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Features 12 UnReal Estate Briefs

Extreme Green and Living on the Edge.

21 Metrocon 14

Laura Stewart shows us how the annual event gets bigger and better every year!

22 What Does After Hours Mean to You?

Call center expert Bruce Lyngaas provides sage insight for call center savings.

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30 They Must be Mad!

Beijing’s MAD Architects are revolutionizing building design.

34 The Impact of Corporate Expansions on Texas Markets A new CBRE research report.

35 Unreal Estate

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The World’s Longest Named Places.

36 Unreal Estate

That’s Odd! 10 VERY oddly shaped buildings.

38 Why It Matters – Burned Out, Broken and Barely Hanging On Dennis Box opines on the newest possibilities of outdoor LED lighting.

40 Unique Hotels

A pictorial of 10 incredible places to stay.

44 What Happens to a Structure That is Created as Art? Architect and Engineer Brad Russell looks at the beauty that can be achieved with pre-cast concrete.

50 Legal View – Lease Legalese Made Easy

Attorney (and new Contributing Editor) Anthony Barbieri demystifies some complex legal clauses.

53 Hearing Loss: Denial is Your Worst Enemy 54 Twelve If By Rail

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Train stations of yesterday and tomorrow.

61 Ask The Expert – This is Sound Control to Major Tom LENCORE’S David Smith enlightens about the world of sound masking.

Herstory 56 Anson Jones – The last president of the Republic of Texas Rose-Mary Rumbley looks at this forgotten Texan.

57 Texas Has It All

Cities and zip codes of some places in Texas.

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58 The Art of Photography

Cover (and Fort Worth) photographer Joan Carroll takes masterful pictures – and then enhances them to make them even better!.

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Go To Health 49 Wellness in the Workplace

Fitness Expert Adam Aberbach tells about the importance of promoting health in the workplace.

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6 The 24 Largest Cities in the US 12 English 1 Oh 1 (Lexophiles) 14 Summer’s Winter Reading List 18 18 Great Retorts 18 A Texan’s Map of the U.S. 21 Schizophrenia 32 In The Lemonlight 32 The Other Side of America 37 The United States of Shame

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In The Workplace 28 The Why, What, Where and How of Accessible Parking Expert Marcela Abadi Rhoads explains what we’ve all wondered about.

45 In The News

Two major merger/acquisition announcements.

46 Professionals On The Move 47 Shout Outs 48 The Transaction Report (coming in 2015)

Amazing Buildings

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Contributing Editor Angela O’Byrne looks at the new Apple headquarters in Cupertino.

Going Green

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The first LEED Platinum collegiate football stadium anywhere.

15 Same Angle, Different Lenses – Biomimicry, Biophilic Design and Healthy Living The next installment in HOK’s Isilay Civan’s Sustainability Series.

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Marcella Abadi-Rhoads (p. 28) is an award-winning architect who is passionate about eliminating barriers; she loves teaching about it, as well. As a Registered Accessibility Specialist (one of only 500 in the US), she reviews plans, conducts property inspections and assessments, offers seminars, and writes a monthly newsletter; she’s even been an expert witness in ADA lawsuits. Building owners and architects across the country seek her advice to understand the accessibility standards throughout the design and construction process.

Adam Aberbach (P. 49) With over 10 years in the fitness industry, Adam has gone from working in the big box clubs, to owning his own gym, to (now) the general manager of Busy Body Commercial, designing and outfitting clubs for all the fitness industry markets. As an expert in the local market, he has a solution for just about any need or has the proper connections to get just about anything done.

anThONY BARBIERI (P. 50) 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.

Dennis Box (P. 38) grew up in Mississippi and Idaho and is a graduate of

Delta State University. He is a Friend of IREM, active in his church, and works to support the Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation. Dennis and his wife Cynthia are the parents of 3 daughters and reside in Colleyville TX. They enjoy travel and time with family and friends.

Isilay Civan (p. 15) is a well-rounded life-cycle expert on built environments. Her diversified educational background, and over 15 years of transnational experience covering all industries and phases, gives her a unique perspective on Sustainability. A proud graduate of Texas A&M and ITU, she has published two books on her two PhDs, and is a sought after speaker at many industry events. Her hobbies include reading/writing, puzzles, brainteasers, sliding, and glamping (a/k/a glamorous camping). She lives by the quote: “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.”

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cooking, reading technical articles, and playing with his two dogs. He loves traveling with his wife and getting together for family visits. They are always on the lookout for quality restaurants when traveling. He loves to laugh and finds humor everywhere. Bruce has three children and five grandchildren. His youngest son and oldest granddaughter are both in college and close to the same age (go figure). “Life is always a challenge and remains very interesting.”

Angela O’Byrne (p. 42) 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 the network and her Amazing Buildings feature appears in every issue.

Rose-Mary Rumbley (p. 56) holds a Ph.D. in communications from the University of North Texas. She is a well-known speaker in Texas and enjoys researching each and every topic. She is a Contributing Editor of the network and Herstory appears in every issue.

Brad Russell (p. 44), a graduate of Texas Tech, is a licensed Architect

and Professional Engineer. Married for 20 years and the father of two sons, he enjoys visiting the family ranch to hunt, shoot pool, and play cards (bridge, Texas Hold’Em, and Blackjack are among his favorites). Rooted in Texas for 7 generations or more, he shares Texans’ love of football and can often be found sitting at the 50-yard line in the stands of his sons’ sporting events prior to the ticket sales.

David Smith (P. 61) has over 17 years of experience in the construction industry and has been an industry speaker at events such as Metrocon, AIA, IFMA, NFMT, Bicsi and InfoComm. He transforms business by helping to refine the company’s market positioning and building off of the culture. David enjoys spending time with his wife and three kids – helping to coach both travel baseball and soccer teams. He loves to write and is based in Chicago.

Below are the 24 largest cities in the United States by population. See how close you can come to putting them in the correct order. (Answers are below.) ___ San Diego, CA

___ Boston, MA

___ Dallas, TX

___ Columbus, OH

___ Phoenix, AZ

___ San Jose, CA

___ El Paso, TX

___ Detroit, MI

___ San Francisco, CA

___ Houston, TX

___ Memphis, TN

___ Jacksonville, FL

___ Chicago, IL

___ Baltimore, MD

___ Indianapolis, IN

___ Austin, TX

___ Los Angeles, CA

___ Seattle, WA

___ Charlotte, NC

___ San Antonio, TX

___ New York City, NY

___ Philadelphia, PA

___Denver, CO

___ Fort Worth, TX

Answers: 1) New York City, NY; 2) Los Angeles, CA; 3) Chicago, IL; 4) Houston, TX; 5) Phoenix, AZ; 6) Philadelphia, PA; 7) San Antonio, TX; 8) San Diego, CA; 9) Dallas, TX; 10) San Jose, CA: 11) Detroit, MI; 12) San Francisco, CA: 13) Jacksonville, FL; 14) Indianapolis, IN; 15) Austin, TX; 16) Columbus, OH; 17) Fort Worth, TX; 18) Charlotte, NC; 19) Memphis, TN; 20) Boston, MA; 21) Baltimore, MD; 22) El Paso, TX; 23) Seattle, WA; 240 Denver, CO the network | dec2014

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Costello calls to buy a computer and Abbott answers the phone.

ABBOTT: Super Duper Computer Store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: Thanks I’m setting up an office in my den and I’m thinking about buying a computer.

ABBOTT: Mac? COSTELLO: No, the name’s Lou. ABBOTT: Your computer?

COSTELLO: I don’t own a computer. I want to buy one.

ABBOTT: Mac? COSTELLO: I told you, my name’s Lou. ABBOTT: What about Windows?

COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?

ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?

COSTELLO: I don’t know. What will I see when I look at the windows?

ABBOTT: Wallpaper.

COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.

ABBOTT: Software for Windows?

COSTELLO: No. On the computer. I need something I can use to write, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?

ABBOTT: I just did.

COSTELLO: You just did what?

ABBOTT: Recommend something.

COSTELLO: You recommended something?

ABBOTT: Yes. COSTELLO: For my office?

ABBOTT: Yes. COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!

ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.

COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let’s say I’m sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?

ABBOTT: Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: Word in Office.

COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?

COSTELLO: I’m going to click your blue ‘w’ if you don’t start with some straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: That’s right. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?

This is so cool! You made my day.

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- Helen Sullivan, Washington D.C. … you and your staff are fantastic.

- Lynda Dodson, Farmers Branch, TX When I saw the first issue you mailed, I was upset and complained to one of the board members of CREW Network. That certainly went nowhere. Now I get the second issue.

What a piece of crap. We in the commercial real estate arena think of ourselves are a very professional group.

Your magazine with its offensive “diversions” which are a very poor attempt at humor where it is certainly not appropriate. The dick jokes “how to make a wife happy- by Dick C. Normos” and women bashing humor is tasteless at best. What are you thinking? Your taste in humor is based on 1960’s era thinking. This is 2014 if you haven’t noticed.

Not sure who chose you to be the editor of this magazine which could if done properly be a huge help and of interest to all of our profession. But what you are doing is a disservice to all of us in the profession.

Please stop and just publish a decent magazine and keep your offensive and inappropriate humor to yourself. I never burned my bra back in the day but I will surely burn your magazine if it is not changed.

Lee Eastwood Atlanta Ed. Lee - I’m very sorry that you are upset/offended by some of the humor in The Network. We try to be sensitive to the needs of all of our readership, but understand that, in so doing, not everything is ‘enjoyed’ or deemed appropriate by everyone. The Diversions have been one of the more popular features of our publications and we have only received 3 letters (yours being one and the other appearing in the issue to which you are referring) critical of any of the humor in the publication. We have received many MANY more favorable letters.

The humor in the publication is intended to encourage our readers

ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.

CO S TE L L O : What’s bundled with my computer?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?

ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.

COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?

ABBOTT: One copy.

COSTELLO: Isn’t it illegal to copy money?

ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.

COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?

ABBOTT: Why not? They own it.

(A few days later) ABBOTT: Super Duper Computer Store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?

ABBOTT: Click on ‘START’.

– from all walks of commercial real estate – not to take things too seriously. I don’t think it is fair or accurate to say that anything in the publication can be characterized as ‘women bashing’ or a ‘disservice to the profession’. Indeed one (Atlanta professional) woman even wrote a poem praising the Diversions, which we printed in our September 2013 edition.

Ode to OC Magazine!

Oh what a joy it is to read, Your magazine at lightning speed!

From cover to cover in just one sitting, ‘Cause great information is what I’m getting.

My favorite parts are the ‘Diversions’.

I hunt for them like ‘Waldo’ excursions.

Thanks for going the extra mile To make your OC readers smile!

I really enjoy reading your magazine. In fact, when I read it, I place blue tape flags on the pages with the Diversions. Whenever I need a pick me up, I only need to pick up your magazine and open to any tape-flagged page for an instant smile or a hearty laugh.

Keep up the great work!

I reprint that here for you not to contest what you say or to be argumentative; everyone is entitled to his/her opinion and I only want to demonstrate the diversity of the responses we receive.

I thank you for taking the time to write and respect your point of view.

We will make every effort to be more mindful of the sensitivities and sensibilities you expressed and appreciate the fact that you read the publication as thoroughly as you clearly do. Again, I apologize for any content that you found offensive. That certainly was not the intent. We welcome your input as to how we might make The Network a help and interest to the Atlanta real estate community.

BTW, Readers - you requested more Diversions, and we’re happy to accomodate in this issue.

Please address your comments, criticisms and suggestions to editor@crestpublicationsgroup.com

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2014 North Texas Corporate Recycling Awards employees by re-using waste, reducing raw materials, and recycling byproducts. They continue to fine tune these programs and educate their employees on new procedures to improve the manufacturing process. Their initiatives have sparked Nationwide technological breakthroughs in the way their industry is being conducted and has fostered change in a much needed area.

(L-R) Wendy Chance, Chair of Greater DFW Recycling Alliance (GDFWRA – the local chapter of STAR); Shirlene Sitton, Vice Chair of State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR); Heather Douglas, President of North Texas Corporate Recycling Alliance (NTCRA)

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he North Texas Corporate Recycling Association (NTCRA) and the Greater DFW Recycling Alliance (GDFWRA) have been a part of the Dallas-Fort Worth recycling landscape for more than 20 years, promoting recycling and the use of recycled goods through leadership, advocacy and education as well as providing forums for members of the business community and local governments to become more environmentally aware and to exchange information.

The North Texas Recycling Awards serves as a venue to recognize the efforts of North Texas businesses, governments and individuals for outstanding contributions and forward thinking which has impacted meaningful waste reduction.

Outstanding Integrated Solid Waste Management Program - Frito Lay, Inc. - Irving Division

Distinguished Greenscape Project - City of Keller

B The City of Keller has 13,000 homes and a population of 41,000. The city staff realized with a growing population, greater environmental stewardship needed to become an increasingly important responsibility, particularly with regard to disposing of all of the landscaping waste. They implemented a pilot program in which yard waste generated from residential premises were collected, composted and re-used within the city parks and facilities; it was called “Mulch Madness”.

The program not only reduced the stream of materials that were flowing to local landfills, but also resulted in the production of useful materials that the city previously had to purchase. Through volunteer staffing, the facility is available for all residents to self-deposit their fallen leaves. They can also choose to utilize the city’s solid waste contractor to pick up materials in biodegradable bags curbside.

Exemplary “Closing the Loop” - Headwaters Construction Materials

A In 2013, a program called ‘Lean Manufacturing’

was implemented by Headwaters Construction Materials at all of its 6 locations. The purpose of the program was to implement a way of thinking that relentlessly eliminates waste. The motto is to “Find, Fix & Prevent”; one of the goals was to reduce the amount of concrete used in the formula for their concrete masonry units. Through some changes in the sequencing of the material mix, they were also able to reduce the overall amount of cement used in the blocks. In tandem with that program, they also introduced fly ash into their production process.

Finally, they took actions to reclaim as much postindustrial waste in their production process as possible. Their results have proven the success of these programs since inception. They have reduced the amount of cement used in their blocks 5-15%; and they are reclaiming 2-10% of the post-industrial waste and are averaging about 2% on recycling postconsumer waste.

Headwaters is Closing the Loop in the concrete masonry industry; it is committed to provide sustainable solutions for their customers and

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post anesthesia care unit pre-op and associated support areas.

The initial collection diverted 88 tons of material and saved over $1,700 in mulch expenses. The program additionally turns mulch into storm water control systems by using the derivatives at landscape and beautification projects. (Honorable Mention: City of Plano) C When Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors built a new medical facility in Plano, they embraced the C&D recycling initiative to the fullest. Despite a short 6-month schedule for completion, the project team successfully participated in recycling efforts that diverted 86.64% of their C&D debris from the landfill.

