020 CREW Dallas Outstanding Achievement and Rising Star Awards. The winners were to be named at the February 20th Evening of Outstanding Achievement event.
01/Sally Longroy (Guida, Slavich & Flores)
02/Tanya Little (Hart Advisors)
03/Janice Peters (Hudson Peters Commercial)
04/Lisa Novotny Price (Stutzman Bromberg Esserman & Plifka)
01/Beth Groen (DLR Group | Staffelbach)
02/ Alexandra Lane (Comerica Bank)
03/ Sara Vilutis (Phoenix Capital Partners)
04/ Rachel Yockey (AEI Consults)
January luncheon speakers dIscussed the Red Hot Industrial Real Estate Market. Fun Fact: Every $1 billion in e-commerce sales equates to 1 million square feet of industrial space needed.
crew san anTonIo wIll host its 27th Annual Forum on April 27, 2020 at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, deliv-ering the experts and expertise on topics that are significant to the San Antonio real estate community. This year’s theme is PropTech: The Rapid Change in the Future of Commercial Real Estate. Keynote speaker Nikki Greenberg (Founder of Women in PropTech) will deliver an interactive presentation and workshop on PropTech’s impact on developing smart buildings and cities. New for 2020:
Following the lunch presentation, the Forum will conclude with a fireside chat with local and national developers, featuring panelists Matthew Reibling, (Partner & VP of TI Group), Ilene Goldfine (VP of Business Technology at Hines), Nikki Greenberg (Founder of Women in PropTech), and moderated by David Adelman(Principal of AREA Real Estate). Attendees will also have the opportunities to have exclusive sponsorships, visit exhibitor booths, check out the exclusive renderings gallery, and network with San Antonio’s top CRE professionals!
Visit www.crew-sanantonio.org for event details.n
NAWIC – Houston Chapter 3 – WIC Week Blood Drive
Sunday, March 1 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Donor Coach
Parked at: 4444 Richmond Ave Houston, TX 77027
Contact: Hilary Mullins (281) 206-2248
(HAMullins@isecinc.com)
sponsor code: NAWH
The deleGaTIon consIsTs of 36 members, with 23 Republicans, and 13 Democrats. The current political climate is such that 6 incumbent representatives – all Republicans (Pete Olson, Mike Conaway, Will Hurd, Kenny Marchant, Mac Thornberry, and Bill Flores) are not seeking re-election this year. For informational purposes, the pictures below show the current members of the 116th Congress, the number of the district they represent and their party affiliation. The map indicates where those districts are – the odd geographical shapes clearly reflective of a great deal of gerrymandering.
There are 435 members of the House of Representatives, of course, (on average –based upon the 2010 U.S. Census – one per 710,767 people) and congressional delegations are based upon population. Only two are larger than Texas. (California has 53 and New York has 45.) Become informed and involved! Get counted –and vote– to keep our democracy!n
If it’s true that we are here to help others, then what are the others here for?
on saTurday, January 25Th at he Renaissance Hotel in Dallas, the BOMA Greater Dallas chapter presented the Lone Star Awards honoring the persons in the association who exemplify the highest levels of professionalism in the industry.
· Senior/Portfolio Manager of the Year – Wendy Trayler-Khadka, JLL.
· Property Manager of the Year – Courtney Kuebler, JLL.
· Assistant Property Manager of the Year – Libby Heath, JLL.
· Administrative Assistant of the Year – Hailey Davin, CBRE.
· Chief Engineer of the Year – Michael Plowman, JLL.
· Assistant Chief/Lead Engineer of the Year – John Townsend, Cushman & Wakefield.
· Building Engineer of the Year – Chris Hinojosa, JLL.
· Outstanding Member of the Year – Cathy Kuebler, Billingsley Company.
· Allied Member of the Year – Dave Smith, Air Performance Service.
· Committee Member of the Year – Ben Manna, 5.
· Committee Chair of the Year – Amber Stugart, Madison Marquette.
· Outstanding Committee of the Year – Foundation Scholarship Committee.
· Award of Excellence – Anthony Barbieri, Kessler Collins.
· President’s Award – Courtney Kuebler, JLL.
The ToBy award Is more than the result of a oneyear competition. It is the reward of many years of dedication and attention and of relentless passion for excellence. It is truly evidence of the character of all of those who contribute to making it happen. A reputation is the opinion of others and all of the nominees have earned an outstanding reputation.
Since 1985, The Outstanding Building of the Year Award has been recognizing excellence in building management, operating efficiency, tenant retention, emergency planning and community impact. It is among the most prestigious and comprehensive programs of its kind. Every building in the competition (as well as each individual who leads a management or service team that supports these buildings) is a winner!
Featured on this page are the winners of the local competition selected by the Greater Dallas Chapter. The other BOMA chapters in the region either did not have entries this year or did not submit in time for this publication. The judges scrutinize many aspects of a building’s management over the course of a year. Photographs, building standards, floor plans and the owner’s goals are all part of the appearance portion of the judging. That’s the part we get to see, but collectively these elements constitute only 5% of the score a building receives. 95% is based upon tenant relations, community impact, emergency and security standards, environmental and regulatory policies, energy management systems, and personnel training and qualifications
These winners will now compete in the regional round at BOMA’s Southwest Conference in Oklahoma City in mid-April. Look for those pictures in the next issue of
éCategory: Suburban Office Park (Low Rise)
Building: Greenhill Towers
Managed by Crescent Real Estate
Property Manager Jonathan “JJ” Jones
éCategory: 100,000 to 249,999 Square Feet
Building: Fourteen5
Managed by Cawley Partners
Property Manager Teresa Shiller
éCategory: Medical Office Building
Building: Sammons Cancer Center
Managed by Physicians Realty Trust and owned by DOC-341 Worth Street MOB, LLC.
Property Manager Susan Leinweaver
çCategory: Medical Office Building
Building: Sammons Cancer Center
Managed by Physicians Realty Trust and owned by DOC-341 Worth Street MOB, LLC.
Property Manager Susan Leinweaver
éCategory: 500,000 to 1 Million Square Feet
Building: McKinney & Olive
Managed by Crescent Property Services
Property Managers Angelique Wade and Jamie Vaughan
l’arBre Blanc Is The result of a collaboration meeting between Japan and the Mediterranean. A living symbol of contemporary Montpellier, France, this hybridization of cultures is also a cross between two generations of architects: a generation at the top of its game, with the Japanese Sou Fujimoto; a young French generation embodied by Manal Rachdi (Oxo) and Nicolas Laisné Associates. It is a testament to the qualities of living outside Montpellier. Looking a little like a giant white pinecone, the design for this 2015 apartment building uses strategically placed balconies and shades to give residents the maximum outdoor space without blocking views or taking up too much room on the ground.
“We wanted to preserve the site as much as possible,” said Manal Rachdi. “The idea is to have, in this urban landscape, a continuity from an existing park to our site.”
Inspired by the shape of a tree (hence the name), the architects used a smaller footprint for the base and “leaves” expanding outward on higher floors. “The tree is really the minimum space we can have on the site, but we have this really big extension with the leaves,” Rachdi explains. “Just as leaves in a tree are naturally arranged to get the maximum sun, we’ve mathematically arranged these balconies and cantilevers to catch and shade the sun.”
One side of the building curves inward along a street, while the opposite side, facing a river, is convex to give apartments the best views. At the base of the building, the architects have designed spaces for offices, a restaurant, a bar, and an art gallery. Everything’s built to run on local renewable energy, and the building also uses passive cooling strategies to reduce the amount of power needed. Upstairs,
each apartment has up to three balconies–including one in the bedroom with enough room to sleep on when the weather’s warm.
“We discovered that in this city, people live outside,” Rachdi says. “So we came up with the idea to have an interior apartment but also have a big surface outside–about 30 square meters. We’re trying to end the break that is between outside and inside with the architecture of this building.” n
Jewel Is an InTeGraTed project at the Singapore Airport that creates a multi-sensory experience of nature within a climatecontrolled glass dome. An eight-acre garden over interior retail space integrates unexpected features. Gardens terrace down nearly 100 feet to a central gathering space with informal amphitheater seating. Restaurants and cafes, as well as an event plaza, can all be accessed from within the garden. Visitors can experience a light and water show at the center of the building, where water and captured rainfall from the roof becoming a projection screen.
The central feature is a 130-foot-high Rain Vortex—the world’s largest indoor waterfall—and a garden with 2,000 trees in the Forest Valley.
The Jewel is also a mixed-use development with gardens, attractions, retail, dining, a hotel and facilities to support airport operations. These include Foggy Bowls— mist-filled play areas that evoke the illusion of playing amidst the clouds—and a spectacular, 150,00 square-foot rooftop park that’s home to gardens, walking trails and play attractions. n
any decenT sTudenT of history knows that all across North America, cities and towns sit atop land effectively plundered from its original inhabitants. Many of our continent’s best-loved cities, perched on its prolific rivers and sheltered harbors, were once thriving tribal towns and settlements until they were wrested away by coercion and force.
As we continue to reckon with our country’s own complicated history, a landmark real estate deal in Canada may paint a picture of possible progress, as one First Nations tribe embarks on a project of massive scope in one of the world’s most expensive cities. It’s a story that illuminates
a number of forces that shape urban life in 2020, as the project is informed by both the weight of colonial history and the pressures of a rapidly globalizing present.
After many years of negotiations, the Squamish Tribe of British Columbia has recently approved a plan to establish Senáḵw, an 11-tower, 6000-unit residential project in Kitsilano, one of Vancouver’s trendiest downtown neighborhoods. Slated to break ground next year, the unprecedented development will also be exempt from provincial rent controls, building codes, height restrictions, and certain taxes, creating a uniquely blank slate for rethinking a prized swath of the city. Administered entirely by
the Squamish Nation, the project promises to both dramatically transform Vancouver’s skyline and improve the fortunes of a long-oppressed group —ultimately bringing in billions of dollars of revenue for the tribe over the next century. It’s a decidedly modern turn of events in a long-simmering conflict between Canada’s governments and its original inhabitants.
Located at the foot of the Burrard Bridge, the undeveloped parcel of land that will comprise the Senáḵw project has been at the heart of a long-running dispute between the native Squamish tribe and British Columbia’s provincial government. Originally a Squamish fishing village, the land was officially
designated a tribal reservation in 1868 and expanded in 1877. However, in 1913 the province reneged on its deal to clear the way for industry and infrastructure in a rapidly expanding city. British Columbia annexed the Squamish territory and displaced the Squamish residents, shipping them away on a barge. In 1977, the Squamish embarked on a decades-long court action to reclaim ownership over the lands, culminating in a 2001 settlement that awarded the tribe nearly twelve acres of Kitsilano, a sliver of undeveloped land that then stood in the center of one of the world’s most in-demand cities.
Conceived in partnership with the developer Westbank, the ambitious project is designed for maximum density, sustainability, and to encourage the use of public transit by minimizing resident parking allocations. All told, Senáḵw will create 3.4 million square feet of housing, with the majority (between 70% and 90%) of the units designated as rentals. The 11 irregularly shaped towers— ranging in height but reaching up to 56 stories—will share dramatic angles, jutting balconies, and plenty of lush green life on their balconies and roofs. The proposed development of the Kitsilano area may prove influential, as it has already sparked speculation about a domino effect, inspiring further high-density development.