Excellence in Construction & Demolition Debris Reuse/ The owner is Recycling - Hill and Wilkinson environmentally conscious, General Contractors so sustainable construction methodology was a goal stressed from the beginning as an important driver for the project. The building now provides a spinal surgery center, with 4 ORs, 8 patient rooms, a dietary

D The Frito Lay Irving Plant began the journey to

“Zero Landfill” (ZLF) in 2009 by setting a corporate goal of reducing landfill waste to zero by 2015. The Irving Plant joined with locations across the country and internationally to make the “Three Rs -”Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” - a top priority in order to reduce both the amount of waste created in the day-to-day operation of the plant and the percentage of waste materials sent to landfill for disposal. This approach is integral to Frito Lay’s “Inspire Well-Being” vision of focusing on the four Ps – “Products, Partners, Planet, and People” – to work together toward the common goal of environmental sustainability in all of its facilities. In 2009, they were averaging 190,000 pounds of waste to the landfill per month; they began the ZLF program by assessing the amount of waste that was being produced and setting a goal to achieve a maximum of 1% waste to landfill percentage by the end of that year. In 2013 the Irving facility documented its best year ever with regard to the ZLF goals, by making aggressive efforts to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle daily including buying green products and reusing their boxes a minimum of seven times.

E There are a lot of misconceptions about composting

– it stinks, it’s hard to teach, and it rarely works a large scale. Compost Denton grew out of two years of actively studying the local food community in Denton in an effort to ‘mythbust’ these fallacies.

They ran a 4-month pilot program to test logistics and gauge community interest and Outstanding Compost Program this experience gave Compost Denton the Compost Denton team the confidence to launch their own municipal compost service.

The goal was to facilitate an urban metabolism by composting food scraps and yard waste generated by residents and small businesses. They donated compost to local farms and gardens, provided compost bins and educational materials to new participants, and conducted public outreach at the Denton Community Market, where they also pick up compostable waste. They developed tools to monitor

the compost piles remotely, tracked participation and collection weights by areas, and developed an online application – all-in-all a great example of an innovative, community-minded, technology, and sustainability startup focused on increasing composting practices. (Honorable Mention: City of Azle)

All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

Exceptional Environmental Youth Education & Outreach - Town of Little Elm

F The school district staff wanted to provide education about litter prevention, beautification and waste reduction to its students, so they partnered with The Town of Little Elm to implement a program called “Going Green.” The Town and the ISD staff worked together to implement a youth education program targeting students in elementary school, high school, and the general public with an environmental message. Together, they developed programs to place recycling containers at the city park, and to encourage residents to “give the lake a break; don’t litter.” They also implemented recycling at their football stadium, and made a video that shows attendees of ball games and events how to participate in the program. Students toured the MRF that their residential recycling goes to for earth day. This program has reached an estimated fifty thousand ball game visitors a year, and up to thirty thousand visitors to Little Elm parks.

Excellence in Environmental Public Education and Outreach Cease the Grease - City of Dallas

G Dallas’s ongoing ‘Cease the Grease’ Program was initiated to reduce the number of fats, oils, and grease (a/k/a FOG) blockages in the City’s 4,200 miles of sanitary sewer lines and finding a sustainable use for them. The program included identifying “hot spots” for proactive line cleaning, changing city ordinances, and developing an educational and recycling program. Since its start, DWU has reduced FOG blockages in the sanitary sewer system by 96% and, more recently, Dallas Water Utilities has found a sustainable disposal means for that directly benefits the City of Dallas and its residents.

DWU is now using residential FOG and injecting it into its anaerobic digesters at their Southside Wastewater Treatment Plant. The resulting electricity generated is used to reduce energy costs to treat the city’s wastewater. The Cease the Grease program has collected approximately 6,200 gallons of residential FOG. (Honorable Mention: UNT Science Education Research Laboratory)

H He became a judge at the age of 18 handling small claims, evictions, hot checks, and other issues; Judge Payton developed an intense interest in truancy early on and he makes rebellious kids do community service instead of jail time. This service is aimed at cleaning-up the environment by diverting 70%-80% of the clean-up materials from the landfill, and they also help in the City of Allen community garden. These programs help the children to see the positive impacts of their actions, and how working together is better for a community and the environment North Texas Environmental Elected Official Award - Donna I Phillip Shinoda who Kliewer, City of Allen, accepting was the Director of the on behalf of Judge John Payton, Environment at the Justice of the Peace, Precinct Memnosyne Institute 3-2 Collin County was looking for a way to connect the groups of people interested in the diverse aspects of the green movement. He developed Green Source DFW as an education project of the institute to bring together environmental groups, green businesses in and around DFW. It provides

North Texas Environmental Media Award - Phillip Shinoda Green Source DFW

them with a tool to communicate with each other and. promotes green living, sustainable practices, nonprofit environmental organizations, ecofriendly green businesses, environmental education, scientific information, public policy discussions, and socially responsible investing. Now as Project Manager Philip has guided the development and growth of Green Source DFW. The website was started January 2011 and now includes not only a website but a weekly newsletter, Facebook, twitter and Pinterest.

When Commodity Recycling first started, they were very strategic in finding a place to conduct business.

The building was chosen for all the wonderful skylights; they are able to conduct business using the natural lighting and only turn the lights on for 5% of the day. The only water used in the building is for washing hands and restroom facilities. All furniture for offices and warehouse processing has been obtained through reuse. CRS generates less than 5% of waste from all the items processed through their facility. All other items are either REUSED, RECYCLED, or UPCYCLED. Their landfill diversion mission has grown from electronic recycling to recycling most all commodities.

Superior Recycling Special Event: Winner - Fort Worth Code Compliance Solid Waste Service (picture not available)

K What originally started as a “Shred and Recycling

Day” nine years ago has grown in scope and attendance by leaps and bounds. Held on the Saturday closest to November 15th (America Recycles Day), residents can now do more than plain shredding and recycling; they can also recycle items such as tires, light bulbs, batteries, and electronic and household items. With streamlined processes and an amazing team, participants never wait in line longer than five minutes. Staffed by about 40 volunteers, over 48,000 lbs of paper was shredded and recycled, 300 tires, 1,456 light bulbs, and 2,000 lbs of batteries.

L Bill Hall is a native Texan who is passionate about composting and recycling. The Tarrant County Master Gardener is a 70hour certification program, but he completed 625 volunteer hours during his first year! He became a Compost Specialist through the Texas A&M program in 2009 and a City of Fort Worth Master Composter in 2010. Each Friday he (voluntarily) teaches “Kids Volunteer of the Year on the Prairie,” a program Award – Bill Hall designed to get urban kids outside to learn about the natural environment. He also works with the Cub Scouts, a demonstration garden at the Fort Worth Southwest Regional Library, for the City of Fort Worth’s Keep Fort Worth Beautiful program, the Botanic Garden, and Texas AgriLife Extension Agent and at the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s Concerts in the Garden as an usher – all volunteer work.

M The Award recognizes an individual who not

Rachael Green Award - Commodity Recycling Solutions – Joan Meeks

J Rachael Green was a LEED AP working for Huitt

Zollars when she passed away in December after a very short battle with cancer. She served on the GDFWRA Board of Directors, the USGBC North Texas Chapter Board of Directors, and was involved in many community and volunteer organizations.

In memory for all she did in such a short amount of years, her legacy of environmental passion and accomplishment is being honored with the Annual Rachael Green Sustainability Leadership Award.

only works with the Board of Directors with his or her helpfulness, commitment, and spirit of giving to the organization, but also exemplifies dedication to the industry and the environment.

Cheryl Brock singlehandedly took on many of the daunting tasks for this award ceremony, continuously dealing with the pressures of merging two events, and selflessly putting the North Texas Recycling Community The Marilyn May Award before her family, job, and Cheryl Brock other obligations. n dec2014 | the net work

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Extreme Green

Bosco Verticale Towers (designed by Italian architect Stefano Boeri) - the world’s first vertical forest, with balconies filled with high quality soil and equipped with automated plant watering system - features more than 900 trees, 5,000 shrubs, and 11,000 plants planted on large waterproof balconies.

Besides being one of the most fashion-conscious cities in the world, Milan is also one of the most polluted.

The architect was inspired by traditional Italian towers covered with ivy to integrate helpful characteristics for urban living. The plants will produce humidity, absorb carbon dioxide and dust particles, produce oxygen, protect inhabitants from radiation and acoustic pollution, as well as attract neighborly birds and insects – and this selfsufficient ecosystem will only add 5% in cost to that of a typical skyscraper.

The green cactus-shaped Qatar Ministry building in Doha is shaped like a mighty cactus to

flourish in the desert - thanks to sunshade panels that open and close depending on the intensity of the sun, and its botanic dome which helps increase internal vegetation growth.

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Living On The Edge The " Fallen Star " (15’ x 18’) house was designed by Korean artist Do Ho Suh. It is fittingly placed on the seventh floor of the Jacobs School of Engineering on the campus of the University of California in San Diego.

The miniature version of classic New England cottage appears to have crashed into the side of the building; it was actually built on the ground and hoisted to its location, having been actually commissioned by the university as part of its Stuart Collection The artist came to the U.S. from South Korea in 1991 and his feelings of displacement and the need to physically and mentally readjust led him to alter spaces to establish relationships with his new surroundings.

Including the roof garden, which is is also part of his design, Fallen Star reflects the artist’s exploration of themes around the idea of home, cultural displacement, the perception of our surroundings, and how one constructs a memory of a space.

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1 Oh 1 d iv e r s i n s English Lexophiles have a love for punning and clever wordplay, such as: • You can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish.

• To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

• When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate.

• A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

• When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A. • The batteries were given free of charge.

• A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail.

• A will is a dead giveaway.

• With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.

• A boiled egg is hard to beat.

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• Police were called to a day care center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

• Did you hear about the fellow whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now.

• Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.

• When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.

• The guy who fell on to an upholstery machine is now fully recovered.

• He had a photographic memory that was never developed.

• When she saw her first strand of grey hair she thought she’d dye.

• When you’ve seen one shopping center you’ve seen a mall.

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On Saturday, October 11th, USGBC Emerging Professionals took over Sandbar Cantina and Grill in Deep Ellum for the second annual Volley for Green sand volleyball tournament and fundraiser. Despite the chilly weather, the teams were in high spirits and played competitively on the courts. In the end, the Steel Slammers claimed the tournament victory.

The Steel Slammers, tournament champions, proudly display their trophies.

(L-R): Rebecka Fontenot, Todd Fontenot, Austin Geary, Carlos Esparza, Juan Arbelaez. (Photo

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Looking Ahead ….

The Celebrating Leadership in Development Excellence (CLIDE) Awards are Coming Soon!

NON-FICTION • Chinese Apathy by Hu Cares • Geez, It’s Hot! by Mike Hammeldyed • My Seventh Husband by Ivana Newhouse • Split Personalities by Jacqueline Hyde

2015 will mark the 7th award cycle for the CLIDE award. The award program was created in 2003 to encourage innovative development projects and practices that will help accommodate the region’s expected growth and ensure a Sustainable North Texas for generations to come. CLIDE does this by recognizing private and public development programs and projects that exemplify the region's Principles of Development Excellence.

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Please see developmentexcellence.com for more information about the principles and watch these pages for more information about the 2015 schedule for the nomination (set for spring 2015) and award process (set for summer 2015).

• Crackdown by Lauren Order • Wasting Away by Fester N. Lagoons • The Hitchhiker by Juana Lift • A Tight Situation by Leah Tard

BIOGRAPHY

• Binge Drinking Spots in Taipei by Taiwan Ahn • My Vegas Divorce by Marion Hayste • The Announcer’s Handbook by Mike Rafone

in the kitchen • After The Corned Beef And Cabbage by Kay O’Pectate • Cooking Spaghetti by Al Dente • What’s For Dinner? by Chuck Roast • The French Chef by Sue Flay History • American Independence (1776) by Bertha Venation • Great Britain From 1837 to 1910 by Vic Torian and Ed Wardian

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Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a captive bear on a hunting trip because it was unsportsmanlike; the publicity of the event led to ‘Teddy’ bears.

Steel Slammers Prevail Over Cool Weather at Volley for Green

Isilay Civan isilay.civan@hok.com Isilay Civan MSc, PhD2, LEED® AP O+M, SFP is a Research & Strategic Innovation Specialist at HOK Chicago Consulting Group

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Biomimicry, Biophilic Design, Healthy Living & Whole Systems Approach to the Built Environment

s John C. Sawhill famously once said, “In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy.”

While the concept of sustainability and green building continues to gain momentum, we have an increased responsibility to make a difference in the way we design and create truly long lasting built environments – ways that are purposeful, functional, operational and inherently positioned towards healthy living. Now, more than ever, we have the opportunity to divert from the traditionally mal-adapted building designs and, instead, create well-adapted built environments.

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Biomimicry is a science that studies nature’s systems and processes and then imitates (or takes inspiration from) them to solve human problems. By rethinking the built environment as an ecosystem we are able to align with both the wisdom and ‘genius of the place’ (the natural environment), and how we have settled it. This helps us fit-in by modeling nature’s best practices, and leveraging its latent strategies, functions, and opportunities. The gateway from mal-adapted buildings to well-adapted built environments is through a well-structured and thought-out process that truly imitates and learns from life. When we talk about imitating life, we are talking about 3.85 million years of experience that is tested in 30-100 million species. If studied thoroughly, the wealth of knowledge leading to well-adapted design is boundless.

Most basic attempts at imitating life are through biomorphic design, in which living organisms and natural systems are used as literal inspirations for the actual form and design of the built environment. A Biomorphic design uses only the image/outer shell to inform the design; it doesn’t study the reasoning behind a form or question functionality implications; as a result, it B ultimately produces aesthetically pleasing outcomes.

Biomorphic Design

B Biophilic design, on the other hand, studies human attraction and the need to be connected to elements of nature. As one of the categories (a/k/a petals) of the Living Building Challenge, biophilic design is founded on three pillars and involves 14 patterns for successful execution1.

Biomimicry

The last and most involved version of well-adapted building design - biomimicry - is a branch of knowledge that deals with living organisms and vital processes. Bio - the study of plant and animal life of a region or environment - determines the applicable design inputs. Mimicry is following a pattern or model that has the attributes of the chosen, transcendent idea (cognitive modeling).

Biophilic Design

In 1992, Janine Benyus described biomimicry2 as a new way of viewing and valuing nature, based not on what we can extract from the natural world, but on what we can learn from it; which is also the definitive differentiator between Biomimmicry and Biomorphic Design. In the words of Buckminster Fuller, “We do not seek to imitate nature, but rather to find the principles she uses.” As regards the difference between biomimicry and biophilia, it is important to remember that biomimicry is about learning from nature to reproduce nature’s patterns through a full understanding of their function or purpose, rather than focusing on the relationship between people and nature.

This is not to suggest that biophilia, is less important to our designs. Well-established relationships between people and nature is known to increase productivity, spark creativity and innovation. For centuries, architects and urban reformers have played a critical role in maintaining the health of our societies by improving the built environment. Today, physical inactivity and unhealthy diets are second only to tobacco as the main causes of premature death in the United States3. A growing body of research suggests that evidence-based architectural and urban design strategies can increase regular physical activity and healthy eating. There has been a series of guidelines published on the topic to both enhance our understanding of the issue and equip us with practical approaches.

Active Buildings - those designed with active living in mind - can promote physical activity and contribute to social and economic vitality and environmental sustainability.

The buildings where we live, work, study, worship and play can encourage healthy living, by supporting active transportation, active recreation, exposure to green space and nature and access to healthy food and beverages. Occupants can encourage owners and managers to create healthier and more appealing environments. There are many low-cost ways to encourage active living in and around buildings and an extended list of such examples can be found in Active Design Guidelines: Promoting Physical Activity and Health in Design.

At HOK, we are dedicated to sustainable design. Considering our annual impact of roughly 240 million square feet of designed space, we are acutely aware of the “HOK effect” and our unmistakable responsibility, not just to our Clients, but also to the future generations. Hence, we follow a transformative, restorative and interconnected systems framework while developing our designs that we call “Fully Integrated Thinking [FIT]”.

1) Nature in Space: plants, water, animals, daylight in the built environment; a) Visual Connection with Nature b) Non-Visual Connection with Nature c) Non-Rhythmic Sensory Stimuli d) Access to Thermal & Airflow Variability e) Access to Water f) Dynamic & Diffuse Light g) Connection with Natural Systems 2) Natural Analogues: objects, materials, and patterns that evoke nature; a) Biomorphic Forms & Patterns b) Material Connection with Nature

c) Complexity & Order

3) Nature of the Space: differing spatial configurations of the built environment; a) Prospect b) Refuge c) Mystery

d) Risk/Peril

Fully Integrated Thinking [FIT]

HOK’s design philosophy covers 15 fundamental aspects for sustainable design, under the triple-bottom-line categories of Environmental, Social, and Economic. As part of our commitment to research-based design, we have developed 14 FIT Demonstration Projects in 8 countries over 5 biomes, including new construction and retrofit projects, and various scales from regional, to new community, buildings, and parks. They can be further viewed in the report: “Genius of Biome: Temperate Broadleaf Forest”4, which provides design ideas inspired by natural systems. n

1. Sturgeon, A. (2013) Biophilia: From Design to Reality. 2013 Greenbuild Conference, Philadelphia. 2. Benyus, J. (1992) Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, US. 3. Active Design Guidelines: Promoting Physical Activity and Health in Design http://centerforactivedesign.org/guidelines/ 4. HOK & Biomimicry Group (2011) Genius of Biome: Temperate Broadleaf Forest. dec2014 | the net work

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diversi ns 18 Great Retorts 1. Thomas Reed vs. Henry Clay Clay: “I would rather be right than be president.”

Reed: “The gentleman need not trouble himself. He’ll never be either.”

2. Winston Churchill vs.

Lady Astor Astor: “Winston, if you were my husband, I’d put poison in your coffee.”

Churchill: “Nancy, if you were my wife, I’d drink it.”

3. NYC Mayor Ed Koch vs. Andrew Kirtzman, after the reporter insisted on pressing a point about an inconsistent statement Koch had made: “I can explain this to you; I can’t comprehend it for you.”

5. Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen Douglas, after Douglas called him “two-faced” during a debate: “I leave it to my audience to decide. If I have another face, do you think I would wear this one?”

6. Pierre Trudeau vs.

Richard Nixon, upon hearing that Nixon had called him an asshole: “I’ve been called worse things by better men.”

8. Oscar Wilde vs.

Lewis Morris…

Morris had just been passed over for the Poet Laureateship: Morris: There’s a conspiracy against me, a conspiracy of silence; but what can one do?

What should I do?”

Wilde: “Join it.”

9. Miriam Hopkins vs. an anonymous singer: Anonymous singer: “You know, my dear, I insured my voice for fifty thousand dollars.”

Hopkins: “That’s wonderful. And what did you do with the money?”

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10. James McNeill Whistler vs. Oscar Wilde, after Whistler had made a particularly witty observation: Wilde: “I wish I had said that.”

Whistler: “You will, Oscar, you will.”

12. Bill Clinton vs. Dan Quayle, after Quayle revealed that he planned to be “a pit bull” in the 1992 campaign against Clinton and Gore: “That’s got every fire hydrant in America worried.”

13. Reverend Edward Everett Hale vs. the U.S. Senate, when asked if he prayed for the Senators: “No. I look at the Senators and pray for the country.”

2014-2015 ASID Texas Chapter

The ASID leadership year runs from October 1 – September 30. If you are an ASID member in the Texas Chapter and are interested in finding out more about becoming a part of the Texas Chapter Board, contact the President directly.

President 2014-2015 Robin Burrill, ASID, CAPS

Curb Appeal Renovations • Keller, TX

President-Elect 2014-2015 Marissa Marmolejos, ASID, RID H and M Interior Design • Dallas, TX

Financial Director 2013-2015 Luis Araujo, ASID Industry Partner Rep Tufenkian Artisan Carpets • Dallas, TX

Membership Director 2014-2016 Adrian Galvan, Allied ASID

Designology, The Service of Design • San Antonio, TX 14. Edna Ferber vs.

Noel Coward… Coward was remarking upon the fact that Ferber was wearing a tailored suit: Coward: “You look almost like man.”

Ferber: “So do you.”

15. Henry Clay vs. Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster after seeing a pack of mules walk by: Webster: “Clay, there does a number of your Kentucky constituents.”

Clay: “Yes. They must be on their way to Massachusetts to teach school.”

16. Winston Churchill vs. a Member of Parliament: MP: “Mr Churchill, must you fall asleep while I’m speaking?”

Churchill: “No, it’s purely voluntary.”

17. Calvin Coolidge vs. a lady at a White House dinner: Woman: Mr. Coolidge, I’ve made a bet against a fellow who said it was impossible to get more than two words out of you.”

Coolidge: “You lose.”

18. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart vs. an admirer: Admirer: “Herr Mozart, I am thinking of writing symphonies. Can you give me suggestions as to how to get started?”

Mozart: “A symphony is a very complex musical form. Perhaps you should begin with some simple lieder and work your way up to a symphony.”

Admirer: “But Herr Mozart, you were writing symphonies when you were 8 years old.”

Mozart: “But I never asked anybody how.”

Professional Development Director 2013-15

J.D. Carter, ASID, RID

J.D. Carter Interior Design • Odessa, TX

At-Large Director 2014-2016 Julie Reynolds, ASID, RID

Julie Reynolds Interiors, Inc. • Dallas, TX

Communications Director 2013-2015 Hugh Scarbrough, ASID, RID H and M Interior Design• Dallas, TX

Student Representative 2014-2015 Zan Farrow, Student ASID University of North Texas • Denton, TX

2014-2015 Design Community Leadership of Volunteers within the ASID Texas Chapter

The Texas chapter is quite large both in membership and in geographic expanse; so much of the programming throughout the year takes place on the local Design Community [DC] level rather than on the chapter level. The Texas chapter has six DCs: Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, San Antonio and West Texas. Each DC has its own chair, board and sub-committees. Though many other dedicated volunteers contribute to the success of a DC, listed below are the DC chairs and financial directors in the regions served by the network.

AUSTIN Chair 2014-2015 Corey Davey, Allied ASID

Restoration Hardware / CADesign • Austin, TX

Financial Chair 2014-2015 Jane Garland Lucas, FASID, RID

The Art Institute of Austin • Austin, TX

DALLAS Chair 2013-2015 Lisa Barron, Allied ASID, RID

Dallas Design Group Interiors • Grapevine, TX

Financial Chair 2013-2015 Ashlynn Bourque, ASID IP Rep

The Sherwin-Williams Co. • Richardson, TX

FORT WORTH Chair 2014-2015 Priscilla Valentine, Allied ASID The Kitchen Source • Fort Worth, TX

Financial Chair 2014-2015 Amy Burns, ASID IP Rep

Morrison Supply Co. • Fort Worth, TX

SAN ANTONIO Chair 2014-2015 Joyce Bryant, Allied ASID, RID

St. Mary’s University • San Antonio, TX

Financial Chair 2014-2015 Peggy Zettner, ASID IP Rep

Interior Trade Cartel • San Antonio, TX

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“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy.” Frank Sinatra

4. Groucho Marx vs. a contestant on “You Bet Your Life,” after the contestant revealed that he was the father of 10: Groucho: “Why so many children?”

Contestant: “Well, Groucho, I love my wife.”

Groucho: “I love my cigar, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while.”

11. Senator Fritz Hollings vs. Henry McMastor, when challenged by his Republican opponent during a televised debate to take a drug test: “I’ll take a drug test if you’ll take an IQ test.”

BOMA Dallas held its Annual Tournament at Elm Fork

Sporting Clays

1st Place Team: Structure Tone Southwest 2nd Place Team: Alpha Glass & Mirror 3rd Place Team: Pavecon Corporate Challenge Winner: Structure Tone Southwest Top Male Shooter: Aaron Stearns Top Female Shooter: Joanne Massey

A Steve Broom, Karen Heckmann, Jenny Phillips and Jason Boyd B Ray Mackey and Jonathan Jones C First place winner: Structure Tone Southwest

The BOMA Dallas Foundation hosted the bi-annual Adopt-A-Block event on October 10, with over 40 people participating in beautifying a home in south Dallas. Twice a year the Community Service Committee, along with volunteers, works together to help the community by re-finishing homes. Participants scraped and painted the house, replaced rotten siding and fixed the porch flooring.

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ASA ANNUAL CLAY SHOOT 2014

Individual Winners: 1st Place: Mark Hodges, Anton Cabinetry AMERICAN 2nd Place: John Adams, Trane SUBCONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION 3rd Place: Brian Clark, Alecom

NORTH TEXAS CHAPTER Team Winners: 1st Place: Anton Cabinetry (Mark Beers, Paul Witsman, Rick Fowler, Mark Hodges) 2nd Place: Prime Controls (Gary McNeil, Barrett Miller, Jim McMillon, Gary Anglin) 3rd Place: Trane (Larry Anderson, Joe Lucash, Dennis Hastings, John Adams) 1st Place: Mark Hodges, Anton Cabinetry

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A new report from the Urban Land Institute explores factors that hamper retail development in some lower-income communities and offers solutions to overcome the dearth of shopping

Retail in Underserved Communities defines underserved communities as those that fall into one or more of four categories: urban locations lacking businesses, underserviced markets, locations without cultural offerings, and isolated rural or small towns. “Although several causes are often identified as common to underserved markets, the essence of the problem is most often weak market conditions,” says the report. “The creation of a local economy where investors, property owners, the government and retailers make marketrate decisions and obtain satisfactory returns on investment is critical to success.”

Authored by ULI Senior Resident Fellow Maureen McAvey and Bridget Lane, director of Business Districts Inc. in Evanston, IL, the report is based on observations from industry experts at a ULI forum that included representatives from ULI, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the International Council of Shopping Centers.

More than 15 members of CREW San Antonio attended the CREW Network Convention and Marketplace in Miami in October.

IAVM Announces 2 Programs in Early 2015 Academy for Venue Safety & Security

(AVSS 2015), taught by safety experts and faculty from major event venues throughout the US, focuses on incident management, risk management, crisis communication, and new issues in anti-terrorism.

The program is designed to help venue professionals, private security teams, municipal law enforcement, and other professionals that interact with the technology, procedures, legal issues and regulations associated with safety and security in public assembly venues.

(March 1-5, 2015 in Dallas) 4 undergraduate student members from the University of Texas San Antonio Real Estate Finance and Development Program with CREW member Laurie Griffith (center) The 4th annual CREWTini was held September 11th. There were tokens honoring the United States armed services members and a moment of silence for our fallen. 15 Teams prepared special martini concoctions for a competition to raise money benefiting the UTSA Real Estate and Finance Scholarship Fund. A celebrity guest appearance by Leslie Bohl of Kens 4 WOAI was a highlight to help emcee the awards.

The Winners Most Outrageous: Port San Antonio/The Pace Maker Martini Cutting Edge: Cram Roofing/Charlie Tango-tini Shaken Not Stirred: Independence Title/Summer VG Show Boat: Gardner Law Firm/Red Beard's Bay LocalTini: Trendy Scapes/I'm So Fancy Peoples Choice: Amegy Bank/Lipsmaker Best Martini: Independence Title/Summer VG

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Guest X: Crowd Management & Guest Experience Conference focuses on issues affecting the guest experience in venues. Topics will

include effective guest services, identifying problematic behavior, alcohol and drugs at events, and other current crowd management issues. (March 1-3, 2015 in Dallas)

The two classes will run concurrently in the same venue, and will include shared networking opportunities. For more information about these programs or other IAVM events, visit www.iavm.org.

BOMA San Antonio’s Community Service Committee had a record year for donations, collecting supplies to stuff over 140 backpacks and still have surplus supplies for Children's Advocate of San Antonio and The Children's Shelter. The drive yielded around $4,500 in school supplies and backpacks and the building members also donated close to $1,000 in the form of checks, cash and gift cards.

Over 28 buildings participated in the drive. Chas Angelini of Century Pest Control chaired the event and coordinated the pickups. Lis Williams of ISS ensured that the backpacks were delivered to the children.

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The report cites several factors contributing to underserved markets: • Site and market challenges, including site availability and land assembly; lengthy local approval processes; difficulty matching a retailer to the market; and inaccurate or insufficient market information (such as understated household income for the area).

• Underwriting challenges resulting from lenders’ unwillingness to make loans in areas perceived as risky and unlikely prospects for additional investment and development. To overcome these obstacles, the report suggests using unconventional approaches to “pitch” the sites to retailers and the provision of financial incentives to retailers. It also suggests that a project be presented as contributing to a place making endeavor to benefit the community. In addition, it notes that non-traditional financing sources and tools should be explored.

• Operational challenges, including store size limitations that could inhibit its ability to create a critical mass; distribution and delivery challenges due to narrower streets; unreliable internet service that prevents the integration of online shopping and in-store pick-up service; national anchor store losses; inadequate employee training services; and the perception of the neighborhoods as high-crime areas.

The report, which focuses primarily on urban underserved markets, is available at http://uli.org/wp-content/uploads/ULI-Documents/Retail-in-Underserved-Communities.pdf

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A The ARM® (Accredited Residential Manager) designees are sworn in by Chapter President Jessica Warrior (L-R) Adriane Armstrong, ARM®, LumaCorp; Steve Chauarria, ARM®, Lincoln Property Company; Elizabeth Hatton, ARM® Lincoln Property Company; Crystal Wells, ARM®, Riverstone Residential Group

B Champion Awards for Volunteers Going Above and

Beyond were presented to (L-R) Ginny Goldsmith, CPM®, Granite Properties won the Foundation Cobalt Capital; Michelle Morris, CPM®, Duke Realty; and Lloyd Cup for the fourth year in a row Edwards, CPM®, FDIC. Ginny Goldsmith and Michelle Morris conducted very successful Friends Happy Hours in June and August, and a Town Hall meeting for Friends at Providence Towers to go over program changes and the new Friends of IREM Handbook which they wrote under the guidance of Susan Heath.