A flood of new housing could not be timelier for Vancouver, a city that has been besieged by a housing crisis for more than a decade. A magnet for both Canadian migration and international interest (including a huge percentage of Chinese investment), the well-situated city simply hasn’t been able to keep up with demand. Last year’s announcement that Amazon would establish its HQ2 in the city certainly didn’t help matters much, ushering in a new class of well-paid worker into an already-competitive market.
As communities around the world consider options for reconciling and restoring their relationships with their territories’ original inhabitants, Senáḵw is sure to drive worthwhile conversation. While the windfall the modern Squamish will eventually see from the project doesn’t reconcile a century-old displacement, the project, with its responsible environmental stewardship and contribution to more equitable housing conditions, may well serve as a best-case
scenario for a meaningful attempt at making things right. Not only does it allow hundreds of the Squamish Nation to return to land their ancestors once knew. It also helps create homes for thousands of others in a city where housing is hard to find. n
oscar rIBeIro de almeIda nIemeyer Soares Filho (1907 – 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer, was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. He is best known for his design of civic buildings for Brasília, a planned city that became Brazil’s capital in 1960, as well as his collaboration with other architects on the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. His exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of reinforced concrete was highly influential in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Both lauded and criticized for being a “sculptor of monuments”, Niemeyer wrote in his memoirs:
“I am not attracted to straight angles or to the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. I am attracted to free-flowing, sensual curves. The curves that I find in the mountains of my country, in the sinuousness of its rivers, in the waves of the ocean, and on the body of the beloved woman. Curves make up the entire Universe, the curved Universe of Einstein.
Niemeyer’s first major project was a series of buildings for Pampulha, a planned suburb north of Belo Horizonte. His work, especially on the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, received critical acclaim and drew international attention. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, he became one of Brazil’s most prolific architects, working both domestically and overseas. This included the design of the Edifício Copan (a large residential building in São Paulo) and a collaboration with Le Corbusier (and others) on
the United Nations Headquarters, which yielded invitations to teach at Yale University and the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
In 1956, Niemeyer was invited by Brazil’s president, Juscelino Kubitschek, to design the civic buildings for Brazil’s new capital, which was to be built in the center of the country, far from any existing cities. His designs for the National Congress of Brazil, the Cathedral of Brasília, the Palácio da Alvorada, the Palácio do Planalto, and the Supreme Federal Court, all designed by 1960, were experimental and linked by common design elements. This work led to his appointment as inaugural head of architecture at the University of Brasília, as well as honorary membership of the American Institute of Architects. Due to his largely left-wing ideology, Niemeyer left Brazil after the 1964 military coup and opened an office in Paris. He returned in
1985, and was awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1988. He had spent time in both Cuba and the Soviet Union during his exile, and on his return served as the PCB’s president from 1992 to 1996. Niemeyer continued working at the end of the 20th and early 21st century, notably designing the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (1996) and the Oscar Niemeyer Museum (2002). Over a career of 78 years he designed approximately 600 projects. Niemeyer died in Rio de Janeiro on December 5, 2012, at the age of 104.
TOP/ While the United Nations had dreamed of constructing an independent city for its new world capital, multiple obstacles soon forced the organization to downsize their plans. They ultimately decided to build on the East River in New York City. During daily meetings from February to June 1947, the collaborative team produced at least 45 designs and variations. Rather than hold a competition for the design of the facilities
for the headquarters, the UN decided to commission a multinational team of leading architects to collaborate on the design. Wallace Harrison was named as Director of Planning, and a Board of Design Consultants was composed of architects, planners and engineers nominated by member governments. The board consisted of N. D. Bassov of the Soviet Union, Gaston Brunfaut (Belgium), Ernest Cormier (Canada), Le Corbusier (France), Liang Seu-cheng (China), Sven Markelius (Sweden), Oscar Niemeyer (Brazil), Howard Robertson (United Kingdom), G. A. Soilleux (Australia), and Julio Vilamajó (Uruguay). The land occupied by the United Nations Headquarters and the spaces of buildings that it rents are under the sole administration of the United Nations and not the U.S. government. They are technically extraterritorial through a treaty agreement with the U.S. government. However, in exchange for local police, fire protection and other services, the United Nations agrees to acknowledge most local, state, and federal laws.
1/ The Church of Saint Francis of Assisi (commonly known as the Igreja da Pampulha) was designed in the organic modern style. It was the first listed modern architectural monument in Brazil and consists of four undulating concrete parabolas with outdoor mosaics. The curved lines of the church enchanted artists and architects but scandalized the city’s conservative culture. In 2016, the church became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
2/ The Edifício Copan is a 459 ft. tall, 38-story residential building in downtown São Paulo, Brazil. It has 1,160 apartments and is one of the largest buildings in the country.
3/ The National Congress of Brazil is the legislative body of Brazil’s federal government. The semi-sphere on the left is the seat of the Senate, and the semi-sphere on the right is the seat of the Chamber of the Deputies. Between them are two vertical office towers. The Congress also occupies other surrounding office buildings, some of them interconnected by a tunnel. The building is located in the middle of the Monumental Axis, the main street of Brasília. In front of it there is a large lawn where demonstrations take place. At the back of it, is the Praça dos Três Poderes (Three Powers Plaza), where lies the Palácio do Planalto and the Supreme Federal Court.
4/ The Cathedral of Brasília is a Roman Catholic cathedral serving Brasília, It was s completed and dedicated on May 31, 1970. The hyperboloid structure, composed of 16 concrete columns weighing 90 tons each, appears with its glass roof to be reaching up, open, to heaven. Most of the cathedral is below ground, with only the 230 ft diameter 42-foot roof of the cathedral, the ovoid roof of the baptistry, and the bell tower visible above ground.
5/ The Palácio da Alvorada is the official residence of the President of Brazil. It is located in the national capital of Brasília, on a peninsula at the margins of Paranoá Lake. The building is listed as a National Historic Heritage Site; it has 75,000 sq ft over three floors.
6/ The Palácio do Planalto is the official workplace of the President of Brazil. It has been the workplace of every Brazilian president since 1960 and is located near the National Congress and across from the Supreme Federal Court. It is one of the official palaces of the Presidency (along with the Palácio da Alvorada). Besides the President, a few high advisers also have offices in the Planalto, including the Vice President and the Chief of Staff.
7/ The Supreme Federal Court is the court of last resort of Brazil, serving primarily as the Constitutional Court of the country. Its rulings cannot be appealed.
8/ The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum is situated in the city of Rio de Janeiro and is one of the city’s main landmarks. It was completed in 1996. Its cupola has a diameter of 164 feet with three floors which house a collection of 1,217 works of art from the art collector João Sattamini. The museum projects itself over a 9000 sq ft reflecting pool that surrounds the cylindrical base “like a flower,” in the words of Niemeyer.
9/ The Oscar Niemeyer Museum (is located in the city of Curitiba in Brazil. It was inaugurated in 2002
cultural institution of international significance. It features many of Niemeyer’s signature elements: bold geometric forms, sculptural curved volumes placed prominently to contrast with rectangular volumes, sinuous ramps for pedestrians, large areas of white painted concrete, and areas with vivid murals or paintings.
10/ Two mirrored cylinders, one topped with a starlike crown of concrete, make up the Sede da Procuradoria Geral da República Brasileira (the Brazilian Attorney General’s office) in Brasília. Completed in 2002, the two-part structure is connected by two sky bridges.
11/ Completed in 2011, the International Cultural Centre is a complex in Avilés, Spain, composed of five structures: the Auditorium, a sloped red, white, and yellow building with concert seating; the Dome, a serenely rotund structure built for exhibitions; the Tower, a sightseeing disk with panoramic windows that sits atop a corkscrew staircase; the gently curved Multipurpose Building, with a movie theater, meeting space, and visitor perks like a café; and finally the open square itself, described by Niemeyer as “a place for education, culture, and peace.”
with the name Novo Museu or New Museum. With the conclusion of remodeling and the construction of a new annex, it was re-inaugurated on July 8, 2003, with the current denomination to honor its famous architect who completed this project at 95 years of age. It is also known as Museu do Olho or Niemeyer’s Eye). The museum focuses on the visual arts, architecture and design. It is a
12/ Inaugurated in 1986, the Tancredo Neves Pantheon of the Fatherland and Freedom is a tribute to its namesake hero, the first civilian elected president of Brazil in 1984 after 20 years of dictatorship. Featuring a graceful, sloped roof inspired by a dove, the building is surrounded by modernist sculptures and a diagonal tower with an eternal flame. n
IT BeGan as a desire for excellence and grew over time as contemporary architects and artists were welcomed to express their bold ideas, thus transforming Columbus Indiana into a mecca of art, architecture and landscape design. It is a story of the quest for excellence.
In the early 1940s, a local congregation selected Finnish immigrant Eliel Saarinen to create a contemporary design for their new church. After initially turning down the job, J. Irwin Miller, a parishioner, convinced him to take on the job explaining that the congregation wanted someone who could fulfill their “desire to live a rich inner life and a simple outer life.” In 1942, First Christian Church was completed –one of the first modern churches anywhere in the United States. It is the oldest of the seven national landmarks in the city and signaled the beginning of the community’s journey to excellence.
School, and a request by the school board to continue the partnership, contributing the design fees for more schools. They did and eventually the program expanded to include any tax-supported building in Bartholomew County.
Miller saw this as an opportunity help Columbus grow and a great deal of national exposure changed the playing field such that contemporary architects were lobbying to be considered for the public/private projects. Private individuals and businesses also turned to world class architects when building homes churches, offices, factories, and civic organizations. The result – a city which is like an architectural museum, home to over 70 buildings designed by many of the most influential architects of the 20th century. (Go to columbus.in.us/ guide-to-the-architecture/ )
“I think the buildings that we move around in have an enormous influence on us. Mediocrity is expensive, because you may have to build three inadequate buildings in the same period of time that one good one would last... What is built reflects what a city thinks of itself and what it aims to be. Columbus should be the very best community of its size in the country.”
civic organizations to design here make Columbus – a small city of just 45,000 - a living architectural museum.
In 1955, 43 Columbus residents joined together and formed the North Christian Church.
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The population was expanding in the 1950s and Miller stepped in again, encouraging the city to find modern architects to design their much-needed new schools. His company (The Cummins Foundation) offered to donate the design fee if the school board would choose from a list of architects prepared by the Foundation. That partnership resulted in the Lillian C. Schmidt Elementary
J. Irwin Miller’s great uncle, William G. Irwin, helped Clessie Cummins build one of the most reputable and cutting-edge engine manufacturing companies in the world in Columbus, Indiana. J. Irwin Miller joined the family business, Cummins Engine Co., in 1934. Mr. Miller became a leader in the company, gaining international prominence for the next four decades. Xenia Miller, then Xenia Simons, also worked at Cummins in the purchasing department. Mr. and Mrs. Miller married in 1943. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were both philanthropists who were deeply involved in historic preservation, music, education, religion, architecture and more.