Lloyd Edwards has been working diligently behind the scenes introducing the IREM Job Shadowing Program to The Metroplex Area Consortium of Career Centers (MAC3). The consortium (of area community colleges and First Place Empire Roofing (L-R) Jackie universities) meets monthly to enhance career services and Shepherd, Shirley Gammon, Jackie job opportunities for students and alumni of their respective Walker, Franetta Savage institutions and share best practices.

C Webber Beall III of Lincoln Property spoke at the IREM luncheon at the Park Cities Club.

On September 22 nd, IREM Dallas held its 19th annual golf tournament. Steve Broom chaired the successful event that has raised enough over the past few years to keep the chapter from raising dues. According to several of the sponsors and golfers: “the IREM golf tournament is one of the best run tournaments around and one of the most fun events Granite Group of the year.”

As reported in our Shout Outs section in June, Energy Plaza, managed by Senior Property Manager (and Dallas

IREM Chapter Secretary/Treasurer) David Bryant, CPM, LEED Associate of Transwestern became the first property to receive the CSP (Certified Sustainable Property) Certification. These Committee pictures are from the official award ceremony in August. completed another successful Hearts and Hammers project. With help from Kelly Moore and its crew, materials and labor from Brickman E (L - R) Bill Wysoski and Bob Keith of Energy Future Holdings Landscape, lunch provided by Donna Matthews and Mike Ogden, Gary Perkins, A.W. Steele, Jamie Vaughn, of Prestonwood Landscape, and several hard David Bryant and Lisha George of Tranwestern working volunteers the group made many repairs to the home, thrilling the homeowner, F (L - R) Bill Wysoski, Bob Keith, Todd Feist of IREM HQ; David Ms. Doris Butler. Scott Frech of Executive Bryant; Jay Windsor (of Florida IREM); Nathalie Osborne of Security has coordinated the event for the past IREM HQ; and Susan Heath, Kristin Hiett, and Claudia Ferrara six years. of Dallas IREM

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The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) Dallas Chapter #2 installed new officers. The chapter hosts fundraising events throughout the year to benefit the its scholarship fund, the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital Legacy Scholarship Program, as well as other charities. Its members represent all facets of the construction industry - business owners, project management, sales, tradeswomen and clerical in construction companies, equipment and materials suppliers, interior design and affiliated professional services. The chapter meets the third Monday of the month at 6 p.m. Details at www.nawic-dallas.org.

NAWIC Dallas Board (L-R) President: Jennifer VanBreda, SimplexGrinnell; Vice-President: Francine HawkinsAlegeh, AVI-SPL, Alegeh Autocad Design, F.D. Hawkins Painting and Remodeling; Recording Secretary: Wanda Bledsaw, Bledsaw Construction & Design; Treasurer: Ann McCullough, McCullough & Associates; Corresponding Secretary: Brenda Corbett, McCullough & Associates; Directors: Susan Kittrell, C-CAP Building products; Sandy Liebau, Manhattan Construction; Brenda Johns Blakeman, Penhall Company; Dee Rainey, SR Roofing Solutions; Parliamentarian, Sue Bruns

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An Evening of Outstanding Achievement

CREW Dallas hosted its new signature event, “An Evening of Outstanding Achievement”, on September 10th at the Belo Mansion in Dallas to recognize individual members who have demonstrated excellence in commercial real estate and the community. The evening event drew a crowd of nearly 350 CREW Dallas members and other commercial real estate professionals who came to see who would receive the chapter’s highest honor, the Outstanding Achievement Award (OAA).

1. Vicky Gunning (left) of Locke Lord, the 2013 OAA Winner, presented Bradford’s Leigh Richter with the 2014 Outstanding Achievement Award 2. Brad Montgomery, an expert speaker on “happiness” and the bottom line, was the keynote speaker 3. Event co-sponsors, Locke Lord and Hall Financial Group, were all smiles. (L to R) Blake Sachs (Locke Lord), Vicky Gunning (Locke Lord), Laurie Arnold (Cambridge Holdings), and Kim Butler (Hall Financial Group) 4. 17 of the previous 29 OAA winners are pictured here. The complete list of honorees:

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Mark your calendars for the annual CREW Dallas Holiday Awards Luncheon at the Ritz Carlton on Friday, December 12, 2014. This festive event features a fabulous lunch, special recognitions and the presentation of the CREW Dallas chapter awards. The 2014 Award Finalists are: Outstanding New Member Finalists: Lynn Davis, Bradford Commercial Real Estate; Sarah Savage, Cushman & Wakefield; Shannon Whitehead, Colliers International; Clarissa Easton, New Parkland Campus Most Valuable Player Finalists: Janice Peters, Hudson Peters Commercial; Jill Warren, Jackson-Shaw; Kari WalkerHiggins, walker+miranda; Rachel Koster, Entos Design Career Advancement for Women- Individual Category Finalists: Cindy Cohn, Springboard Consulting; Diana Bearden, Strasburger and Price; Liz Trocchio, The Trocchio Advantage; Trisha Ewert, Old Republic National Title Career Advancement for Women- Company Category Finalists: Twinrose Investments; Andrews Kurt; Hall Financial; Republic Title of Texas; Butler Burgher Group 2014 CREW OSAA Winner Post Card-front.pdf

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Business Networking, Bonding, and the Beach

Nearly 50 CREW Dallas members headed south for the CREW Network Convention and Marketplace in Miami Beach this fall. Among the highlights of the power-packed week were the featured speakers like former Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, BBC World News Anchor Katty Kay, and Forbes Media’s Steve Forbes.

5. CREW Dallas members at the National CREW Network Convention in Miami, Florida 6. (L-R) Tracie Frazier, KDC; Gail Ayers, CREW Network CEO; Elissa Plotsky, Freedom Title; Kim Hopkins, CREW Dallas; Kmeal Winters, TIER REIT 7. (L-R) Tracie Frazier, KDC; Kmeal Winters, TIER Reit; Vicky Gunning, Locke Lord; Heidi Barath, Kate Oliveira and Cally Miltenberger, all of EY 8. CREW Network 2014 President, Judith Nitsch, PE, LEED AP BD+C, Nitsch Engineering with a sea of members choosing Risk or Reward

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Laura McDonald Stewart, RID, ASID, IIDA, LEED AP is Founder and Editor of PLiNTHandCHiNTZ.com, The Online Interior Design Magazine, and manages and promotes METROCON Expo & Conference.

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This year’s expo attracted 275 exhibitors – 95 of which were not involved last year – in almost 41,000 SF of exhibit space, and by the time the show took place, 17 vendors sat on a waiting list for 18 10’x10’ booths. Speaking of exhibiting…

Please join the METROCON14 Committee of Volunteers in congratulating the following recipients of this year’s Pegasus Exhibitor Awards!

• Best Overall Exhibit – Tarkett - Johnsonite • Most Informative Exhibit – Paloma Creations • Best Promotional Campaign – Anzea* • Best New Product – Nucraft* *represented in North Texas by KSM Associates

The Not-For-Profit Architecture & Design Event Still Dazzles After A Dozen Years

In an effort to invest in the region’s base of emerging design professionals, for the first time ever METROCON included a dedicated Student Programming area featuring portfolio and resume reviews, a panel discussion, and one-on-one meetings with companies who hire and/or work with interior designers.

Another conference highlight included ASID’s Industry Outlook presented

by ASID CEO Randy Fiser. Debuted at NeoCon 2014, this dive into industry research is guiding business decisions, influencing practice, and helping to advance careers through its in-depth analysis of the economic impact of interior design on the economy and its review of the trends affecting the practice and business of interior design. [To download an Executive Summary of the Interior Design 2014 Outlook and State of the Industry for free or to purchase the full report, visit the Knowledge Center of www.asid.org.]

METROCON’s extreme value is in part due to the support and generosity of a variety of exhibitors, speakers, and event sponsors, including 2014 Landmark Sponsor, Business Interiors by Staples, and 2014 Media Sponsor, Design Guide Texas.

“Our volunteer committee worked extremely hard over the last year to bring maximum value to the region’s A&D community, and we were absolutely thrilled with the results,” said Presiding Chair Isin King, Allied ASID.

With over 50 IDCEC-approved topics ranging from improving acoustics, indoor air quality, wayfinding, and learning environments to designing healthy kitchens, therapeutic bathrooms, healing healthcare spaces, and safe residences for Baby Boomers, the conference was a vital and extremely affordable source of continuing education for practitioners in all practice areas.

Visit www.metrocon.info to find links to view photos and to sign up to receive notifications to stay informed about attending, presenting, sponsoring, and exhibiting at METROCON15, which is taking place in Dallas on August 13 & 14, 2015. For developments throughout the year, follow facebook.com/ METROCONexpo & twitter.com/METROCONexpo.

Over 2,500 members of the A&D industry attended METROCON14.

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Bruce Lyngaas is the president of Professional Dispatch Services LLC (PDS), an industry leader in facility management solution call centers. He has a broad background in real estate asset management, facilities management, and call center operations.

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To a Property Manager, it just might be that time when operations has shut down and you find yourself with an answering service or rotational schedule for a cell phone or pager.

To a Chief Financial Officer, it could be the term that makes you cringe as you think of the expense of covering those additional 108 hours a week, not to mention holidays, vacations, turnover, supervision, accounting support and all of the other various associated soft costs, in exchange for only a handful of calls.

You get the idea. The term has different meanings to people who carry different responsibilities within the organization.

Unfortunately, almost all of those meanings carry a somewhat negative connotation.

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I’ve seen it first hand. Not everyone realizes that the call center is the ‘heart-and-soul’ of facility maintenance operations. It works hand in hand with your front line people such as facility managers, property managers, tenants, contractors and employees. Quality can not be sacrificed to keep costs down. Many of the organizations I’ve been privileged to work with had one thing in common – they had all

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There are outsourcing providers for call center services; and there are those who specialize in facility maintenance. Very few, however, will provide after-hours only coverage, while specializing in facility maintenance. Almost none will fill the bill across the board, including all of the bulleted items above. Make up your mind to get what you need by outsourcing, at the very least, your after-hours call center operation.

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n September 8th, at the North Star Mall, AIA San Antonio held the 9th Annual Canstruction® Can Opener Awards Ceremony to announce the winners of this year’s Canstruction competition sponsored the Chapter and the Society of Design Administration.

Eleven teams of architects, engineers contractors and local architecture students competed with the following Canstructions®: • Alamo Architects with Turner Construction CANpions • Barker & Associates – World CANpions • Ford, Powell & Carson Architects with Pugh Constructors & Cleary Zimmermann Engineers – CAN-Pionship Trophy • HEB Design & Construction – Donkey Kan • Jaster-Quintanilla – Hunger Makes Me Crabby • Mdn Architects – Building Blocks to (LEGO) of Hunger • OCO LPA Architects – Yabba Dabba Candoo!!!

• Open Studio Architecture – Six-Pack • Overland Partners – Let Hunger Go • RVK Architects with Lundy & Franke Engineering – Everything is Awesome When Your Fighting Hunger • Architecture students from San Antonio College’s AIAS Chapter, sponsored by Luby’s/Fuddrucker’s – Good Things Come to Those Who Bake

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Judges for the event: • Eric Cooper – CEO, San Antonio Food Bank • Di-Anna Arias – VP of Sales & Culinary Vision, Don Strange of Texas • Robert Rivard – Founder, The Rivard Report • Omar Gonzalez – Director of Planning Operations & Development, HemisFair Park Area Redevelopment Corporation • John Grable, FAIA – John Grable Architects • Gary Joeris – President, Joeris General Contractors • Joe Neely –Director, Design & QA, Whataburger

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he network welcomes AIA San Antonio - the fourth largest chapter of The American Institute of Architects in Texas. It serves the professional needs of more than 550 architects, counties of: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Gonzalez, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney,

Treasurer Cody McBrearty - Marmon Mok Architects Secretary Frank Cosme, AIA - Fisher Heck Architects Commissioners Government & Community Affairs - Christine Vina, AIA - VIA Metropolitan Transit Professional Affairs - Adam Reed, AIA - Ford Powell & Carson Architects & Planners Special Affairs - Joseph F. Bianco, AIA - McChesney/Bianco Architecture Public Members Stephen Graham, PE - San Antonio River Authority Thomas L. Schlenker, MD, MPH - SA Metro Health District

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IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Lowell Tacker, AIA - OCO Architects TSA DIRECTOR MIke McGlone, AIA - Alamo Architects AIA San Antonio Staff Torrey Carleton, Hon. AIA - Executive Director Paula Smart - Allied Services and Event Coordinator Laura Smith - Director or Member & Chapter Services

All canned goods used to create the unconventional art exhibits at North Star were donated to the San Antonio Food Bank at the close of the competition. In nine years, Canstruction® has donated more than 375,095 pounds of food. As the

E major supplier of food for the hungry in Southwest Texas, the San Antonio Food Bank helps provide food for about 58,000 individuals each week through a network of more than 530 partner agencies within a 16-county service area.

Directors Rebecca Bruce, AIA - Lake | Flato Architects Adam Bush, AIA - Overland Partners Michelle Cruz, AIA - Overland Partners Sara Flowers, AIA - OCO Architects Jeff Russell, AIA - WJE Juli Spiva, AIA - 2M Lighting ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Kira Melville, AIA - Pfluger Associates

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D Honorable Mention: HEB Design & Construction – Donkey Kan E Best Use of the Color Orange: Open Studio Architecture – Six-Pack F Juror’s Favorite: Ford, Powell & Carson Architects with Pugh Constructors & Cleary Zimmermann Engineers – CAN-Pionship Trophy

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2104 Safety Fair and Barbecue Cook-off

he San Antonio Chapter of the Associated General Contractors hosted its annual safety fair and barbecue cook-off to provide construction member firms an opportunity to gather with peers in the industry and honor those who demonstrated safe practices during the year.

“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” Abraham Lincoln

The 21st annual event, held on the Helotes Fairgrounds, featured family activities, exhibitors, safety awards and of course, barbecue tasting. For this year’s judging, AGC San Antonio was honored to welcome wounded heroes from the global war on terrorism, provided by the Warrior Transition Battalion at Fort Sam Houston.

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he 2014 BOMA Fort Worth Fall Event - It’s Like Totally the 80s - was a hit! Everyone gathered after work for a night of networking, dancing, karaoke, 80s games, silent auction, dinner and more. The Social Activities Committee put in many hours of work that led to a night of fun for the commercial real estate industry.

There were great costumes with lots of neon, spandex, tattoos, and big hair. The contest winners:

And a karaoke contest: Best Female Performance / Janet Dempsey Best Male Performance / John Davern And games... Wheel of Fortune, Family Feud, Concentration, Trivia Challenge.

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Best Mullet / Chad Johnson Biggest Hair / Amanda Barhorst Best Dressed Female / Susan Ballard Best Dressed Male / Mark Slicker Best Group Costume / Red Oak Realty Team, Renee Massey & Stephanie Olson

2014 AIA DALLAS BUILT DESIGN AWARDS RECOGNIZES DALLAS ARCHITECTS Five Projects Lauded for Design Excellence

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by Dallas architects. The jury also honored one entry with a Special Jury Commendation recognizing the project’s initiative and unique concept.

Eat what you want and if someone lectures you about it, eat them too!

The recipients were selected by a jury composed of world-renowned architects Coleman Coker of buildingstudio, Anne Fougeron, FAIA of Fougeron Architecture and Wendy Evans Joseph, FAIA of Cooper Joseph Studio. The jury deliberated over more than 60 entries and selected the final recipients based on each design’s response to its context and community, program resolution, innovation, thoughtfulness, and technique. The entire 2014 gallery of entries and recipients can be seen at http:// aiadallasdesignawards.com/gallery.asp?awards_type=built&winner_year=2014 The John Bunker Sands Wetland Center, Good Fulton & Farrell (Seagoville) serves as the hub of environmental and social interest for the 3,100 acres of man-made wetland habitat on the Rosewood Seagoville Ranch property, providing opportunities for research, education, wildlife observation and community gathering through its exhibit hall, fully equipped research lab, classroom, and observation deck.

The Moncrief Cancer Institute, HKS, Inc. (Fort Worth) houses the newly-created Community Survivorship Clinic, which supports cancer patients after their treatment and provides followup services. It was designed as a place where patients feel welcomed by a unique orientation of materials, color and light. A large public plaza welcomes the community while two more private, intimate gardens provide space for functions and a healing environment for survivors.

The Oldrange Family Home, NIMMO (Dallas) aspires to enhance the lives of three generations children, their parents, and grandparents. The focus of the home is the open family spaces which are intended to continuously connect each generation to nature and one another.

Satori Capital, Gensler (Dallas) The plan was to create a diversity of places to meet, be social, and focus when required. All meeting rooms were purposely transparent to increase access to daylight, but also encourage others to join the conversation.

A carefully selected palette of materials, including concrete, painted drywall, natural stone, and glass create and airy and energetic interior.

The Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School, Perkins+Will (Dallas) was designed to be flexible with an academic focus providing teachers and administration multiple ways to engage with students. While facilitating a diverse social connection for students from floor to floor, the school’s plan allows natural lighting to penetrate deeper into multiple levels of the school.

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marhoads@abadiaccess.com Marcela Abadi Rhoads, AIA RAS, the owner of Abadi Accessibility, is an expert on ADA design and construction standards and the author of“The ADA Companion Guide”. She is one of only 500 Registered Accessibility Specialists in the United States.

The Why, What, Where and How of Accessible Parking!

When we arrive at any building by car we notice the number of accessible parking spaces (what most people call handicap parking). Why are there so many parking spaces and how is that number determined?”

he requirements for accessible parking arose from the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 - the first civil rights law specifically for the disabled community. In the 1960s and 1970s three major pieces of legislation were adopted in response to the demands of historically disadvantaged groups -- the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968. While these laws improved life for people of color, they didn’t address the disabled community. Before the ADA was passed, people with disabilities were not able to get around easily. If they drove, there was nowhere to park; if there was parking, it was not striped correctly for their needs. For the members of the disabled community who drive, the ADA meant freedom. After it was passed, a set of regulations and standards were developed, which gave guidelines to designers, builders and building owners on how to provide access at commercial buildings and public accommodations.

wheel behind another car to get to the curb ramp, but that suggestion is not part of the law. It is only advisory. Because the parking space and access aisle require the slope to be no steeper than 2% or 1:48, a curb ramp cannot be located in the access aisle. A The ramp would impede access into or out of the car.

Types of Parking Spaces

The total number of parking spaces in the lot or garage determines the number of accessible parking spaces. If there are 25 spaces in the lot or garage, one of them must be an accessible space. There are two types of accessible parking spaces that a person with disabilities might need.

One is for a regular car and one is for a van. A person who uses a wheelchair might use a special van that has a lift built in; this allows a person to

Location, Location….

As part of the standards, parking spaces were required to be provided for the disabled. The standards state that the parking spaces must be located at the shortest distance from the entrance.

This might seem simple, but only if there is one entrance; if a building has several entrances, creating the shortest route might be complicated.

The guidelines suggest that the building owner disperse the parking spaces throughout the parking lot close to the different entrances or position them at equidistant locations from the entrances.

An accessible route is required from the parking space to the entrance of the building. This can be located behind the cars and should lead to a curb ramp that connects the parking spaces to the sidewalk. There is an advisory in the ADA that suggests that this accessible route be located so that a person in a wheelchair does not have to

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Most parking requirements are the same no matter what type of building is involved; however, there are some differences in outpatient hospitals, rehab, physical therapy and residential facilities. 10% of patient and visitor parking in an outpatient hospital should be accessible; 20% of patient and visitor parking in a physical therapy facility should be accessible; and at least one accessible parking space should be provided for residents of dwelling units. If there are several buildings on a site, the number of parking spaces should be based on each lot and each garage on the site, not on the total number of spaces. This is to ensure sufficient spaces throughout the facility, and it may be necessary to provide more than the minimum required in order to meet the requirements of proximity to the entrances.

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raise and lower their wheelchair more easily than if they were in a car. Obviously, this lift mechanism requires more space than a typical car. For every six accessible spaces provided in the lot or garage, one should be a van accessible space. A typical accessible space where a car is parked only requires an 8’ wide parking space and a 5’ wide access aisle for getting into and out of a car. Both the parking space and the access aisle should be as flat as possible so that the wheelchair does not roll away once it is set on the ground. A slope of 1:48 (2%) is considered flat. The van accessible space needs to be 11’ wide to accommodate the lift mechanism.

To ensure that a person with a disability is able to see the location of the parking spaces, signage that is mounted no lower than 5’ (measured from the bottom of the sign) should be provided in front of each parking space. The sign for the van accessible space should read “Van Accessible”, and it should

Even though the ADA is a set of laws that protects the disabled from discrimination, there are people who ignore the rules, or try to use the rules in their favor. Accessible parking spaces may only be used if you have a permit from the state to use them. Each municipality determines the amount of fines incurred by unauthorized use of an accessible parking space. What people may not realize is that, even though it is an inconvenience for the able bodied person, it is a tremendous help for the disabled. It takes a large amount of effort for a person with mobility issues to get from place to place. It makes their lives much easier if the parking space is closest to the entrance they are trying to reach. Keeping that in mind may make it easier for the rest of us to accept that the “empty” parking spaces are going to be used by someone who needs them more than we do.

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1 CCIM Booth at the NTCAR Real Estate Expo (L-R) Brad Crumpecker, CCIM (Robinson Clay KW Commercial); Saadia Sheikh, CCIM (E Smith Realty); Collin Flynn, CCIM ( Wicker & Associates) 2 CCIM Booth at the NTCAR Real Estate Expo (L-R) Chris Mims, CCIM (Swearingen); John McClure, CCIM (McClure Partners); Debi Carter, CCIM (Hudson Peters); Mac McClure, CCIM (McClure Partners); Susan McClure, CCIM (McClure Partners) 3 Leaders of the North Texas CCIM Chapter in Chicago at Chapter Officer Training (L-R) John McClure, CCIM (McClure Partners); Cassie Poss (North Texas Chapter Admin); Saadia Sheikh, CCIM (E Smith Realty); Joe Garrett, CCIM (Sperry Van Ness); David Schnitzer, CCIM ( Venture Commercial Real Estate) 4-6 Top Golf Competition 7 The Market Review Panel luncheon at the Park City Club included representatives from multi-family, office, retail, and industrial. Panelists: Brien O’ Boyle, CCIM (ARA); T.D. Briggs (Peloton Real Estate Partners); Michael E. Geisler ( Venture Commercial Real Estate, LLC); and Thomas Pearson, SIOR (Colliers International) 8 CCIM 101 Class with 43 attendees and instructors Mac and Susan McClure.

The chapter’s 20th Anniversary Sporting Clays Event has grown into one of the biggest events of the year and its #1 fundraising event.

Proceeds from are allocated to CCIM course scholarships and continuing education for the North Texas commercial real estate community. The event sold out with 26 teams and 17 dedicated sponsors totaling 200+ participants.

“Although a final tally has not been taken, over $14,000 was raised in 2013 and we expect to exceed that this year!” said Collin Flynn, Chairman of the Sporting Clays Committee (at press time). Awards were given to the top shooters in both the men’s and women’s categories, Top Team, Top Station, and Top Flurry. There was also a speaker series luncheon including an interactive Debit Panel discussion regarding market trends and propects.

Panelists included Todd McNeil of Metropolitan Capital Advisers, Casey Townsend of Cohen Financial, Ross Lyle of View Point Bank, Charlie Cole of Hunt Mortgage Group, and Jack Minter of Colliers International as moderator.

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7 Pingtan Art Museum 8 Huangshan Mountain Village 9 Sinosteel International Plaza 10 Fake Hills

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Inspired by mountainous Chinese landscapes and the traditional villages built on their hillsides, the project consists of a stacked vertical forest set in the heart of the city, designed to bring more nature and open space in a dense and compact way.

In The Proposal Stage

12 Taichung Convention Center Commissioned by the Taiwanese government and looking like a cluster of pleated, venetian blind volcanoes, the ‘skin’ of this structure will naturally ventilate the structure and generate energy. The folded solar eco-skin serves two purposes: first, the envelopes provide natural airflow to the interior to minimize air conditioning; second, the pleats utilize a “double photovoltaic glass,” to reduce energy consumption.

12 13 and 14 800m Tower Guangzhou Twin Towers will not be a traditional office building: instead, it will be a space for commerce, service and entertainment - all elevated to the same level as the office and hotel functions.

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MarketView Q3 2014

SAN ANTONIO office

Hot Topics

Quick Stats Q3 2014

Q-o-Q

Y-o-Y

16.6%





Asking Rates, FSG

$20.11 per SF





Net Absorption

33,490 SF

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Under Construction

928,395 SF

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

Delivered Construction

40,065 SF

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Vacancy

The office market ended Q3 2014 with 33,490 sq. ft. of net absorption, bringing total vacancy down slightly to 16.6%. Construction is currently at it’s highest level in several years with over 900,000 sq. ft. of new office product currently under way.

• S an Antonio was named one of the best office construction markets in a report put out by McGraw Hill Construction.

•F orbes ranks San Antonio one of the best places to do business in 2014. The Alamo City was ranked number 16.

• San

Antonio has once again received a AAA general bond obligation rating by Standard & Poor’s, Fitch and Moody’s.

• S an Antonio is considered one of America’s Coolest Cities in 2014. The Alamo City was ranked number 15 by Forbes magazine.

• The Alamo city has over 900,000 sq. ft. of new office product under construction, an amount San Antonio has not experienced since 2009.

Unemployment

Net Absorption and Vacancy 000's

Net Absorption Sq. Ft.

Gross Annual Average Asking Rates, Per Sq. Ft.

Vacancy Rate

1,100

19%

10%

900

18%

9%

700

17%

8%

500

16%

300

15%

100

$25 $24 $23 $22

7%

$21

6%

$20

5%

$19

4%

$18

14%

(100)

13%

(300)

12%

(500)

11%

2007 Q1

2008 Q2

2009

2010

Q3

Q4

2011

2012

2013

Total Annual Absorption

2014 Vacancy Rate

$17

3%

$16

2%

2007

2008

2009

US

2010

Texas

2011

2012 San Antonio

2013

Q3 2014

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2014.

Source: CBRE Research, Q3 2014.

$15

2007

2008 2009 Class A

2010 Class B

2011 2012 2013 Avg. Asking Rates

Q3 2014

Source: CBRE Research, Q3 2014.

Construction Sq. Ft.

Asking Rent Per Sq. Ft. and Vacancy Vacancy Rate

000's

Asking Rate Per Sq. Ft. $21

20%

1,600 1,400

18% $20

1,200 16%

$19

1,000 800

14%

600 $18 12%

400

Gross Annual Average Asking Rent

Q3 2014

Q2 2014

Q1 2014

Q4 2013

Q3 2013

Q2 2013

Q1 2013

Q4 2012

Q3 2012

Q2 2012

Q4 2011

Q1 2012

Q3 2011

Q2 2011

Q1 2011

Q4 2010

Q3 2010

Q2 2010

Q1 2010

Q4 2009

Q3 2009

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Q1 2009

Q4 2008

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Q1 2008

Q4 2007

Q3 2007

Q2 2007

Q1 2007

200 $17

10%

0

Vacancy Rate

2008

2009

2010

Under Construction sq. ft.

2011

2012

Pre-leased sq. ft.

2013

Source: CBRE Research, Q3 2014.

d iv e r s i ns In The Lemonlight!

1. The Ganges is a) a river in India b) a sexually transmitted disease c) a backup quarterback for the Seattle Mariners d) the war cry of the Syrian rebels e) Latin for ‘the time has expired’ 2. What four great Americans are on Mount Rushmore? a) Washington, Jackson, Lincoln, F.D. Roosevelt b) Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Reagan c) Washington, Lincoln, ML King, Kennedy d) Washington, Franklin, Lincoln, Webster e) Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, T. Roosevelt

The Oth er Sid e of Am eric a

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1) a 2) e 3) d (Floyd was a gangster; the others were athletes)

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Delivered sq. ft.

nd

Source: JLL Research Source: JLL Research

JLL Q3 Office Insight Inventory under construction Inventory under construction

2014 2,875,800 he 2014 2,875,800 2013 mental 1,470,982 the Heavy tenant demand has translated to strong rental rate growth and a surge in new construction Of all 2013 mental 2012 1,470,982 536,940 activity in both the Austin and Dallas office markets.

The high level of build-to-suits and ly Of all 2012 536,940 2011 369,903 preleasing underway in these markets will boast healthy fundamentals for the foreseeable future. edely 2011 369,903 2010 273,128 nd 5th xed273,128 or 5th 2010 0 500,000 and 1,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,0003,500,000 Source: 0JLL Research oor 500,000 1,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,0003,500,000

AUSTIN Source: JLL Research

Contiguous blocks > 25,000 square feet re few Contiguous blocks > 25,000 square feet Central Business District 2 2 1 wn few are 1 Cedar CentralPark Business District 2 2 1over 5 job 2 pastseveral down high Sustained jobgrowth growthover severalCentral yearsPark translating to tight high Sustained years translating 1 past Cedar n and 5 2 East office market fundamentals from a historic perspective office market fundamentals from a historic perspective Central 4 nd Far 4 EastNorthwest r,erand 4 North/Northwest and Far Northwest eedtopinin 4 op Northeast North/Northwest alkable xedspace, 12 pace, South/Southwest Northeast techalkable er the 12 the Southeast South/Southwest ebination tech- Source: JLL Research mbination Southeast which hich inin Source: JLL Research

405,000 Netjob jobgrowth growth since since 2010 2010 Net

ower wer

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$30.00 $30.00

$27.98 $27.98

$26.89 $26.89

$23.75 $23.75

$23.24 $23.24

$22.71 $22.71

$22.66 $22.66

DALLAS

$23.12 $23.12

$24.06 $24.06

$23.91 $23.91

$15.00 $15.00

$22.51 $22.51

$20.00 $20.00

$25.38 $25.38

$25.00 $25.00

Total preleased TOP 3 MAJOR PRELEASE TENANT COMMITMENTS ARM - 121,000 SF HomeAway - 114,665 SF AthenaHealth - 103,000 SF

$20.84 $20.84

f.) .f.) igher gher s.f.) market, (s.f.) arket, king less ng less almost most ratios tios ase se de and and

2,875,800 Total2,875,800 under construction (SF) 10.2% Total under construction (SF) 10.2% 12-month growth 49.1% Class Arates ratesrent have beenrising risingrapidly rapidlyand andare are forecasted forecasted to to Class A have been 12-month rentover growth 49.1% increase higher the next few years increase higher over the next few years Total preleased

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Source: JLL Research Source: JLL Research

nounced Under construction by submarket; northern suburbs lead the pack ounced Under construction by submarket; northern suburbs lead the pack ver r

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12% 10% 12% 10%

32% 32%

23% 23%

10% 10% 4% 5% 4% 4% 5% 4%

Source: JLL Research Source: JLL Research

5.8% 5.8% 12-month rent growth

12-month rent growth

Dallas CBD Dallas CBDDallas Far North Far Dallas LasNorth Colinas Las LBJColinas LBJ N Central NPreston CentralCenter Preston Center Richardson/Plano Richardson/Plano Uptown Uptown

4,679,000 4,679,000 Total under construction (SF) Total under construction (SF) 63.0% 63.0%

Total preleased Total preleased TOP 3 MAJOR PRELEASE TENANT COMMITMENTS State Farm Insurance - 1,500,000 SF Nationstar Mortgage - 175,585 SF The Richards Group - 237,000 SF

Total net absorption (s.f.)