National press exposure resulted in major architects lobbying themselves to be included Eero Saarinen, Robert A.M. Stern, I.M. Pei, Gunnar Birkerts and Harry Meese (just to name a few) were among the world-class architects chosen by private businesses, private citizens, churches and
As the congregation grew, they needed a new place of worship. They formed an Architectural Committee to find just the right person to design a building perfect for their community and growing congregation.
Many famed architects were interviewed by the committee. Each candidate toted along sketches and photos. One of the architects was none other than Eero Saarinen, architect of St. Louis Gateway Arch and Washington Dulles International Airport. Eero
had recently designed Irwin Union Bank and Miller House in Columbus, Indiana, and worked with his father, Eliel Saarinen, on the design for First Christian Church.
The committee was pleasantly surprised when Saarinen simply brought a notebook, asking what the church should be like – not just what it should look like. In 1959, the congregation selected Saarinen. Saarinen sought to create a place that embraced modern architecture and embodied the significance of traditional churches. The most notable feature of the hexagonal building is a 192-feet spire pointing toward the sky. While inside the sanctuary, look up and you’ll see an oculus directly below the spire letting in light. In April 2018, Indiana Landmarks, a historic preservation organization, listed the church on the 10 Most Endangered Indiana Landmarks. Currently, they are working with the congregation to raise awareness of the magnificent structure and save it for future generations.
Below and opposite is a small sample of the quality architecture that defines Columbus, a small city equally renowned for its landscape architects and artists. n
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The GreaT recessIon of the late 2000s and early 2010s caused many families to either be displaced or have to downsize their homes. Because of the economic decline, commercial real estate development took a hit. One sector that happened to thrive because of the housing collapse was the development of self-storage facilities. In no small part because of death and divorce, it’s been a real estate sector in escalating demand over the last 10 years and that demand only appears to be growing.
According to a Bold Business article in February 2019, there was over 2.3 billion square feet of total rentable self-storage space nationwide, and the business has demonstrated steady expansion with a 7.7% annual growth since 2012.
we’re constantly pushing the design envelope. The challenges involve taking a simple 10x10 structural grid that reflects a four-sided box and creating artistic envelopes that cities want on display and also allow for density and tax bases while not fostering neighborhood opposition. By making use of the storefront in specific visible areas, the design can enhance the entry and create a positive customer experience from afar. Other design factors such as punched windows to bring daylight into lobbies but not expose the function of the interior, insulated metal panel, single skin metal panel systems, stucco, stone, masonry and use of other readily available and easily attainable materials compliment the site. Implementing these simplified construction materials in interesting and creative ways is giving clients, cities, customers and operators the opportunity to be accepting and excited about what self-storage development can bring.
When homeowners downsized their homes during the economic downturn, they looked for temporary storage facilities to safely store their belongings while they moved into smaller dwellings. Another factor is that the aging boomer population, looking to down-size to a smaller condo or urban loft, needs space to store their furnishings that are too large for their new dwellings.
Land is the biggest challenge for self-storage companies and private developers who see opportunity in this commercial real estate segment. In suburban or near-urban areas zoned by right, dense resident development and/or planned future developments are the most sought after and hardest to secure.
Everyone has seen the outskirts of the city, single story facilities - and the uninspiring impact they have on roadsides and nearby development. Now, we’re being challenged by local jurisdictions and residents to create architecture that enhances the area and provides support to local economic development in which these facilities are to be built.
In a product type that emphasizes economic the value of material and construction methods,
The design envelope produced by Merriman Anderson/Architects is custom to each selfstorage project because of location. Yet, it also needs to present the brand and character of the operator of the facility. For example, one
self-storage facility is located in the center of the capitol corridor in downtown Austin. Due to the many design restrictions, there were many unique and interesting design elements incorporated into the project, such as placing two of the seven floors of the facility below ground to comply with building height restrictions. In addition, the ground floor includes 3,000 gross square feet of retail space. And within the storage facility itself-1,500 square feet of temperature-controlled space designed for wine storage. In order to blend in with its surroundings, the facade features a modernistic metal panel and stone façade which is designed to break up the long, expansive facades of a so-called storage box. Completed in 2018, the project operated by CubeSmart is an excellent example of converting a design of an unoriginal and mostly intrusive structure, to a structure that seamlessly integrates with its surroundings, offers additional amenities, is functional and meets a growing demand. Creating amenities for customers such as wine storage, or specialized storage like lockers for unique needs, and providing value add components such as shell retail to retain and enhance the street front are two examples of the ever-changing development of self-storage and the architecture being created for it.
Speed to market is a critical component for all developers, and self-storage is no different. The timing of getting self-storage to market is critically based on neighborhoods – such as school calendars, local weather and other factors – typically from concept and site design to opening = about 16 months.
Urban Land Institute’s Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2020 report references future development trends including vertical warehouses that require less space. Nationally, “CBRE expects the average self-storage rental rate to continue growing at a pace of 3.5% as it did this year, no longer accelerating but not declining either”, which should allow for continued and competitive development in this exciting sector. n
Based in Dallas, MAA has been active in the architectural design and development of self-storage facilities since 2014. In less than six years, it has designed and developed over 35 self-storage facilities. the majority of which are in Texas, with others in Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, and New York. The firm is also responsible for the largest ground-up self-storage facility ever developed by Public Storage at the time of its undertaking, located in Dallas off US-75 and Royal Lane. The nearly 300,000 GSF facility has two four-story, conditioned buildings and five single-story, non-conditioned buildings; it opened in March 2016. The firm has also worked with operators such as Extra Space, CubeSmart, LifeStorage and Public Storage among others.
ThIs sTunnInG sTrucTure By architectural group Nikken Sekkei sets the standard for educational architecture. Located on busy Main Street in Nagoya, Japan, the Mode-Gakuen Spiral Towers were designed for three schools - the school of fashion design, computer programming, and medical support. The towers’ wing-like shape, narrow at the top, changes the rotation axis as they rise and create an organic curve. Spiral Towers appears to change shape slightly when viewed from different angles, giving a dynamic impression. They have many ecological features, such as a double-glassed air flow window system and a natural air ventilation system. The central core of the building is a highly rigid cylindrical structure which protects the building against twisting and earthquakes. Can you imagine going to school here? n
A bus stops and two Italian men get on. They seat themselves and engage in animated conversation. The lady sitting behind them ignores their conversation at first, but her attention is galvanized when she hears one of the men say:
“Emma come first. Den I come. Den two asses come together. I come once-a-more. Two asses, they come together again. I come again and pee twice. Den I come one lasta time.”
‘You foulmouthed swine,” retorted the lady indignantly. “In this country we don’t talk about our sex lives in public!”
“Hey, coola down lady,” said the man. “Who talkin’ abouta sexa? Imma justa tella my friend how to spella Mississippi.”
Take the prospective employees you are trying to place and put them in a room with only a table and two chairs. Leave them alone for two hours, without any instruction. At the end of that time, go back and see what they are doing.
If they have taken the table apart, put them in Engineering. If they are counting the butts in the ashtray, assign them to Finance.
If they ask why they had to wait for two whole hours, Credit and Collections is their place.
If they are waving their arms and talking out loud, send them to Consulting.
If they are talking to the chairs, Personnel is a good spot for them. If they are wearing green sunglasses and need a haircut, Computer Information Systems is their niche.
If the room has a sweaty odor, perhaps they’re destined for the Help Desk.
If they mention what a good price we got for the table and chairs, put them into Purchasing.
If they mention that hardwood furniture DOES NOT come from rainforests, Public Relations would suit them well.
If they are sleeping, they are Management material.
If they are writing up the experience, send them to the Technical Documents team.
If they don’t even look up when you enter the room, assign them to Security.
If they try to tell you it’s not as bad as it looks, send them to Marketing.
their homes, employment of health sensing and intervention technologies, access to healthy food, clean air, and water, healthy indoor living and working spaces (to name just a few). Health-centered communities will also include innovative architecture and technologies that support diverse populations that include children, young adults, the elderly, and those with special needs.
What role do health care facilities play?
healTh-cenTered communITIes are a revolutionary concept that could transform the future of urban and suburban planning. Baby boomers are looking for convenient, affordable, aging-in-place health care options. Millennials, meanwhile, are pursuing physical environments that support their well-being and community-centric values.
To address these profound demographic and cultural shifts taking shape throughout our society, MIT Professional Education is launching a ground-breaking new course, Developing Health-Centered Communities: The Next Revolution in Real Estate. The new program brings together faculty from the MIT Center for Real Estate and Harvard Medical School Executive Education (HMS). With expert leaders in real estate, medicine, public health and technology, participants will explore innovative ways of adapting and developing urban spaces to support the health and well-being of the world’s growing aging population.
sat down with one of the lead instructors, Dennis Frenchman, Director of the MIT Center for Real Estate and the Class of 1922 Professor of Urban Design and Planning.
What are health-centered communities?
Frenchman: A growing body of research supports the premise that the organization and structure of the built environment can have a meaningful impact on longevity and health. Healthcentered communities are urban and suburban spaces that are developed in ways to promote the well-being of residents throughout their lifetimes.
What is driving the demand for healthcentered communities?
Frenchman: In addition to our growing awareness about the health impacts of the built environment, complex and profound demographic and cultural shifts are happening worldwide. These changes are reflected in housing preferences and patterns that are fundamentally
different than those we have seen in the past. For instance, millennials are moving to urban settings that best align with their commitments to healthy living and community-centric values. They are looking for active lifestyle communities where they can ride their bikes or walk to work, as opposed to spending two-and-a-half hours a day commuting. In addition, many millennials would like to bring their aging parents with them; however, these parents—along with the other baby boomers in this age cohort—are rejecting traditional assisted living communities. Like millennials, more and more baby boomers are prioritizing fitness and an active way of life. As a result, they are seeking out convenient, affordable, aging-in-place options.
Who will be involved in the planning and development of health-centered communities?
Frenchman: Effective planning and development of health-centered communities requires a multi-faceted, collaborative approach. Because the concept is so revolutionary, it could transform the future of urban and suburban planning. That means that professionals across a wide spectrum—including those in the fields of real estate, urban design, health care, public policy, and community development—all need to be engaged. Working together, these disparate groups can develop a strategic vision that creates value, promotes healthy living, supports agingin-place, and produces communities that thrive.
What design principles are involved?
Frenchman: Health-centered communities will need to incorporate fundamental design principles that address the challenges and opportunities associated with promoting well-being for all residents. Most importantly, planning and development should be guided by the evidence that demonstrates how communities and built environments can influence health and disease. As these non-medical drivers of health, commonly known as social determinants, become better understood, they are finding their way into the real estate development marketplace, and their impacts can be seen through: choices of mobility that encourage exercise, provision of places for social interaction to enhance wellness, incorporation of local health centers that reduce hospital visits, support for elders to remain in
Frenchman: Collaborations between clinical and community organizations will play a key role in the success of health-centered communities. These living environments will need to be able to adapt as new models for health care delivery emerge, and they will also need to respond to a variety of other forces shaping the future of health care, such as economics, digital platforms, sensors, and artificial intelligence.