Total net absorption (s.f.)

4,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 1,400,000 2,000,000 1,400,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 2005 0 Source: JLL Research 2005

3,770,000 3,770,000

1,330,000 1,330,000

2006 2006

2007 2007

2,100,000 2,100,000

2008 2008

1,070,000 1,070,000

1,100,000 1,100,000

2009 2009

2010 2010

1,650,000 1,650,000

2011 2011

1,930,000 1,930,000

2012 2012

1,260,000 1,260,000

2013 2013

460,000 460,000

YTD 2014 YTD 2014

Source: JLL Research

Total vacancy rate Total vacancy rate 20.0% 20.0% 15.0%

15.0% 10.0% 10.0% 5.0% 5.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Source:

Source:

18.3%

14.1%

14.1%

10.5%

10.5%

13.7%

11.8%

13.7%

11.8%

15.0%

15.0%

14.2%

18.3%

14.2%

16.5%

16.5%

13.1%

13.1%

11.6%

11.6%

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

3Q 2014

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

3Q 2014

$24.75

$24.68

$24.52

$24.66

$26.42

$26.99

$24.75

$24.68

$24.52

$24.66

$26.42

$26.99

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Direct average asking rent ($ p.s.f.)

Direct average asking rent ($ p.s.f.) $35.00 $30.00 $35.00 $21.97 $25.00 $30.00 $19.09 $20.00 $21.97 $25.00 $19.09 $15.00 $20.00 $10.00 $15.00 $5.00 $10.00 $0.00 $5.00 2005 2006 $0.00 Source: JLL Research 2005 2006 Source: JLL Research

For more information, contact: Brittany Maki For more information, contact: +1 512 225 2716 (s.f.)

Total net absorption Total netMaki absorption (s.f.)

Brittany Brittany.Maki@am.jll.com +15,000,000 512 225 2716 5,000,000 3,930,459 Brittany.Maki@am.jll.com 3,930,459 4,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 885,892 885,892 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 0 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 2005 2006 2005 2006 Source: JLL Research Source: JLL Research

Total vacancy rate Total vacancy rate 27.0% 27.0% 25.0% 25.0% 23.0% 23.0% 23.3% 21.0% 23.3% 21.0% 19.0% 19.0% 17.0% 17.0% 15.0% 15.0% 2005 2005 Source: JLL Research Source: JLL Research

22.1% 22.1%

2006 2006

Direct average asking rent ($ p.s.f.)

Direct average asking rent ($ p.s.f.) $25.00 $25.00 $19.56 $18.43 $20.00 $19.56 $18.43 $20.00 $15.00 $15.00 $10.00 $10.00 $5.00 $5.00 $0.00 $0.00 2005 2006 2005 2006 Source: JLL Research

$28.77

$28.77

$31.07

$31.07

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24.1% 24.1%

22.2% 22.2%

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2009 2009

25.2% 25.2%

2010 2010

23.6% 23.6%

2011 2011

22.5% 22.5%

2012 2012

21.2% 21.2%

2013 2013

YTD 2014 YTD 2014

19.6% 19.6%

19.1% 19.1% 3Q 2014 3Q 2014

2007 2007

2008 2008

2009 2009

2010 2010

2011 2011

2012 2012

2013 2013

$20.89 $20.89

$21.17 $21.17

$20.80 $20.80

$20.34 $20.34

$20.38 $20.38

$20.88 $20.88

$21.29 $21.29

$22.52 $22.52

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identified the cities that have expanded most rapidly in socio-economic terms between 2008 and 2013.

They analyzed 516 U.S. cities of varying sizes across 10 key metrics, ranging from population growth rate to unemployment rate decrease. Here are the study’s

2014’s Fastest Growing Cities

Large City Austin, TX Fort Worth, TX New Orleans, LA Denver, CO San Antonio, TX Corpus Christi, TX Washington, DC Bakersfield, CA Oklahoma City, OK Columbus, OH Omaha, NE Nashville, TN El Paso, TX Portland, OR Minneapolis, MN Pittsburgh, PA Houston, TX Raleigh, NC Anchorage, AK Seattle, WA Aurora, CO Philadelphia, PA Oakland, CA Louisville, KY San Jose, CA

Medium-Size City Irving, TX North Charleston, SC East Los Angeles, CA Murfreesboro, TN San Angelo, TX Grand Prairie, TX Columbia, MO Charleston, SC Frisco, TX Killeen, TX Round Rock, TX Odessa, TX Midland, TX College Station, TX Clarksville, TN Fargo, ND Oxnard, CA Fremont, CA Fayetteville, NC Waco, TX Laredo, TX Pearland, TX Santa Clara, CA Amarillo, TX McKinney, TX

Small City Mission, TX Edinburg, TX Springdale, AR Pharr, TX Concord, NC Greenville, NC Asheville, NC League City, TX New Rochelle, NY Lynn, MA Bryan, TX Redwood City, CA Allen, TX Missoula, MT Trenton, NJ Clovis, CA North Richland Hills, TX Indio, CA Clifton, NJ Manteca, CA Lawrence, MA Tuscaloosa, AL Union City, NJ Rapid City, SD Muncie, IN

impact of corporate expansions and relocations on a major texas office markets September 2014 Figure 1: Number of Companies Expanding/Relocating in Major Texas Office Markets 90 80 70 60 # of Companies

CBRE Research has identified 296 companies (shown in Figure 1) that relocated and/or expanded their presence in the Lone Star State’s four largest office markets – Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio – since 2010. These companies have taken occupancy of 29.8 million sq. ft. of office space over this period, as shown in Figure 2.

50 40 30 20

YTD 2014

Sq. Ft. (000s)

Texas is an attractive location for business operations 10 and, in 2014, remains the only state to top Chief 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 Executive Magazine’s annual “Best States for Business” Austin Dallas/Fort Worth Houston San Antonio list since its inception a decade ago, which asks CEOs to Source: CBRE Research, September 2014. grade states on taxation/regulation as well as workforce Figure 2: Office Space Occupied by Companies Expanding/Relocating in Major Texas Markets and living quality. The state has received other top rankings for its business-friendly environment, 10,000 including winning Site Selection’s Governor’s Cup 9,000 8,000 five times in the last decade and Business Facilities’ 7,000 Best Business Climate in 2012 and 2013. Perhaps more 6,000 5,000 telling, though, are the 52 Fortune 500 companies that 4,000 call Texas home, such as ExxonMobil, Phillips 66, Valero 3,000 Energy, and AT&T. These 52 firms had $1.6 trillion of 2,000 1,000 combined 2013 revenues with a market capitalization 0 of over $2 trillion when the 2014 list was published.

2010 2011 2012 2013 Austin

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“I admit - I have a tremendous sex drive. My boyfriend lives forty miles away.” Phyllis Diller

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Real Estate More Than A Mouthful The World’s Longest Named Places

1 Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllan-

1

tysiliogogogoch is a large village on the island of Anglesey in Wales. In Welsh, the name means: Mary’s Church in the hollow of the white hazel near the rapid whirlpool and the church of Tysilio by a red cave. With 58 characters in its name, it is the longest place name in Europe (and it has the undisputed longest domain name in the world). Visitors stop at the railway station to be photographed next to the station sign.

2

Originally known as Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, the village was given its long name in the 1860s having been contrived to bestow upon the station the feature of having the longest name of any railway station in Britain, an early example of a publicity stunt.

The name was used in the 1960’s film Barbarella starring Jane Fonda as the password for Dildano’s headquarters:

Dildano: [radioing instructions to the rebel army] And our password will be... Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

Barbarella: You mean the secret password is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?

Dildano: Exactly.

2 The longest named place in the world is Taumatawhaka-

tangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu , is the

Māori name for a 1001-foot high hill near southern Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. The locals often shorten it to ‘Taumata’. The name on the sign that marks the hill is translates roughly as The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one. At 85 letters, it is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest place name.

3

3 Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagun-

gamaugg is believed to be the longest official one-word place

name in the United States. It is a lake in Webster, Massachusetts. The name comes from the Nipmuc language (of the indigenous Algonquian peoples) and translates as Fishing place at the boundaries - Neutral meeting grounds.

4 Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein

is a farm in the South Africa. In the Afrikaans language, it means The fountain where two buffaloes were cleanly killed with a single shot.

5 Krungthep Mahanakhon Bovorn Ratanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokpop Noparatratchathani Burirom Udomratchanivet Mahasathan Amornpiman Avatarnsathit Sakkathattiyavisnukarmprasit (a whopping 163 characters!), is known to the lo-

cals as Krungthep Mahanakhon. The rest of the world knows it as Bangkok, Thailand. However, the Guinness Book of Records does not recognize it. The translation here is pretty much the unabridged history of the city rather than a word: The land of angels, the great city of immortality, various of divine gems, the great angelic land unconquerable, land of nine noble gems, the royal city, the pleasant capital, place of the grand royal palace, forever land of angels and reincarnated spirits, conquerable, land of nine noble gems, the royal city, the pleasant capital, place of the grand royal palace, forever land of angels and reincarnated spirits, predestined and created by the highest devas.

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That’s Odd! 10 VERY oddly shaped buildings

6

1 La Tête au Carré, Nice, France

Designed by architect Sacha Sosno, the name of this library literally translates as ‘Thinking Inside The Box’. The building is the central library of Nice and the ‘head’ is composed three stories of books.

2

2 Banna Park Bird Watch, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan 3 Basket Building, Newark, Ohio

This basket-shaped, seven-story, 30,000 square foot office building is the corporate headquarters of the Longaberger Basket Company. The building features an atrium and even two basket handles.

7

4 Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA

A museum of the history of popular music, science fiction and pop culture, this building consists of several abstract-shaped segments in different colors.

8

5 The Universum Science Museum, Bremen, Germany

Thomas Klumpp designed this science museum that has about 250 exhibits. Its shape suggests a grinning whale… an association reinforced by the water source it stands on.

6 Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba, Brazil

A museum of visual arts, architecture and design that has an eye-shaped structure on top of a pedestal.

7 Atomium, Brussels

3

9

Constructed for the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair and designed by André Waterkeyn and André and Jean Polak, this building is shaped as spheres connected with the links that form the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal - only 165 billion times bigger.

8 Ring of Life, Fushun, China

A hollow circle-shaped building made of 3, 000 tons of steel and illuminated with 12,000 LED lights at night. Designed to do nothing (except be a sightseeing landmark and viewing platform to attract tourists).

9 “1000” or Banknote, Kaunas, Lithuania

Shaped like a 1925 Lithuanian Litas 1000 banknote, this Class A office and services center has a slightly rounded shape with a 1000 banknote painted on it with a special enamel paint.

10 Grand Lisboa Hotel, Macau, China

Featuring two different shapes - one towering over the city and the other wide and round, from ground level this hotel looks like a giant pineapple.

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Lobsters pee out of their faces and peeing at each other is part of both fighting and courtship.

This building, in the shape of a hatched egg, was designed to track migrating birds.

ZeroLandfill 2015 is coming!

Last year, in one weekend, the City Center upcycled 10,765 lbs of material in a little over an hour. Unwanted and discontinued samples are donated from the local design firms and SAN ANTONIO CITY CENTER upcycled back into the community. Partnering again with FacilityRx, Wilsonart LLC and Herman Miller, unwanted materials to make this event an even bigger success are needed. Material drop off dates: February 16–20 and 23-27. Interested in donating materials, picking up materials or volunteering? Contact the City Center for more information.

Contact: Lindsey Milligan, Director of IIDA San Antonio City Center, Pfluger Architects • Lindsey@pflugerarchitects.com

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Kenneth D. Simonson is the Chief Economist of the Associated General Contractors of America

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AGC of America the associated general contractors of america

“Current construction costs increased for the 32nd consecutive month in September,” IHS and the Procurement Executives Group (PEG) reported. Construction consultancy Rider Levett Bucknall’s National Construction Cost Index increased 1.4% from April to July and 4.3% over the July 2013 level, “which, combined with other notable increases in 2014, indicates that a potential significant uptick in construction costs may be looming,” the firm reported “Much of this increase can be attributed to the lack of available skilled construction workers to support increased demand within the industry—a trend that will most likely become more severe as demand continues to grow.”

“Business conditions continued to improve at architecture firms in August, although the ABI [Architecture Billings Index] score of 53.0 (any score over 50 denotes billings growth) indicates that firm billings increased at a slightly slower pace in August than in July,” when the ABI hit a seven-year high of 55.8, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported. Firms of all specializations also reported improving business conditions for the third consecutive month. Conditions have been positive for firms with a residential and commercial/ industrial specialization for all of 2014 so far, but firms with an institutional specialization spent much of that time experiencing softening billings, and only rec

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rive around at night and invariably this is what you will find along the top of shopping centers, office buildings, and retail stores – burned out lights, broken bulbs, and hanging strings of lights. But this eyesore will soon be no more.

LED (light emitting diode) will be to the 21st century what incandescent bulbs were for the 20th century – a revolutionary technology impacting our lives every bit as much as the change from candles and kerosene lanterns to electrical light bulbs that began nearly 100 years ago!

LED is a true “tipping point” in technology, as evidenced by the recent awarding of Nobel Prizes to three of its developers. The existing (and developing) applications for LED at commercial properties is truly extraordinary; but let’s start with the basics of this technology first, and then move on to what is so exciting for building owners and managers in its use.

misdirected, or obtrusive artificial light) is becoming a more prevalent concern of owners and managers across the country.

The traditional incandescent C9 light bulb can now be changed out to a commercial grade LED bulb, with the attendant qualities LED offers such as longer life, more brightness, and lower energy usage. Many new bulbs contain 5 LEDs - 4 around a central stem for 360 degree outward visibility, and one on top for upward light visibility.