Why should real estate developers care about health-centered communities?
Frenchman: On the real estate development side, it is critical to recognize this emerging trend and to begin to understand the perspectives of various stakeholders. The intersection between health and the built environment is a dynamic space right now, and there is opportunity to rise to the challenge and identify unmet needs. In many ways, I see this as similar to the green building trend, which many thought was a fad—until the public started demanding construction that was more climate-conscious. n
Developing Health-Centered Communities: The Next Revolution in Real Estate takes place April 13-17, 2020 on both the MIT and Harvard Medical School campuses. Over the course of five days, participants will work alongside a select group of peers from across the globe and industries — taking part in project-based learning opportunities, site visits, Health Impact Assessments and other activities. Guided by prominent faculty, physicians and planners, they’ll explore key topics inherent to creating a vibrant, health-centered community, such as:
• Design principles of healthy neighborhoods: medical evidence about how communities and built environments can influence health and disease (e.g., through effects on mobility, social interaction, the chemical and microbial environment, etc.);
• Economics of healthy communities: value proposition and ROI on a broad-scale, over time;
• Responsive architecture and technologies that support children, the elderly and those with special needs;
• Forces shaping the future of health care: economics, digital platforms, sensors, and artificial intelligence;
• New models for health care delivery;
• Start-ups focused on healthy communities and cities. n
The Texas Comptroller’s Office recently released A Field Guide to the Taxes of Texas, a periodic report providing an overview of Texas’ major state taxes. Every year, the state collects billions in state taxes and fees, federal receipts and other sources of revenue. These funds are used to pay for all of the responsibilities of state government including the education of more than 5 million public school students and the provision of health insurance for more than 4 million low-income Texans.
In A Field Guide to the Taxes of Texas, readers can:
• learn how major taxes have contributed to state revenue during the past 10 years;
• see future revenue estimates, exemption value estimates and tax allocations; and
• connect to other in-depth resources about state taxes and finances.
“This guide highlights and compiles useful information from a variety of Comptroller reports in one easily accessed spot,” Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said. “As legislators begin to identify and address crucial issues ahead of the 2021 legislative session, this guide will provide lawmakers, business and community leaders and the general public with an easy-to-understand reference explaining Texas’ major taxes and associated revenues.” To see the report, go to: comptroller.texas.gov/about/media-center/news/ 2019/190329-field-guide-taxes.php
In an article entitled “Welcome to the Unicorn Club: Learning from Billion-Dollar Startups”, venture capitalist Aileen Lee looked at the phenomenon of privately held startups that reached the $1 billion mark in valuation. These giants are so scare, she argued, that finding one is as likely as stumbling on a mythical unicorn. McGuffin Creative Group recently surveyed 4,000 consumers to determine the unicorn brands consumers are most familiar with and which are flying under the radar and which are the fastest growing. The survey analysis found that 4 real estate compacnies were among the 25 fastest growing unicorn companies worldwide. The real estate companies among the fastest growing Unicorn companies are Airbnb, Compass, WeWork and Opendoor Labs. 2 of those same real estate companies also made the list of the most well-known Unicorns. Airbnb was known by 86% of consumers surveyed and Nextdoor was known by 30% of consumers. See the full report from McGuffin Creative Group here: www.mcguffincg.com/best-known-unicorn-brandstatistics/
The Economist’s latest edition of its annual Democracy Index has been published. The index – which assesses the state of democracy worldwide in 2019 – recorded the worst average global score since its inception in 2006. This new low point was driven by a sharp regression in the average regional scores for Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. The report discusses how a recent trend of democratic backsliding and growing popular distrust in governments and politicians have led to increased political participation. Following the populist revolt in the mature democracies in recent years, an upsurge of protest characterized the developing world in 2019. Other key findings in include:
• Only 5.7% of the world’s population lives in a “full democracy” and more than one-third under authoritarian rule.
• The number of “full democracies” increased to 22, as Chile, France and Portugal moved up from the “flawed democracy” category.
• Thailand registered the biggest improvement in score and China the sharpest decline.
• The average global score for four out of the five categories of the Democracy Index (electoral process and pluralism; the functioning of government; political culture; civil liberties) declined in 2019. The exception was political participation, the score for which improved worldwide.
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Tens of millions of black, brown, and white workers who don’t happen to reside in an innovation center like Seattle or Boston or San Diego are losing out on the economic boosts and education opportunities that benefit more proximate workers. The Brooking Institution’s new report on the nation’s rampant, tech-driven regional divides has reanimated many high-level questions about the country’s economic efficiency and competitiveness. Can the United States truly prosper when 90% of its R&D- and STEM-intensive “innovation sector” employment growth takes place in just five “superstar” tech hubs? More voices are beginning to doubt it. And yet, another—simpler—problem arises from the nation’s regional divides: They are unfair. And they are a social justice issue. Mark Muro and Andre Perry discuss. www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/01/28/regional-divergence-is-more-than-an-economicdilemma-its-a-civil-rights-issue
In his State of the Union address, President Trump triumphantly declared that America is in the midst of a “blue-collar boom.” He described the “roaring” economy as the “best it’s ever been,” citing rising wages, low unemployment, and a soaring stock market. But what do actual workers think? When Molly Kinder of The Brooking Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program interviewed low-wage workers across the country last summer, what we heard was not a boom, but for many, a bust. www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/02/05/ trumps-state-of-the-union-declared-were-in-a-bluecollar-boom-workers-dont-agree
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If you’re lookInG To lease commercial space for your business but don’t know where to begin, look no further. SimpLEASEity™ is a business owner’s guide to winning the game of commercial real estate leasing with valuable information, tips and strategies.
Author and award-winning commercial real estate broker, Andrea Davis, provides readers with an 11-step guide to leasing office, medical, industrial and retail space. Using simple, straightforward language, she makes the case for why a business owner should never lease commercial space without representation and offers sound advice on how to negotiate a lease, no matter the size of the business. From hiring a tenant rep to monitoring the build out, each chapter take a close look at different aspects of the leasing process.
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Following the final chapter in the book, readers are met with a detailed appendix, which highlights the 11 Step Guidelines described in each chapter. The section also includes a useful list of commercial real estate definitions that readers can easily refer to again and again. Davis’ next book, Simply Own It, the American Dream, is forthcoming this year.
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Andrea Davis, CCIM, has practiced commercial real estate for over twenty years. Davis’s breadth of knowledge stretches from developers to landlords to buyer/tenant representation and investments. Within the commercial real estate industry, Davis has won numerous awards. The Phoenix Business Journal ranked Andrea Davis CRE in the top 10 of Ranking Arizona for the category of Office Brokerage. n
God looks over the millions of people and says ‘Welcome to Heaven. The women are to go with Saint Peter, and the men are to form two lines - one line of men that dominated their – women on earth, and the other of men who were dominated by their women.”
With much movement the women are gone and there are two lines. The line of the men that were dominated by women is 100 miles long, but the line of men who dominated women has only one man in it. God angrily says, “You men should be ashamed of yourselves. I created you in My image and you were all dominated by your mates. Look at the only one of my sons that stood up and made me proud and prepare to learn from him!”
God turns to the man and asks, “Tell me son, how you managed to be the only one on that line?”
The man says, “I don’t know. My wife told me to stand here.”
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wITh 2019 BehInd us, the future looks bright for commercial real estate and businesses looking to lease and buy space this year. While more than 32 million businesses in the United States lease office space, many find out too late that it is not like leasing an apartment. A large percentage of businesses lose money or enter into unfavorable terms with their landlord. Navigating the maze of commercial leasing isn’t for the faint of heart.
While the CRE industry has evolved over the last few years, businesses should not be alarmed. New developments and changes in the industry will offer companies different options to find the perfect space. It is imperative for businesses to stay ahead of the changing commercial real estate trends. But since the average business owner is not an industry expert, it’s important to hire experienced tenant representation to guide you through the entire lease transaction. This a no cost way to make sure you are getting the best deal possible
A mixed-use development may include retail stores on its ground floor, offices on its second floor, and residences on all the floors above. Leasing or buying space in this development is great for a business because it immediately exposes the company to a large customer base with existing residential tenants in the building. Furthermore, companies with offices in these developments provide jobs that can fuel local economic growth as employees become customers for local grocery and retail stores.
It’s no secret that the growing popularity of e-commerce has transformed the way people shop, leaving many storefronts and buildings vacant. But while the retail sector has taken a hit, this change serves as a great opportunity for the industrial sector, thanks to adaptive reuse. Adaptive reuse is defined as the practice of taking an existing building and repurposing it for a different use. As e-commerce operations continue to grow, so does the demand for warehouse space and distribution centers. Adaptive reuse provides many opportunities to refurbish vacant assets into these necessary facilities.
Demographic developments are impacting who is using office space and how that space is being used. Millennials are currently the largest generation in the workforce and are oftentimes driving the strategy for how companies operate, what offices look like and how technology plays a role. Coworking has been a favored trend among Millenials and companies in recent years. Coworking offers an alternative for large organizations and offers companies a variety of layout options that they didn’t always have when standalone spaces were the only product type.
The term “mixed-use” may not sound familiar, but the development itself is anything but new. Defined as a type of development that blends residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment uses into one space, mixeduse developments first started in urban areas in the 1900s. These developments allowed Americans to live and work in walkable areas. After the invention of the automobile, Americans no longer felt the need to live and work in in the urban bubble and the demand for mix-used properties decreased. Now nearly a century later, we’re seeing a shift back to favor mixed-use with many Millennials and Baby Boomers looking to limit commute times and live in areas where they can travel everywhere on foot.
Companies shouldn’t be alarmed by a decreased number of spaces as more adaptive reuse developers enter the industry. In fact, they should be excited, because there will be more options to lease or buy space. As developers, convert old, outdated or underused commercial space into something more functional, businesses will have an opportunity to buy or lease a variety of spaces that may not have been available to them before.
The rapid advances in technology have grown exponentially over the past few decades. With no signs of slowing down, technology has become an integral part in many of our personal and professional lives. As new companies begin to pop-up and larger companies continue to expand, the tech sector has contributed to a large-part of the demand for office space - and experts say it will continue to do so into 2020. In fact, tech companies accounted for a record 21% of major office-leasing activity in the US and Canada in 2019. This is a major contrast to previous office cycles where leasing was primarily driven by financial services.
The top four markets for strong multifamily performance in 2020 are Austin, Atlanta, Boston and Phoenix. With home prices at an all-time high, many Millennials are moving towards homeownership at a modest pace, creating a growing demand for multifamily properties. Relative to other commercial investing options, multifamily investments offer liquidity, a steady stream of diversified renters on short-term leases and lower capital costs required for upkeep. Due to these factors, experts say multifamily property demand will remain stable well into 2020 and for years to come.
As the demand for multifamily housing increases, so will the demand for office and retail space to meet the growing needs of communities. Millennials and many other generations are seeking walkable areas where they can live, work and play and developers in a variety of markets are realizing this.