However, traditional style LED light installations do not alleviate other exterior decorative lighting issues, such as broken bulbs, hanging strings of lights or light pollution.

Permanent, Protected and Programmable Christmas Lights

LED is now available in configurations other than just bulbs, with offerings in rope and ribbon styles. Some outdoor rated LEDs are available in a “protective” cover that provides impact and hail resistance – no more broken bulbs. Still others have unique designs that conceal the lights as a decorative crown molding on the building. Other LED units housed in these type protective covers can be permanently installed on the building – no more put up / take down and storage expense when the seasons change. Forward facing LED units installed on the front of a building fascia reduce light pollution, an environmental benefit of increasing importance to many.

P rogramming Ability With LED Brings Added Value To Your Asset

RGB (red, green, blue) LEDs can be brightened or dimmed in various combinations effecting these three primary colors to form other colors – red, green, blue, orange, purple, turquoise, pink, gold, burnt orange. The color choices are almost limitless. And these can not only be a static color, but can fade, strobe or blink between various colors. Programming allows the user to specify dates and times of day the lights are on, along with different colors and patterns for holidays or special events, for an entire year. New controllers are being introduced that allow a user to control multiple sites simultaneously, or independently, while out of one’s office.

What and Why is LED?

LEDs are small semi conductor devices that, with an electrical current, produce visible light. A quality LED is more durable, more versatile, brighter, much more energy efficient, safer, and longer lasting than traditional lighting.

Each of these 6 attributes alone is worth considering LED when looking at various applications and choices for lighting at your property – landscape, walk way, parking lot, garage, lobby, hall, office, etc.

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But let’s consider the possibilities in just one category – exterior decorative lighting. Or put more simply, Christmas lights along the exterior of a building’s fascia.

The December Holiday season is always a beautiful and exciting time of the year, and commercial properties install Christmas lights on buildings to promote this season, particularly shopping centers. Decorative lights along the tops of a building look great, but if not consistently maintained they become an eyesore! Burned out bulbs, broken bulbs and hanging strings of lights degrade the appearance of a property. And light pollution (excessive, 38

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Fourth of July - set the lights to fade between red, white & blue. Halloween strobe the lights on/off in orange. During Christmas - fade the colors between green and red. If hosting a fund raiser (for instance the Susan B Komen Foundation for breast cancer awareness) set the lights to pink. Game day in Fort Worth - have your property showing TCU purple. Game day in Austin UT burnt orange.

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Dennis Box is the president of DBox, Inc. (a maintenance and repair services provider in north Texas and Houston) and the owner of DBox Property Products (a manufacturer and distributor of unique commercial products sold nationally).

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The IIDA Austin City Center held its 2nd Annual rEvolution re/DESIGN event, benefiting the Social Design Alliance. The re/DESIGN event challenged local interior designers from AUSTIN CITY CENTER Austin’s top commercial interior design and architecture firms to create an unforgettable design vignette using donated and re-purposed items. The event was a great success and allowed IIDA to support and donate proceeds to the Texas Association for Interior Designers (TAID) and the Social Design Alliance.

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1 Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Burj Al Arab is a luxury hotel that is located at the heart of Dubai City in United Arab Emirates. It was designed to imitate the sail of a ship and is the second tallest hotel in the world. Standing on an artificial island, Burj Al Arab is connected to the mainland by private curving bridge; it is both luxurious and unique due to its form as well as its contents - 28 double-story floors, 202 suites, restaurants and a large seawater aquarium.

2 Liberty Hotel, Boston, USA

Liberty Hotel - which was a Charles Street jail for Boston’s criminals for about 150 years - has preserved its old looks even with a 2007 restoration during which the prison bars were left in tact and now provide a unique experience for about $313 a night.

3 Igloo Village Kakslauttanen, Saariselkä, Finland

Igloo Village - a part of Hotel Kakslauttanen - provides traditional and unique futuristic igloos during winter season for residents to enjoy the snow sights and northern lights under a glass ceiling at room temperature.

4 Das Park Hotel, Linz, Austria

5 Hotel Marqués De Riscal, Elciego, Spain

This five-star hotel, originally a winery built in 1858, was re-designed by Frank Gehry into a City of Wine with hotel, wine shop, viticulture museum and spa. To incorporate the feel of the Rioja region and Marqués De Riscal bottles into the building architecture, Gehry decided to go with pink, silver and gold ribbon-like titanium plates decorating the facade. (For more on Gehry, see Destinations in our June 2014 issue.)

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6 Martello Tower, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK

Built to protect against a potential Napoleonic attack, after some restoration some of these now serve as hotels. Living with the wind, sea and rain in the echoing rooms, it’s a truly unique historical experience which features solid fuel stoves, parking, a roof terrace, and showers – and it’s pet friendly!

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7 Hôtel de Glace, Quebec, Canada

The Ice Hotel is, as you might suspect, made out of ice and snow. It boasts spacious bedrooms, a jazz suite, ice bar and cafe, hockey suite, and an ice marriage chapel. You can get married there and have fun sleeping in -5˚C.

8 Gamirasu Cave Hotel, Ayvali Village, Turkey

Opened in 1999, the hotel consists of 30 rooms in a troglodyte cave. Made out of a Byzantine monastic retreat that was over a thousand years old, the hotel offers free horseback riding, baking, and winemaking.

9 Quinta Real Zacatecas, México

This converted bullring dates back to the 19th century. It hosted its last corrida in 1975 and was later restored and redesigned into a hotel that has preserved the feel and the beauty of the original structure. The former bullring is now a colonial-style patio with flowers and romantic landscapes.

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10 Magic Mountain Hotel, Huilo Huilo, Chile

Montaña Magica Lodge was designed to look like a volcano. Fittingly, it has water falling from the top sliding down the windows. The combination of nature and man-made facilities include hot tubs made of tree trunks right in the forest, the Forest Table Restaurant that serves homemade Chilean cuisine and spacious rooms with bathrooms equipped with rough-cut wood furnishings.

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his past fall Apple went bigger than ever, expanding their iPhone 6 offerings in size to satisfy a market hungry for screen space and digital content. But it’s not just their devices that are growing.

In Cupertino, CA, a gargantuan new headquarters—called, naturally, Apple Campus 2—is currently under construction. Once it’s completed in 2016, the ring-shaped building will take up 2.8 million square feet, house 13,000 employees and cost more than $5 billion. And with a company as influential and trend setting as Apple, it may help define how we think of the tech workspace.

Apple Campus 2 seems to be part of a trend of larger, more centralized corporate headquarters.

Perhaps ironically in an age of telecommunication and increased specialization, planners have started to see the rewards of aggregating talent and resources in a single location.

And after years of delays, permitting hassles, and ballooning budgets, Apple Campus 2 is finally back on track.

The mega-structure is the work of famed British architect Sir Norman Foster, whose high-tech-styled work has included skyscrapers, office buildings, and the high-profile Reichstag building renovation in Berlin. However, it’s Foster’s work on Beijing’s Airport—one of the world’s largest buildings by floor space—that seems closest in spirit to his Apple Campus 2.

The Best Office Building in the World

In undertaking the Campus project, Foster will be carrying out Steve Jobs’s grand vision to build “the best office building in the world.” In fact, Jobs’s last public appearance was made before Cupertino’s city council, where he advocated for the massive building’s construction. Just as with Apple’s detail-focused products, the construction standards for the Campus are at the mercy of the late Jobs’s perfectionism—as he demanded that all gaps in Campus surfaces be no greater than 1/32 inch—far more precise than the industry standard of 1/8 inch.

Jobs’s vision for a headquarters was a space that physically encouraged collaboration, congregation, and chance encounter. Jobs was also proud to eliminate right angles and boxy design, favoring curved surfaces wherever possible.

As the name suggests, the Apple Campus is largely modeled after a university concept. Instead of the conventional collection of separate, purpose-specific buildings, however, Foster has integrated them all into one contiguous circle. The interior green-space, too, is based on a collegiate concept: Stanford University’s large central Main Quad.

Variously called “the Mothership” and “the Donut” by observers and critics, the four-story Kubrickian structure is set to rise over 176 acres of prime Silicon Valley real estate. What’s surprising, however—considering the substantial cost and hassle of wrangling all of that land—is how much of it will remain green. Whereas a year ago, the site consisted of only 20% landscape and 80% asphalt and building, the Apple campus will reverse the ratio and create a plot that is 80% green-space and 20% developed.

Both the Campus’s surroundings and the large interior section of the ring is meant to resemble undeveloped and natural California landscape, evoking the environment where Jobs himself grew up. The site will provide a home to more than 7000 trees. In other words, Apple is building itself a massive orchard—including cherry, plum, apricot, and yes, apple trees.

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To complete the visual picture, cars have been “banished” from the plan.

One large parking garage will lie underground to preserve the pristine, natural landscape, while another parking complex will be placed far from the main building, out of view. To encourage easy on-site mobility, the Campus will include 1000 shared bicycles. On-site jogging trails will promote a healthier lifestyle for employees, as will a massive, 100,000 square foot fitness center.

The view from the workspaces, too, should be magnificent. In lieu of opaque walls, Foster has opted for windows wherever possible. The building’s custom concave glass will stretch 40 feet from floor to ceiling, offering uninterrupted views of the verdant surroundings.

What might be most impressive about the building, however, is its host of sustainability initiatives. Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has promised that the Campus will be “the greenest building on the planet,” matching the company’s recent commitment to reducing its environmental impact. The goal for the building is to meet net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, with natural ventilation maintaining interior temperature 75% of the year.

Solar panels will cover the main building and parking structures, and the Campus will use 100% renewable energy.

We’ve become used to the world turning its attention to Cupertino for buzz-filled product launches. Now, with the Apple Campus 2, it may be the venue itself that draws the most attention. A planned 1,000-seat allglass auditorium dedicated for its famous keynotes is also included in the Campus plans. Get ready for some breathless blog posts. n

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e have all been in buildings and marveled at the beauty of the architecture, or marveled at the beauty of the structure. But let’s look into what happens when the structure is created as the art.

There is some belief behind the combative nature between the architecture and the structure of a building, bridge, or other and having each ‘in line’ with the other for truly defining beauty. There is much to be said for this as the most beautiful buildings and bridges have the structure defined by the architecture. But let us take it a step further and look into the structure as the architecture, as the art.

We can review local current projects from PCMA members and see this consistent approach with this material in achieving beautiful / warm structures / veneers. From the simplicity of the Methodist Hospital Parking Garage in Sugarland, to the cool feel of the pre-cast columns in the City Place Trolley Station in Dallas, to the beauty of the City of Addison Arapaho Bridge, to the sleekness of the Texas State University Bobcats Stadium in San Marcos, we can see and feel the experiences generated by the pre-cast concrete material for the structure and/or veneer.

The choice of certain materials over others may itself be complicated at times, but the result of using more natural warm materials, as in those exemplified with pre-cast concrete, may provide an instinctive comfort zone, one of ease for the occupants / users.

This ‘simple nature’ of the pre-cast concrete material comes from man’s reasoning with the built environment and understanding both visually and intellectually, as well as instinctively, for the built structure as ‘safe’ for occupancy. That is, pre-cast concrete offers clean lines and rigidity of form. Also, the materials are from the earth – the pre-cast concrete visually offers the observer sand, rock, and cement as natural sources over those of manufactured materials. The natural warm feel of pre-cast concrete can easily be felt in these and other projects. We can review these various projects to see the natural beauty of the simple, visible structures with natural materials that define this approach to beauty. But the simple nature is only inherent in the material and still relies on the unique talents of the designer to fully bring this experience to fruition.

this material and allowing for this beauty. From the simplicity of the pre-cast parking structure, to the beauty of the pre-cast façade, to the efficient layout of the bridge precast members - all define beauty.

When a structure is created as art and is used to define the architecture, you will see positives in everything from the occupants’ welfare, to the longevity and beauty of the built structure. This is especially true when the structure is the art and defines the esthetic characteristics of the spaces.

It is foremost for the importance and inherent beauty of the space for the structure to define the architecture, be the creator of the beauty. What happens to the structure when it is created as art?

It becomes the architecture.

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Pre-cast is very unique in that it holds abilities to create large open spans and warm areas for occupancy. The natural ability of pre-cast concrete to bring into the space a feeling of completeness is evident as one walks through buildings that reflect the large openness generated with this material. The completeness of the material is further developed with the efficient layout of the structure which is evidenced in many pre-cast concrete buildings and the visible resolving of forces / loads it dictates. The efficiency of the structure and resolving of forces leads to a life span for the building that exceeds those of most modern materials. The member companies of the PCMA family have an array of projects using

d i v er s i ns HO-HO-HO! This guy goes into his dentist’s office, because something is wrong with his mouth. After a brief examination, the dentist exclaims, “Holy Smoke!

That plate I installed in your mouth about six months ago has nearly completely corroded! What on earth have you been eating?”

“Well... the only thing I can think of is this... my wife made me some asparagus about four months ago with this stuff on it... Hollandaise sauce she called it... and doctor, I’m talkin’ DELICIOUS! I’ve never tasted anything like it, and ever since then I’ve been putting it on everything... meat, fish, toast, vegetables... you name it!”

“That’s probably it,” replied the dentist “Hollandaise sauce is made with lemon juice, which is acidic and highly corrosive. It seems as though I’ll have to install a new plate, but made out of chrome this time.”

“Why chrome?” the man asked.

“Well, everyone knows that there’s no plate like chrome for the Hollandaise!”

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Though the price was not announced, the deal is expected to close by the end of the year, following the acquisition by the consortium of DTZ from UGL Ltd. of Australia for $1.2 billion. Cassidy Turley has more than 60 offices throughout the US. The combined company will be named DTZ and will have revenues of more than $2.9 billion and more than 28,200 employees.

The firm will be able to Stettinus “more effectively serve its global clients and compete for new business anywhere in the world,” he added.

“Following a period of intensive mutual due diligence, we are confident that this is an excellent cultural fit as well as an opportunity to partner with a global brand,” said Joseph Stettinius, Cassidy Turley’s CEO who White will become CEO of

White helped CBRE through several major milestones, including a shift to public ownership in 2004 and three large acquisitions: Insignia/ESG Inc. in 2003, Trammell Crow Co. in 2006 and ING REIM in 2011.

Stettinius said the “combined companies will create a game-changing organization – not only for us but for the entire industry.”

TPG’s managing partner Ben Gray said Cassidy Turley would “complement DTZ’s existing very strong businesses in Asia and Europe as well as DTZ’s existing US businesses.”

markets throughout the US. It has managed international assignments through AOS Studley (its Paris-based affiliate in which it owns a 49% interest) As a merged entity, now operating as Savills Studley in the US, the 60-year-old firm (founded by Julien Studley and sold to its employees in 2002) is well positioned to develop new business from around the globe. That deal was structured to keep the firm’s top producers on board. The $260 million is to be paid to the brokerage’s 130 partners over 3 years (and part of it Steir is contingent on their sticking around). The US operation will continue to be run by Mitchell Steir, Studley's Chairman and CEO, and Michael Colacino, its president.