It is important to keep in mind that every lease is negotiable. Engage in candid discussions with your agent about what your current and future company needs. When evaluating trends in the market, you may decide that it makes smart business sense to revisit your lease or make changes to your current office space. This may make a significant impact on your bottom line and put more money in your pocket, which can be used for growing your business. n
family and friends. We hear about leaders of large businesses who steal, lie and cheat to increase their already-enormous wealth. And we hear of religious leaders who sexually molested children or covered up molestation by priests and pastors within their churches. The question we need to ask ourselves is: are these people all psychopaths?
PSYCHOPATH EPIDEMIC: WHY THE WORLD IS SO F*CKED UP AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT hardly a day Goes by when the headlines don’t contain a story about someone in power who has done something repulsive or revolting. We hear stories of government leaders using their power to manipulate the system for their own benefit or that of
There Is noThInG lIke a beautiful story to warm the heart. Woof! A Love Story of Dogs, Music, and Life by Robert Freeman – professional musician and retired professor – tells the true story of the great love he shared with his wife over four decades, and the love they had for the 17 wonderful dogs that graced their lives with their presence and brought them so much joy and unconditional love ― asking for nothing in return but a warm bed, nourishment and love.
Freeman was a music school director when he fell in love with his assistant, Carol. Throughout their union they created a loving home for 17 dogs, all of which are featured through striking photography between the covers of Woof! This book is a celebration of true love — between people and between people and animals — and beautifully relates the eternal
The epidemic of psychopaths in positions of power may be even bigger and more pressing than climate change, Brexit, wars and offshore tax shelters because these issues are caused or worsened by the fact that unchecked psychopaths are in power. Once removed, Cameron Reilly, author of THE PSYCHOPATH EPIDEMIC: Why the World is So F*CKED UP and What You Can Do About It sees these issues as solvable.
“Psychiatrists estimate that 1 percent of the adult population
are psychopaths; that’s about 50-60 million psychopaths worldwide―2 million in America alone. They crave power. They feign charm. They have no empathy, feel no guilt and think of themselves as inherently superior to the people around them,” says Reilly. “Despite the impression Hollywood might give us, most psychopaths are not serial killers. These “garden-variety psychopaths” are our managers, politicians, priests and our police chiefs. There’s a good chance they are working in the White House, the Vatican, the Pentagon and the board room.”
The book makes the case that modern society encourages and rewards psychopathic tendencies. Ambitious and cunning people, willing and able to smile as they lie in order to gain personal power and wealth, are actually prized by many organizational cultures which have themselves become toxic. They think
of themselves not as psychopaths but as “winners” and have convinced many of us to think of them that way. “Our primary priority should be to identify psychopaths in powerful roles in society and develop the necessary checks and balances to prevent them from acting out their worst tendencies,” says Reilly. “The book examines the evidence then suggests solutions for saving us all.” n
truth that the world would be a better place if everyone simply took good care of each other.
Robert Freeman is a musicologist, Steinway artist, and a professional musician. Over 42 years of marriage to his wife, Carol, he has been the proud master of 17 dogs — 11 of them golden retrievers, six of them American dogs. Having made tenure at MIT, he directed the Eastman School of Music for 24 years, presided over the New England Conservatory
for three, and served as dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas in Austin for seven. He is also the author of the highly praised The Crisis of Classical Music in America. For the Eastman School’s website honoring Freeman, please visit www.esm.rochester.edu/freeman
Excerpt from Amazon 5-star review:
“This book is a delightful retrospective on a loving couple and the dogs they took in and with which they shared their lives, granting each one a special chapter so that we could get to know them on a personal basis. It struck me that I was reading a book written by one of the most cultured men in our society. Dr. Freeman is arguably the finest college music school dean of our generation, nurturing an entire generation of America’s finest classical musicians, yet here he is sharing with us his personal retrospec-
tive of the dogs (mostly Golden Retrievers) that he adopted.... or perhaps that adopted him… If you like dogs, then you should read this book. If you don’t, well then you should!” n
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AUSTIN: Development activity peaks as 2019 comes to a close
Vacancy: 10.5%
Net Absorption: 262,174 sq. ft
DALLAS/ FORT WORTH: Demand tops 20 million sq. ft. for fourth consecutive year
Vacancy: 5.8%
Net Absorption: 7,855,479 sq. ft.
HOUSTON: Absorption and construction remain robust in 2019
Vacancy: 5.9%
Net Absorption: 3,272,516 sq. ft.
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fewer natural resources – because the very foundation for our product is a recycled material.
Finally, container-based construction allows quicker completion and delivery to market. This means that container-based construction can help meet the demand for affordable housing faster than traditional building methods. More specifically: a standard construction cycle lasts approximately 24 months. By contrast, container-based construction is roughly 14 and a half months – or 45 percent faster. That’s a substantial difference.
IT’s no secreT ThaT the affordable housing crisis continues to worsen in Texas.
In the past three years alone, the number of people experiencing homelessness in the state grew to about 25,848. At the same time, a recent study from the National Low Income Housing Coalition shows that Texas is lacking in low-income housing.
As thousands struggle to pay rent and make ends meet, it is time for our business leaders and elected officials to seriously consider container-based construction.
Why? This building method is more affordable, sustainable and efficient than traditional forms of construction. Container-based construction can help mitigate our housing crisis—one shipping container at a time.
First, a closer look at the extent of the housing crisis in Texas, based on three major cities:
• In Austin last summer, an estimated 2,200 homeless adults slept on sidewalks and in makeshift tent cities. Another report revealed that homelessness rose by 5 percent in the city this year.
• In Dallas, we’ve seen an overall increase in homelessness since 2009— and a staggering 725% increase in unsheltered homelessness during the same timeframe. City officials and homeless experts in Dallas suggest that the rising housing prices and a lack of housing in general are adding to the problem.
• Lastly, another study indicates that Houston has the lowest per-capita rate
of available affordable units in the state— followed by Dallas and Austin.
So, why are shipping containers a good way to fill the need for affordable housing in Texas? As it looks to alleviate its housing issues, here are four reasons Texas should embrace container-based construction:
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Compared to traditional forms of construction, container-based building lowers the costs of planning, engineering, and construction. More specifically, it yields up to 20% in overall cost savings compared to traditional construction. Container-based building also raises rental income, since the delivery speed of a given structure is higher.
There are millions of unused shipping containers around the world. By turning these existing containers into new living and working environments, we offset a building’s carbon footprint and consume
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Shipping containers withstand maritime travel, so there’s no question that the new living and working spaces we build out of them are durable structures. This is more critical than ever in today’s increasingly extreme weather. Moreover, repurposed shipping containers offer a higher quality of building. Made of highly resilient steel, the containers meet or surpass most building specifications and are LEED-certifiable.
The bottom line: In 2020 and beyond, container-based construction is a positive way forward. It’s an affordable, sustainable and efficient alternative that Texas could leverage to help solve its housing crisis.
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Rose-Mary Rumbley has written three books about her native city – Dallas. She has also written “WHAT! NO CHILI!” and a book about the 300th anniversary of the invention of the piano. She has appeared on the stage at the
In The play, Born Yesterday, show girl, Billie Dawn, is being told about the various activities and deals that are part of the scene in Washington. She asks, “Do you know about that teapot thing?” She was speaking of the Teapot Dome Oil Scandal that erupted during the administration of Warren G. Harding, the 29th president of the United States. His Secretary of Interior, Albert Fall, allowed Sinclair Oil Com-pany to gain all sorts of rights if he would get money for the deal. He was paid off in a big way. This was just one of the many scandals that were a part of Harding’s administration.
On May 30, 1923, Jess Smith, a top aide to Harding, blew his brains out. This was just ten weeks after Charles Cramer, an official of the Veterans Bureau, had killed himself. What was wrong?
There was a simple answer. Warren G. Harding and his administration were in the web of scandal that Harding had ignored because he was getting so many personal benefits from all the deals. These men who took their lives knew that
Dallas Summer Musicals and at Casa Mañana and was head of the drama department at Dallas Baptist University for 12 years. Today she is on the speaking circuit and teaches drama classes at Providence Christian School. Her loving views of Texas history appear in every issue of
these evil activities would soon be revealed. In other words, “the jig was up!”
President Harding had a trusted inner circle with a special agent. This agent maintained a secret underground headquarters to pursue a wide range of criminal enterprises. The President often attended parties behind these safe walls. One party got a bit wild. Chorus girls were introduced to a drunk crowd that started throwing plates, glasses, and bottles, one of which struck a girl who died from the hit. The tragedy was covered up by the Attorney General and the Bureau of Investigation.
So, how in the world did Warren G. Harding get elected? It was 1920the war was over, Wilson had suffered a stroke, his wife (the second Mrs.Woodrow Wilson) was running the country, and the cry “Return to Normalcy” was heard. That normalcy could come with the election of an Ohio Senator who published the Marion Star newspaper, and who introduced 134 bills while he was in Congress. He pushed for a special time to honor the landing of the Pilgrims; he worked toward
the protection of furbearing animals in Alaska; and he was a tall, stately man who looked like a president.
The Republicans all liked Harding-all except Alice Roosevelt, Teddy’s daughter. She was right when she said, “Harding is not a bad man.
Ironically, a Saturday Evening Post article had just been published – A Calm View of a Calm Man. A cartoon with the article showed the president hard at work at his desk with his adversaries running wild around him. There was a little truth in the cartoon. Harding seemed to remain steady in the midst of all the scandal, but, alas, his heart gave out. Rather than being impeached, he died!
He’s just a slob. She went on to say, “It was rather shocking to see the way Harding disregarded the Constitution he was sworn to uphold.” As it turns out, Alice was right on target with this thought!
Harding seemed to disregard all that was happening, but eventually he collapsed under the strain of inner guilt. He was on a tour traveling the Western States and Alaska. He was not well but seemed to revive when he reached Alaska. He was impressed with the presentation of a group of Native Alaskan musicians performing in their bare feet.
He visited the grave of a wellknown Anglican Missionary, Father William Duncan. However, while in Alaska he received a message which probably related to more misdeeds of his administration being revealed. He became quite ill again and died.
Harding served as President from 1921 to 1923, two years filled with illegal activities. Calvin Coolidge came in. He was the quiet man. A lady approached Coolidge at a Washington party. “President Coolidge, I have a bet running that I can make you say at least three words this evening.”
Coolidge responded, “You lose!” n
Jess Smith was as an aide to United States Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty during President Warren G. Harding’s administration. Smith’s main job was to deal with President Harding’s numerous mistresses. For Daugherty, Smith specialized in kickbacks and whiskey distribution. Daugherty and Smith shared a room in DC and kept their illegal money in a bank in Ohio run by Daugherty’s brothers.
Remember, it’s not “How high are you?” It’s “Hi. How are you?”
aT The ouTBreak of the Civil War in 1861, Andrew Johnson, a senator from Tennessee, was the only U.S. senator from a seceding state who remained loyal to the Union.
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln appointed him military governor of Tennessee, and in 1864 he was elected vice president of the United States. Sworn in as president after Lincoln’s assassination in April 1865, President Johnson enacted a lenient Reconstruction policy for the defeated South, including almost total amnesty to ex-Confederates, a program of rapid restoration of U.S.-state status for the seceded states, and the approval of new, local Southern governments, which were able to legislate “Black Codes” that preserved the system of slavery in all but its name.
The Republican-dominated Congress greatly opposed Johnson’s program and in March 1867 passed the Tenure of Office Act over the president’s veto. The bill prohibited the president from removing officials confirmed by the Senate without senatorial approval and was designed to shield members of Johnson’s Cabinet like Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, who had been a
leading Republican radical in the Lincoln administration. In the fall of 1867, President Johnson attempted to test the constitutionality of the act by replacing Stanton with General Ulysses S. Grant. However, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to rule on the case, and Grant turned the office back to Stanton after the Senate passed a measure in protest of the dismissal. Johnson was furious at Grant, accusing him of lying during a stormy cabinet meeting. The March 1868 publication of several angry messages between Johnson and Grant led to a complete break between the two. As a result of these letters, Grant solidified his standing as the front-runner for the 1868 Republican presidential nomination.
Both Lincoln and Johnson had experienced problems with Stanton, an ally of the Radicals in Congress. Stanton’s removal, therefore, was not only a political decision made to relieve the discord between the president and his cabinet, but also a test of the Tenure of Office Act. Johnson believed the Tenure of Office Act was unconstitutional and wanted it to be legally tried in the courts. It was the president, himself, however, who was brought to trial.
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was the result of political conflict and the rupture of ideologies in the aftermath of the American Civil War. It was initiated for “high crimes and misdemeanors,” which were detailed in 11 articles of impeachment, nine of which involved the alleged violation of the Tenure of Office Act. Johnson thus became the first American president to be impeached.
With Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase presiding, the Senate failed to convict Johnson on one of the articles, falling short of the necessary two-thirds majority by a single vote.
A 10-day recess was called before attempting to convict him on additional articles. The delay did not change the outcome, however, and the Senate failed to convict the president on two more articles, both by the same margin. After that, the trial was adjourned.
The impeachment and trial of Andrew Johnson had important political implications for the balance of federal legislative–executive power. It maintained the principle that Congress should not remove the president from office simply because its members disagreed with him over policy, style, and administration of the office. It also resulted in diminished presidential influence on public policy and overall governing power, fostering a system of governance which Woodrow Wilson referred to in the 1870s as “Congressional Government.” Johnson remained the only U.S. president to have been impeached and face a Senate trial for over a century, until Bill Clinton became the second in 1998. n
conGress’ conTrol of The military Reconstruction policy was mitigated by Johnson’s command of the military as president. However, Johnson had inherited Lincoln’s appointee Edwin M. Stanton as secretary of war. Stanton was a staunch Radical Republican who would comply with congressional Reconstruction policies as long as he remained in office. To ensure that Stanton would not be replaced, Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act in 1867 over Johnson’s veto. The act required the president to seek the Senate’s advice and consent before relieving or dismissing any member of his cabinet (an indirect reference to Stanton) or,
indeed, any federal official whose initial appointment had previously required its advice and consent.
Johnson searched desperately for someone to replace Stanton who would be acceptable to the Senate. He first proposed the position to General William Tecumseh Sherman, an enemy of Stanton, who turned down his offer. In February of 1868, he appointed Lorenzo Thomas, a brevet major general in the Army, as interim Secretary of War and he informed the Senate of his decision. Thomas personally delivered the president’s dismissal notice to Stanton, who rejected the legitimacy of the decision. Rather than vacate his office, Stanton barricaded himself inside and ordered Thomas arrested for violating the Tenure of Office Act. He also informed Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax and President Pro Tempore of the Senate Benjamin Wade of the situation.
Thomas remained under arrest for several days before being released, and having the charge against him dropped after Stanton realized that the case against Thomas would provide the courts with an opportunity to review the constitutionality of the Tenure of Office Act.
Aftermath: In 1887, the Tenure of Office Act was repealed by Congress, and subsequent rulings by the United States Supreme Court seemed to support Johnson’s position that he was entitled to fire Stanton without congressional approval. In a 1926 case, the Supreme Court declared that the Tenure of Office Act had been invalid. n
now BoardInG all peacocks, roosters, turkeys, snakes, monkeys and any other animal who wants to be “of service”. Emotional support service, that is. These animals supposedly keep their owners calm at 30,000 feet above sea level during air travel. What about the passengers around them?
We’ve heard all sorts of news stories recently about varying types of so-called service animals finding their way onto airplanes, in hospital rooms, casinos and restaurants. But what happens when your tenants bring their emotional-support elephant or alligator to your building? What does the law allow? What are your rights and obligations? This article will help get your paws around this issue so your properties aren’t a total zoo!
a person who has a significant hearing loss or is deaf when a sound occurs, the ADA recognizes the psychiatric service dogs assist individuals with disabilities to detect the onset of psychiatric episodes and lessen their effects, as well as dogs that assist people with autism and seizures.
In addition to dogs, entities must make reasonable modifications in policies to allow individuals with disabilities to use miniature horses if the horses have been trained to do work or perform tasks for a disabled person. Some individuals prefer miniature horses over dogs if the handler is allergic to dogs. Miniature horses typically live a little longer than dogs.
However, emotional support, therapy, comfort, or companion animals are not considered service animals under the ADA. These terms are used to describe animals that provide comfort just by being with a person, but since the animals have not been trained to perform a specific job or task, they do not qualify as service animals under the ADA. But as mentioned above, some state or local governments have laws that allow people to take emotional support animals into public places.
Pursuant to Title II and III of the Americans With Disabilities Act (the “ADA”), a service animal means any dog or miniature horse that is trained to perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. Tasks performed can include, among other things, pulling a wheelchair, retrieving dropped items, alerting a person to a sound, reminding a person to take medication, or pressing an elevator button. The ADA does not require the dogs or miniature horses to be professionally trained – they can be trained by the owner or any other third person as long as they are trained to perform a valid task under the ADA.
Emotional support animals, comfort animals, and therapy dogs are not service animals under the ADA. Other species of animals, whether wild or domestic, trained or untrained, are not considered service animals either. The tasks performed by a service animal must be directly related to the individual’s disability. It does not matter if a person has a note from a doctor that states that the person has a disability and needs to have the animal for emotional support. However, in addition to guide dogs that provide travel aid to persons with severe visual impairments or who are blind, and hearing or signal dogs that alert
Below are some helpful facts and general rules regarding the use of service animals under the ADA:
• In situations where it is not obvious that the dog is a service animal, a landlord or business owner may ask only two specific questions: (1) is the dog a service animal required because of a disability? and (2) what work or task has the dog been trained to perform? You are not allowed to request any documentation for the dog, require that the dog demonstrate its task, or inquire about the nature of the person’s disability. If you do not follow this rule, you may be liable for discrimination under the ADA.
• Service animals are not required to wear a vest, patch or special harness identifying them as a service animal.
• The owner or handler of the service animal is responsible for caring for and supervising the service animal, which includes toileting, feeding, grooming and veterinary care. A landlord or business owner is not responsible to supervise or care for the animal.
• Service animals must be allowed to accompany their handlers through buffet lines, salad bars, restaurants, and the like.
• The ADA does not require a service dog to be registered or carry any specific papers. If a local law or ordinance requires the animal to
register as a service dog, then such registration is likely a violation of the ADA. However, local laws requiring service animals to be vaccinated, licensed, etc., are generally in compliance with the ADA.
• It is unlawful to prohibit certain breeds of dogs to access a public place just because of the breed. However, if the service animal posses a direct threat to others, then that particular animal may be excluded from the premises. In other words, you cannot, for example, ban pit pull service dogs from your building, but if a beagle or other gentle dog breed poses a direct threat of harm, then the pooch can be excluded from the premises.
• The ADA requires that service animals be under the control of the handler at all times. The service animal must be harnessed, leashed, or tethered while in public places unless these devices interfere with the service animal’s work or the person’s disability prevents use of these devices (i.e., a service dog used to guide a wheelchair). “Under control” also means that a service animal should not be allowed to bark repeatedly in a quiet place. However, if a dog barks just once, or barks because someone has provoked it, this would not mean that the dog is out of control.
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“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
Mahatma Gandhi
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Violations under the ADA may include penal and civil damages, depending on the nature of the complaint. Damages can be as much as $55,000 for the first offense and $110,000 for subsequent offenses. Under the ADA, the Department of Justice may file a lawsuit and obtain a court order compelling a defendant to pay a fine. Likewise, any person who is being subjected to discrimination under the ADA may also file a private suit against the offending person or company.
In addition to the ADA, many state and local municipalities have also enacted laws to penalize business owners and landlords for violating laws enacted to ensure that persons living with disabilities have proper access and care.
Many states have also enacted “fake service animal laws”. As of August 2018, twenty-three states enacted legislation to combat pet-owners who falsely claim their pet as a service animal. These laws vary widely between states. In Texas, if an owner misrepresents a service dog, he can end up in the doghouse by being hit with a misdemeanor and punishable by a $300 fine and up to 30 hours of community service. In California, you are barking up the wrong tree if you falsely and knowingly claim that you are an owner or trainer of service animals. If found guilty, this is a misdemeanor and you can face six months in jail and/or a fine up to $1000.
Emotional-support animals, a/k/a companion animals or therapy animals are terms used to describe animals that provide comfort just by being with a person. Many experts believe that disabled persons with certain conditions like anxiety, depression, autism or post-traumatic
stress can alleviate symptoms with an emotionalsupport animal. These companion animals do not need training, and an individual can qualify for an emotional support animal with a doctor’s approval. Since companion animals have not been trained to perform a specific task or job, they do not qualify as service animals under the ADA. The ADA does not give individuals with companion animals the same opportunities as service animals to bring the animal with them to public places where pets are prohibited.
Many single-family and multi-family residential landlords have a “no pets” policy. However, under the Fair Housing Act of 1973, “service animals” are not pets, therefore, if a housing policy provides for “no pets”, it does not apply to service animals. Accordingly, service animals are allowed wherever a person may go, including restricted animal areas like food establishments. Landlord’s cannot collect a pet deposit for a service animal, but a landlord may charge a tenant for property damage due to the damage caused by a service animal. Further, a landlord cannot enforce weight limits or breed restrictions. Contrary to popular belief, landlords can require written verification from the tenant’s health-care provider that they are disabled, but cannot ask for any specifics about the disability, and a landlord can require written verification from the tenant’s health-care provider that the service animal is medically necessary. Landlords can also write warnings or even evict a tenant with an assistance animal is disturbing others, posing a threat to others or causing considerable damage to the property.
If a housing provider prohibits pets on the property, a tenant may request reasonable accommodations in order for an assistance animal to live there. Reasonable accommodation is when a
tenant asks a landlord to change an existing rule or policy to have an equal opportunity to enjoy the unit and property. A tenant may qualify for reasonable accommodations for disabilities if the tenant has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities - such as walking, seeing, working, cleaning, dressing, etc.
Although the ADA treats companion animals differently than service animals, the Federal Fair Housing laws treat them similarly. Companion animals do qualify for reasonable accommodations under the Fair Housing Act. If an individual has a verified need for an emotional support animal, the landlord or property manager must provide a reasonable accommodation and allow the animal on the property.
The Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) requires airlines to allow service animals and emotional support animals to accompany their handlers in the cabin of the aircraft. For evidence that an animal is a service animal, air carriers may ask to see identification cards, written documentation, presence of harnesses or tags, or ask for verbal assurances from the individual with a disability using the animal. If airline personnel are uncertain that an animal is a service animal, they may ask one of the following: (i) what tasks does the animal perform, (ii) what has the animal been trained to do, (iii) describe how the animal performs the tasks it has been trained to do.
Individuals who travel with emotional-support animals or psychiatric service animals may need to provide specific documentation to establish that they have a disability and the reason the animal must travel with them. Travelers who desire to take their emotional support animal should contact the airline ahead of time to find out what kind of documentation is required. According to the ACAA, airlines are not required to carry animals of any kind either in the cabin or in the cargo hold. Airlines are free to adopt any policy they choose regarding the carriage of pets and other animals.
Back in 2003, the U.S. Department of Transportation expanded the definition of “service animal” to include any animal that lends emotional support. That opened up the floodgates for travelers to treat airplanes like Noah’s Ark. However, the USDOT recently proposed a new rule that would ban untrained emotional support animals. This new rule is open for public comment until July 9, 2020 – so if you feel emotional about the rule, please bark your support for or against it on time.
With emotional-support animals becoming more and more prevalent, it is important to know what the animal handler’s rights and duties are. Likewise, from a landlord’s or business owner’s perspective, you must also know your rights and duties. Failure to follow the rules may result in a landlord being responsible for violating the ADA or a similar state or local law. n
GeorGe GrIe Is a Russian-Canadian artist. As one of the first digital neo-surrealism artists, he is well known for numerous 3D and matte painting images. George planned to become an architect; instead, he received a classical fine art education before starting his career as a fine art painter and graphic artist.
As a result, his endeavors have brought considerable success to his neo-surrealist art exhibitions in London, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, and Helsinki (1985-1995). At be beginning of the 21st century he joined the IBM Corporation as a lead digital multimedia artist. Nowhe is pursuing a personal artistic career. Much of his work has been featured in a variety of publications such as: high-school textbook Art Works (Canada), Illustrated
History textbook (Denmark), Bloggers 5ème school textbook (France), University of Washington magazine, Center for National Monuments (Paris, France), and Cognitive Science Journal (London University).
His popularity comes from the growth and ubiquitous nature of the Internet. He does not generality participate in solo or group exhibitions. Grie’s works are popular among contemporary musicians. His images illustrate many CD covers and posters such as: London Symphony Orchestra, Arc Angel, Vision Divine, Voyager, Winterburst, Magellan, Dawn of Destiny, etc.
His works are full of strong and powerful images which rely on a visual impact. His
creations are an extraordinary artistic record of conceptual thoughts, philosophic views, fantasies, and dreams. Often journeying into the subconscious, Grie’s photo-realistic imagery shows a magical, dream-like world laced with architectural details. Supernatural illusions, mystic romanticism, with Gothic overtones are all intertwined in his virtual world. There is a great deal of tension and alienation, yet not without underlying tranquility, in the strange events taking place in the landscapes of his imagination.
George lives in Naples, Florida US where he owns a real estate investment company InterArtCenter. His art can be seen and purchased at www.neosurrealismart.com n
Great art is among the most sublime, meaningful, and redeeming creations of all civilization. Few endeavors can equal the power of great artwork to capture aesthetic beauty, to move and inspire, to change perceptions, and to communicate the nature of human experience. Great art is also complex, mysterious, and challenging. Filled with symbolism, cultural and historical references, and often visionary imagery, great artworks oblige us to reckon with their many meanings.
Architects and designers (many of our readers) have a lot of influence on the way we perceive the world. A structure often plays a significant part in how we experience a place. (Think of a restaurant, a museum, an arena, a stadium... even an office building - virtually anywhere!) The interior design impacts our sensory perception, our comfort, and our physical connection and there is also artistry in the exterior design. (That’s why we call it artchitecture.)
sfmoma Is a modern art museum located in San Francisco - one of the largest modern and contemporary art museums in the world. It reopened in May of 2016 following a major three-year-long expansion project. which more than doubled the museum’s gallery spaces and provided almost six times as much public space as the previous building, Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta (featured in in May-June 2019) designed the expanded building which seamlessly
integrates with the institution’s original building. The approximately 235,000-square-foot expansion includes seven levels dedicated to art and public programming, and three housing enhanced support space for the museum’s operations.
The expansion facades are clad with lightweight rippled panels made of fiberglass-reinforced polymer embedded with silicate crystals to catch and reflect sunlight. They are the largest application of composites technology to architecture in the United States. The building achieved LEED Gold certification, with 15% energy-cost reduction, 30% water-use reduction, and 20% reduction in wastewater generation. n
Building’s Inaugural Committee, and president of AIA Dallas. As the 6th largest chapter of the American Institute of Architects, AIA Dallas also joins AIA Orange County as one of only two chapters within the AIA with an AIA Fellow as executive director.
Congratulations to Zaida Basora, FAIA, on being named executive director of the Dallas Chapter of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Architecture and Design Foundation. The decision was reached after an eight-month nationwide search led by Victory Search Group and leadership from both organizations. Basora’s service includes chair of the USGBC North Texas Chapter, member of the U.S. General Service Administration’s Office of High-Performance Green
The New Orleans African American Museum of Art, History and Culture (NOAAM) announces the formation of its National Advisory Committee chaired by Marc H. Morial, president/CEO
of the National Urban League and former mayor of New Orleans. Advisory committee members include Arthel Neville, Jackie Harris, Lolis Eric Elie and Arthur Lewis among other notable leaders organized with NOAAM board chair Michael Griffin and Executive Director and Chief Curator Gia M. Hamilton. Amongst NOAAM’s officers is our very own Contributing Editor Angela O’Byrne. Our hats are off to you, Angela!
and the industry bringing in $78 billion in revenue in 2019, WalletHub released a report on 2020’s Best Places to Get Married as well as accompanying videos. To help couples find the most wedding-friendly destinations, they compared more than 180 of the biggest U.S. cities across 27 key indicators of cost-effectiveness, convenience and enjoyment. The data set ranges from average wedding cost to venues and event spaces per capita to weather. Kudos to El Paso which came in 3rd behind only Orlando, FL and Las Vegas, NV! To view the full report and your city’s rank, go to: wallethub.com/edu/best-placesto-get-married/18721/
With couples spending an average of over $38,000 on their wedding
With the unemployment rate at a near 50-year low and employers expecting to hire 5.8% more college graduates from the Class of 2020 than from the previous year, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2020’s Best Places to Find a Job as well as accompanying videos. They compared more than 180 cities across 31 key metrics. ranging from job opportunities to employment growth to monthly average starting salary. Kudos to Austin, which trailed only Scottsdale, AZ, South Burlington, VT and San Francisco, CA in the rankings. To view the full report and your city’s rank, visit: wallethub.com/edu/best-cities-for-jobs/2173
and existing houses sold across the US market. Estimates indicate that by close of 2019, a total of 6.44 million houses might have been sold which represents a 26.2% increase in the last decade. The full story, statistics and information can be found at: learnbonds.com/news/ us-mortgage-outstanding-debt-hits-a-record-high-of-15.8-trillion
A new comprehensive national traffic safety study from San Francisco-based Go Safe Labs shows that Houston, Austin and Dallas were in America’s least safe cities to drive. Nationally, traffic accidents across the United States increased 6.8% in 2019 – with nearly 1 million crashes on America’s roadways. There were 953,630 accidents in 2019, up from 892,615 in 2018.
Go Safe Labs is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that uses data to advance transportation infrastructure and enhance public safety. The whole study can be found here: gosafelabs.com/research/review-of-2019-accident-data
The outstanding US mortgage debt which has been growing steadily in recent years hit a record high of $15.8 trillion in Q3 2019. Data gathered by Learnbonds.com indicates that the figure is now the highest since the depression in 2008. Following the depression, the outstanding mortgage debts steadily declined to hit a low of $13.3 trillion in the third quarter of 2013. However, since then, the debts have been increasing to hit the latest highs of $15.8 trillion in 2019. The data also highlights the outstanding mortgage based on property type and holder. One to four families had debts worth $11,074,883 by close of 2019 Q3. Under this category, the rates have also been on the rise since 2015. The same trend can also be seen under the multi-family residence property. “The mortgage is among the largest component of household debt across the United States. However, the mortgage rates have been low since the last quarter of 2018. The Federal Reserve Bank resorted to lowering the rates in the wake of trade uncertainty which affected the global economic growth.” Amid the rising debt, we have a steady increase in both new
On May 5, the North Texas Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame, in cooperation with NTCAR, will induct Ray L. Hunt, executive chairman of Hunt Consolidated, Inc., and Leon J. Backes, founder and chief executive officer of Provident Realty Advisors, Inc., into the 2020 Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame. Also, B. Diane Butler, the co-founder and previous executive chairman and chief executive officer of Butler Burgher Group, will receive the Michael F. McAuley Lifetime Achievement Award. This recognition is presented to an individual who has dedicated countless hours of personal effort to their community, to professional organizations committed to the real estate industry and to charitable pursuits during their professional real estate career. Additionally, the award recognizes the individual’s commitment to promoting integrity, honesty, reciprocation and professionalism throughout their commercial real estate career. Congratulations to all!
Highest praise and honors to CREW Dallas - the 2020 Ebby Award recipient presented by Our Friends Place. The award is named in honor of the award’s first recipient, Ebby Halliday Acers, for her tireless commitment and contributions to women in our community and is given to a company/organization who has made significant contributions or achievements for the advancement of girls and young women in North Texas.
Congratulations Eduardo Castaneda, Assoc. AIA – 2020’s AIA National Associate Award Recipient. An engaging mentor and creative thinker, he endeavors to make architecture more inclusive in Dallas and across the country. From his first days as the AIA’s6 representative on AIA Dallas’ board of directors, Castaneda established himself as an inspiring leader who is eager to leverage his story as a Latino architect to rally the next generation of design professionals. n
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Haynes and Boone, LLP, an international corporate law firm, announced today the promotion to partnership of 9 lawyers in its Texas offices:
01/ Brad Holdbrook (in the Real Estate Practice Group) in Dallas.
02/ Gregory Huh (in the Intellectual Property Practice Group) in Richardson.
03/ Chris Kang (in the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group) in Dallas.
04/ Phil Kim (in the firm’s Healthcare Practice Group) in Dallas.
05/ Rob LeBlanc (in the Trademark Practice Group) in Dallas.
06/ Brent Shultz (in the Finance Practice Group) in Houston.
07/ Stephanie Sivinski (in the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group) in Dallas.
08/ Simin Sun (in the Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets and Securities and International Practice Groups) in Houston.
09/ Lauren White (in the Investment Management and Tax Practice Groups) in Dallas.
10/ Cindy Simpson was promoted to Co-Regional Managing Principal of the South-Central Region at Gensler.
11/ Matthew Johnson joined Lee & Associates as an Associate in Dallas.
12/ Susan Holland joined Henry S. Miller as the General Manager of Sundance Square in Fort Worth.
13/ CBRE promoted Peter Mainguy to Senior Managing Director and Market Leader for its Houston office.
14/ Adriana de Alcantara joined Hines in Houston as Senior Managing Director, Fund Management, Americas.
15/ Doug Stewart joined the real estate practice of Thompson & Knight LLP as a partner in Houston.
16/ Dennis Barnes was promoted to Executive Vice President at CBRE in Dallas.
17/ Mike Kay was promoted to Executive Vice President at CBRE in Dallas.
18/ Ryan Thornton was promoted to Executive Vice President at CBRE in Dallas.
19/ John Ellerman was promoted to Senior Vice President at CBRE in Dallas.
20/ Ben Davis was promoted to Senior Vice President at CBRE in Dallas.
21/ William Vonderfecht was promoted to Senior Vice President at CBRE in Dallas.
22/ Michael Austry was promoted to First Vice President at CBRE in Dallas.
23/ Harry Krieger was promoted to First Vice President at CBRE in Dallas.
24/ Haynes Strader, Jr. was promoted to Vice President at CBRE in Dallas.
25/ Kirk Funkhouser, RA was appointed Principal by Gensler in its Austin office.
26/ Lance Hosey, FAIA, LEED Fellow was appointed Principal by Gensler in its Austin office.
27/ Luis Santi, LEED AP was appointed Principal by Gensler in its Austin office.
28/ Lillian Giering, NCIDQ, RID was appointed Principal by Gensler in its Dallas office.
29/ Cherrie Wysong, NCID was appointed Principal by Gensler in its Dallas office.
30/Johnny Kousparis, CDT, LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP, RA was appointed Principal by Gensler in its Houston office.
31/Ben Crancer joined Whitebox Real Estate as a Broker Associate.
32/Jade Scott was promoted to Associate Vice President at Whitebox Real Estate.
33/Evan Hammer was promoted to Vice President Whitebox Real Estate.
34/Beth Burke was promoted to Director of Corporate Branding Whitebox Real Estate.
35/Joni Lopez joined Palafox Construction Group as a Commercial Project Manager.
36/Eurico R. Francisco AIA, LEED AP, rejoined CallisonRTKL as a Vice President and leader of its Healthcare design studio.
The 27 Club is one of the most famous (and creepy) things about rock music, with so many great talents having met their end at age 27. Can you identify these 16 who died way too soon? (Answers on backpage)
The TrusT for puBlIc land works to protect the places people care about and to create close-to-home parks— particularly in and near cities, where 80 percent of Americans live. Its goal is to ensure that every child has easy access to a safe place to play in nature. They also conserve working farms, ranches, and forests; lands of historical and cultural importance; rivers, streams, coasts, and watersheds; and other special places where people can experience nature close at hand.
Founded in 1972 with the goal of protecting land in and around cities and pioneering new
land conservation techniques, its work has expanded to include projects from the inner city to the wilderness. In cities, they’re turning vacant lots into community-designed parks and playgrounds. And we’re addressing the looming climate crisis with strategies to help reduce greenhouse gasses, promote climate adaptation, and create park-rich, climatesmart cities.
The Trust for Public Land’s ParkScore® index is the most comprehensive tool available for evaluating park access and quality in the 100 largest U.S. cities. Over the next
several issues of , with permission from and thanks to The Trust for Public Land, we will publish the results of that study for 13 Texas cities: Arlington, Austin, (which appeared in previous issues), Corpus Christi, Dallas and El Paso, Fort Worth, Garland, Houston, Irving, Laredo, Lubbock, Plano and San Antonio. If you can’t wait to see all of the results – or want to see where your or another city rates, go to: www.tpl.org/node/110916 n
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ANSWERS FROM PAGE 57: 27 & OUT
1. Jim Morrison - Lead singer and songwriter of The Doors. After struggling with drugs and alcohol for some time, Morrison died of a presumed heart failure on July 3rd, 1971. / 2. Dave Alexander - Bassist for legendary punk band the Stooges. Died of pulmonary edema (associated with alcohol) on February 10, 1975. / 3. Janis Joplin - Singer/Songwriter and ‘60s icon. Lead singer of Big Brother & the Holding Company and one of the first female superstars. Died of a heroin overdose on October 4, 1970. / 4. Roger “Pigpen” McKernan - Founding member and original keyboardist of the Grateful Dead. Died of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage (associated with alcohol) on March 8th, 1973. / 5. Richey Edwards - Founding member and lyricist for the Manic Street Preachers. Disappeared and presumed dead from suicide on February 1, 1995. / 6. Jimi Hendrix - Legendary guitarist and songwriter for the Jimi Hendrix Experience & Band of Gypsys. Dead from asphyxiation as a result of wine and sleeping pills on September 18, 1970. / 7. Robert Johnson - Pioneering blue musician and guitarist. Most likely died from poisoning on August 16, 1938. Widely considered the first member of the ‘27 Club.’ / 8. Pete Ham - Keyboardist and guitarist of the British band Badfinger. Died from suicide by hanging on April 24, 1975 / 9. Alan Wilson - Lead singer and songwriter of Canned Heat. Died of an overdose on September 3, 1970. / 10. Brian Jones - Founding member and guitarist of the Rolling Stones. Died from drowning in a pool one month after being kicked out of the band on July 3, 1969. / 11. Chris Bell - Founder and songwriter of the influential band Big Star. Died of a car crash on December 27, 1978. / 12. Jean-Michel Basquiat - NYC based artist, friend of Andy Warhol, and founder of the band Gray. Died from a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988. / 13. D. Boon - Guitarist and lead singer of the band Minutemen and extremely influential punk musician. Died as a result of injuries from a car crash on December 22, 1985. / 14. Kristen Pfaff - Bassist for Hole. Died of an overdose on June 16, 1994. / 15. Kurt Cobain - Singer and songwriter for Nirvana and grunge icon. Death by suicide on April 5, 1994. / 16. Amy Winehouse was an English singer and songwriter known for her mix of soul, rhythm and blues, and jazz. She died of alcohol poisoning on July 23, 2011.
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Andrew Carnegie loved to read, and he made certain Texans were reading too. In Herstory, Contributing Editor Rose-Mary Rumbley looks (as only she can) at the Texas and Carnegie Libraries. In our companion, History Page, we look at The Battle of Little Big Horn (a/k/a Custer’s Last Stand) and Irene Morgan, who (before Rosa Parks) boldly advanced the cause of civil rights.
In New York City, above the High Line is The Lantern House which has distinctive curved windows that essentially gives each hi-rise unit a bay window. Contributing Editor Angela O’Byrne
will look in on these distinctive properties in Amazing Buildings. And Contributing Editor Tony Barbieri’s Legal View will examine legal issues tortious interference with contracts.
We will feature (on the cover and in Artchitecture) the work of Texas impressionist Robin Cheers And, with permission from and thanks to The Trust for Public Land, we will continue to publish the results of their study on parks for the fifth of thirteen Texas cities – this time for Garland. We will present a pictorial tribute to renowned architects Zaha Hadid and Renzo Piano and to Expo 2020
in Dubai with some of the coolest buildings in the world. And we’ll continue our look at the architectural treasures of American cities, this time Los Angeles, California.
Of course, we will have our affiliates’ news and events, the Wow Factor, Diversions, By the Numbers, True Dat, You Need to Know, Political Corner, Professionals on the Move, The Resource Page, Shout- Outs, In the Loop, Real Estate of the Future, our bimonthly contest and much MUCH more.
Remember Mad Libs? This is kinda sorta like that. You know the song. You probably know the part of speech as well (but just in case you’re a little rusty on those, we’ve grouped them for you). Write the answers in the space provided. (There are no duplicates.)
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1. You Make Me Feel So _____________ (Frank Sinatra) adjective
2. You’re Just Too _____________ To Be True (The Four Seasons) adjective
3. This _____________ Is on Fire (Alicia Keys) noun
4. _____________ Luftballoons (Nena) number
5. Here I Go _____________ . (Whitesnake) adverb
6. Tie A _________ Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree (Tony Orlando and Dawn) adjective
7. I Will _____________ (Gloria Gaynor) verb
8. Under the _____________ (The Drifters) noun
9. My _____________ (The Knack) proper noun
10. ______ Thing (The Troggs) adjective
11. I Want to Know What _____________ Is (Foreigner) noun
12. _____________ Tears (? And the Mysterions) number
13. I _____________ the Sherriff (Bob Marley and the Wailers) verb
14. Midnight Train to _____________ (Gladys Knight & the Pips) proper noun
15. American _____________ (Green Day) noun
16. We’ve _____________ Just Begun (The Carpenters) adverb
17. Sweet Home _____________ (Lynyrd Skynyrd) proper noun
18. Baby I _____________ Your Loving (The Four Tops) verb
19. Hit the Road __________ (Ray Charles) proper noun
20. The Morning _________ (Maureen McGovern) adverb
21. Highway ___ Revisited (Bob Dylan) number
22. Summer of _____________ (Bryan Adams) number
23. Killing Me ___________ With His Song (Roberta Flack) adverb
24. Piece of My _____________ (Big Brother and the Holding Company) noun
25. We Will _____________ You (Queen) verb
26. Wake Up Little _____________ (The Everly Brothers) proper noun
27. _____________ Teardrops (Jackie Wilson) adverb
28. _____ This Way (Run-DMC) verb
29. _____________ Days a Week (The Beatles) number
30. ___________ Fun in the Summertime (Sly & the Family Stone) adjective
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Are the contracts for services and supplies which your organization uses prepared for your organization – or are they the vendor’s or contractor’s agreement forms? Wouldn’t you be better off if those agreements and purchase orders were revisited from your perspective? Isn’t it time you fortified your real estate related contracts?
Do you have contract issues that call out for review, interpretation and the advice of a specialist? Do you have a service contract which is about to expire and will need to be renewed or replaced? Do you have oversight of a real estate or facilities function which has been given savings targets? Have you considered ‘outsourcing’ this part of your real estate function but fear a loss of control?
Don’t assume that problems won’t occur. Plan what you can do to avoid them. A small reduction in costs can be the equivalent of a substantial increase in value. We suggest ‘refinements’ to improve language and reduce direct and indirect costs. Our attorneys have successfully resolved leasing issues for both small and Fortune 100 corporations – effectuating $millions in savings.
We analyze the details of your proposed service contracts before they begin - while you still have leverage. Or, we can review your existing service contracts, help reveal cost efficiencies and/or savings opportunities. We look for pragmatic solutions that are sensitive to your business interests, anticipating issues that may arise, and we assist in minimizing those risks that cannot be avoided.
The Arsenal Companies
2537 Lubbock Avenue Fort Worth, TX 76109 Tel: 682.224.5855 Fax: 817.924.7116
www.thearsenalcompanies.com
Leases are highly specialized documents. A few words can make a world of difference.
Anyone with experience.