Combining Cassidy Turley and DTZ will put them approximately tied for the third largest firm in commercial real estate with Cushman & Wakefield and creates a platform by which they can tell their multinational clients that they have them covered in the U.S. CBRE is the by far the largest in the category, followed by JLL. This comes on the heels of the $260 million acquisition of New York-based Studley by London-based Savills that closed in May. Studley is well known for its tenant representation expertise in 25

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The DTZ investment consortium of TPG Capital, PAG Asia Capital and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has been is a global leader in property services, offering occupiers and investors end-to-end property solutions in a broad array of industries. It has 17,000+ employees operating across 61 offices in three countries. Until now, that is. Now it has made a deal to buy Cassidy Turley.

the Americas of the merged entity. Brett White, former CEO of CBRE Group, an investor in the consortium, will join the Board of Directors and become executive chairman of the new company in March 2015. Tod Lickerman will continue in his role as Global CEO of DTZ.

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Hurmis and Dan Spika to Investments Division Principals/EVPs • 22 CBRE promoted Will Douglas to First Vice President • 23 CBRE promoted Katie Ekstrom promoted to Vice President • 24 Matt Rader was promoted to Practice Leader of CBRE’s Cost Integrated Services Segregation Group • 25 CBRE hired Amy Mock as Texas Marketing Director • 26 CBRE Director of Research & Analysis Sara Rutledge joined the National Association for Business Economists Board of Directors • 27 John Beeck joined CBRE’s Healthcare Division as Regional Director • 28 Daphne Chong joined CBRE’s Healthcare Division as a Financial Analyst • 29 Penny Busch joined CBRE’s Healthcare Division as NI U Project Management • 30 Director Dan Coxall joined CBRE’s Healthcare Division as NG R C Hire Top Talent Alliance Director • 31 Scott Gerstner joined CBRE’s Healthcare Division as Finance Develop A High & Secure RE Performance A Competitive Manager • 32 Erik Flint joined CBRE’s Healthcare Division as Human Resources Culture Advantage Manager • 33 Toni David joined CBRE’s Healthcare Division as Senior Lease Administration Manager

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Expressions of praise given in the presence of many people.

Congratulations to Matthew L. Motes, a Shareholder with Decker Jones, who was elected 2014-2015 Chair of the Tarrant Bar Association’s Construction Law section.

Kudos to the 31 members of Adolfson & Peterson’s Richardson-based team who Motes assembled to accept the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness for Lou Gehrig’s disease. In addition to completing the challenge, the office also donated $100 per participant ($3,100) to support the ALS Association.

The highest acclaim goes out to Diane Butler, CEO of Butler Burgher Group (BBG), a leading national commercial real estate valuation, advisory and assessment firm, for being honored as a Distinguished Leader at the 2014 Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network Convention and Marketplace.

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NAMB (The Association of Mortgage Professionals) named President Donald J. Frommeyer, CRMS to be its Chief Executive Officer.

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Stoneleigh Companies announced the re-branding of their 20-story mixed-use luxury high rise under construction at the northwest corner of McKinney Avenue and Routh Street. When completed in mid-2016, One Uptown will be one of the most striking buildings in the Uptown neighborhood including 198 luxury apartments, 18,500 square feet of retail and restaurant space, and a 475car underground parking garage. Additional tower amenities will include two pools—Dallas’ highest private rooftop infinity pool and a second floor relaxation pool open to retail patrons featuring an outdoor club deck and full-service bar overlooking the bustling corner.

KDC and Invesco Real Estate broke ground on a 150,000 square foot 12-story Class A office building in Uptown Dallas on September 16th. It will feature six stories of boutique office space on top of a six-story parking structure with 8,500 square feet of ground floor retail and restaurant space.

BOKA Powell is the project architect, JLL is leasing the office space, and The Retail Connection is responsible for ground floor retail leasing.

Kudos to Fort Worth for being ranked #3 on Money Magazine’s Best Big-City Bargain list for housing affordability, economic strength, home price forecasts and livability. (Only Charlotte (#1) and Phoenix (#2) ranked higher.) Earlier this year, Livability.com named Fort Worth the #1 downtown in the United States (see the June issue of the network) and Estately named it the ‘most country city’ in America.

Add to that: Conde Nast Traveler’s annual Reader’s Choice Survey ranked Fort Worth the sixth friendliest city in America, and WalletHub ranked it #2 in 2014’s Fastest Growing Cities amongst large cities.

Way to go Austin and San Antonio on being ranked #1 and #5 respectively on Wallet Hub’s list of the Fast Growing Large Cities! (Check out the top 25 on page 34.)

Wow! WalletHub ranked Plano as the best city in the United States for families! Included in the averaged factors that comprise this rating, the city ranked #7 in both Health & Safety and Affordability and #1 in both Socio-Economic Environment and Education & Child Care.

Plano was also named number 1 in a list of the top 100 cities in America by areavibes.com. The city was also named the most affluent city by CNN Money and the safest city in America by Forbes in 2011.

Congratulations to JLL for being named by Toyota to oversee the development of its new North American Headquarters in Plano and for its Cities Research Center being named “Best in Class” in the real estate category of the Interactive Media Awards (IMA) for excellence in web design and development.

Hats off to Evan Stone, a Managing Director of JLL’s Capital Markets Group in Dallas for being recognized with the firm’s prestigious Prism Award - honoring employees who aspire to be inclusive in what they do to benefit from the rich variety of backgrounds, cultures and experiences their colleagues bring to the job.

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Congratulations to Bill Daily, President of Fort Worth-based Hamilton Form Company was named as one of eight 2014 Titans of Industry at the 2014 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s Convention held this fall in WashingtonD.C. Daily joins an elite group of leaders who have had a profound effect on the advancement of the industry.

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Congratulations to Jim Graham, Executive Vice President at Colliers International in Dallas, for earning the SIOR designation.

(L - R) Toby Grove, KDC, President; John Blaylock, Invesco Real Estate; Steve Van Amburgh, KDC, CEO; Adam Medrano, Dallas City Council; Philip T. Kingston, Dallas City Council; Greg Kraus, Invesco Real Estate Congratulations to Kevin M. Frederick, Vice President of Corporate Services at Henry S. Miller Real Estate Brokerage and a graduate of UNT, upon being been appointed to the Logistics Center for Education & Research Board of Directors at the University Of North Texas College Of Business.

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Congrats to Presidio Title’s Kim Ghez Graham (left), for winning the CREW Network Impact Award for career advancement for women at the national convention in Miami. Pictured here with CREW Network CEO Gail Ayers, Kim has been a driving force at CREW San Antonio for 10 years. dec2014 | the network

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Announcements The North Hills Medical Group signed a 23,500 sf lease on the Tarrant Hospital Campus at 12345 Center Street in Fort Worth. WashingtonJones Real Estate’s Alan Werner negotiated the lease.

••••• Underwater Basket Weaving signed a 5-year lease for 5000 sf at the (still under construction) Groundswell Mall in Round Rock. The mall is scheduled to open in February, 2015. Wesley Broker of ABC Realty represented developer Peter Piper Properties and Sam and Janet Evening of SJE Interests represented the tenant.

Construction Inc. and Roberts Engineering Associates, LLC have been signed by Simple Simon Developers to coordinate the construction and BCRE has inked an exclusive brokerage agreement and will begin preleasing efforts to coincide with the groundbreaking.

••••• The Texas Bidness Journal named Melinda Martinez of River Realty Partners Commercial Broker of the Year.

••••• The Santa Claus REIT has acquired the building at 2121 Loop 312 just north of the San Antonio city line. Originally a build-to-suit regional headquarters for the

now bankrupt Radio Slack, the property has been leased to Chances R, a Los Angeles headquartered educational programs company. Bea Leavitt of LLL represented the landlord in this 10-year triple net deal and Don Bothemy and Jess Keating of Miller-Wakefield Venture represented the tenant.

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Wellness in the Workplace

he number one asset of any business or organization is the people who make up that organization! Businesses can create a wellness culture for their employees which can lead to strategic advantages for the company such as reduced cost for insurance premiums, reduced workers’ comp claims, an increase in the productivity of employees, and less sick days.

Give a lawyer a fire, he’ll be warm for a day. Set a lawyer on fire, he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.

Ideas To Promote A Healthy Work Environment Stress Reduction: Businesses that promote a healthier lifestyle can

impact their employees by reducing depression and physical inactivity. Setting up a rest area for employees to unwind and relax can help reduce the pressures they face at their desks or work stations. This also sends a message that you care about them and you want them to be happy and healthy.

It is common knowledge that stress is the silent killer of many people today.

When a business can offer an opportunity for its employees to reduce their stress by being able to work out and exercise. This results in a more confident, enthusiastic, highly productive and less stressed employee.

Health Awareness: The workplace is an important setting for health

promotion. On average, Americans working full-time spend more than onethird of their day at the workplace. A study by the Center For Disease Control (The Impact of Workplace Health Programs) states, "Employers, workers, families and communities all benefit from the prevention of disease and injury and from sustained health.” Putting up healthy promotional materials, such as posters and signs in a café or break area, can help promote wellness. It also shows employees that you care about them and promotes a culture of healthy living.

Physical Fitness: One of the most effective and immediate ways to get

results is by providing an area for exercise. Fit employees typically have more energy, more confidence, better attitudes and take less sick days. Basically, the healthier the employee gets, the more productive he or she becomes. More than just talking about it, providing the tools needed for getting fit is the next step. A fitness center need not be an expensive endeavor; start by keeping things simple.

Providing a space for small group classes or simple stretching equipment is the beginning and the fitness center can grow from there. Furthermore, a fitness room is a great recruiting or leasing tool! If a company is looking for a space that has the option for a healthier work culture, a shared exercise room will provide more value than just handing out literature.

Work Spaces: A growing trend is the use of fitness office furniture. Simple products such as treadmill desks, ball chairs and adjustable desktops have become more popular and results in greater employee productivity. An employee will not typically spend all day standing or walking at his/her desk, so a shared workspace is a more economical way to do this. Offering an open workspace for employees creates more engaging conversation and camaraderie.

An organization offering wellness in the workplace can benefit by its employees having better attitudes, lower stress levels, higher motivation, greater productivity, more energy and focus, improved health, higher self confidence, leadership, team building, less injuries and lower employee turnover.

As a business, we expect our employees to give 100%. It only makes sense that health promotion should be a priority to any business and organization that wants to dynamically contribute to the health and happiness of its employees. n

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ajb@kesslercollins.com Anthony J. Barbieri is a shareholder of Kessler Collins, PC in Dallas, Texas. He is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America and a member of the State Bar of Texas, Dallas Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is also a Contributing Editor of the network.

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- Fred Rodell, former Yale Law School Professor

doubt Professor Rodell was thinking about commercial leases when he said this. But ask any real-estate professional, and he/she will tell you that leases contain too much legalese. Although lawyers defend legalese as a way to be precise in their drafting, many lease provisions are quite mystifying.

Hopefully, this will demystify some of the most commonly misunderstood lease clauses and explain why they matter.

Legal Compliance

A landlord client once asked me, “Why do we care if the lease requires the landlord to comply with the law. Don’t we have to obey the law anyway?” While it is true that we should always obey the law, the bigger issue here is, Who pays to keep the premises in compliance with the law? During the lease term, laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Texas Architectural Barriers Act, and numerous zoning ordinances, building codes, and the like, may require substantial upgrades to the building and common areas. To understand this issue, a landlord should know the answers to all of these questions: • Who pays for and performs upgrades to the premises and common areas to keep them in legal compliance when the lease starts?

• Who pays for and performs upgrades to the premises triggered by a tenant’s specific use? For example, a hospital or medical clinic has different ADA requirements than a “spec” warehouse space.

• Who pays for and performs upgrades to the premises and common areas triggered by changes in the law after the lease starts?

The answers to these questions – and thus the allocation of costs – vary from lease to lease.

Casualty & Condemnation

Casualty (i.e., a fire or other damage) and condemnation (i.e., governmental taking of part or all of the building or common areas) are unique leasing issues because the odds of a casualty or condemnation occurring are (thankfully) very low; however, if a casualty or condemnation occurs, the odds of numerous expensive problems and headaches are commonly (and unfortunately) very high.

From a business perspective, the landlord needs to understand how the following concepts are addressed in each lease: • Does the landlord have to restore/repair the premises?

• Does the landlord have adequate insurance to cover repairs/restorations for a casualty?

• What happens if the landlord’s insurance doesn’t pay to repair/restore?

• Is rent abated during the casualty?

• Can the landlord terminate the lease instead of repairing/restoring? Can the tenant terminate?

• Does the tenant have insurance to restore its fixtures, furnishings and equipment?

• What rights does tenant have to claim any condemnation awards?

In addition to insuring the building in the event of a casualty, most landlords will carry rent loss insurance to cover any interruption in rent due to a casualty. This insurance makes it economically feasible for the landlord to abate the tenant’s rent during a casualty. Of course, the landlord will want to make sure it can pass the premiums through to the tenant.

Force Majeure

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sometimes affectionately referred to as the landlord’s “get out of jail free” card. On the flip side, tenants often want that same right to “get out of jail free” card and to avoid obligations due to a force majeure event. But before you agree to make this right mutual, be careful to state that your tenant cannot use force majeure to evade fundamental lease obligations, such as the obligation to pay rent, carry insurance, or surrender the premises at expiration. A careful landlord will also require a tenant to provide notice before invoking the force majeure clause, and will also put a time limit on the number of days the tenant can use force majeure to delay performance.

Quiet Enjoyment

The legal concept of “quiet enjoyment” is a long-standing legal theory. At its core, the concept means that as long as the tenant is not in default, the landlord will not disturb its right to use the premises. That includes the landlord’s actions as well as those of other tenants in the building or shopping center. If the landlord or another tenant breaches this covenant, the suffering tenant can file a lawsuit to stop the disturbance and seek damages. In certain (extreme) circumstances, the tenant may even have the right to abandon the premises, stop paying rent, terminate the lease and sue for damages.

Some leases expand this concept to protect the tenant from third parties (other than the landlord and other tenants). Landlords should never agree to this concept. Likewise, landlords should examine their lease language and consider adding limits on their liability in case a tenant makes a claim for breach of the covenant of quiet enjoyment. From a property management standpoint, a landlord should not summarily dismiss a tenant’s complaints about noises, odors or other disturbances.

Condition of Premises & Warranties

Almost all (landlord friendly) lease forms state that the premises will be accepted in an “AS IS WHERE IS” condition. Tenants often balk at this because they do not want to be responsible for every problem or defect that pops up. For example, some tenants will want the landlord to be responsible for “latent” (hidden) defects.

To protect themselves, tenants will often negotiate a “warranty” that requires landlord to fix defects, repairs, cure legal violations, etc. As a landlord, if water down your boilerplate “AS IS WHERE IS” clauses with some type of warranty, consider some restrictions or limitations on the warranty. For example, consider the following limitations on a warranty: • Any defects or problems must be reported shortly after the tenant takes possession.

• The landlord is not responsible if the tenant delays providing notice or makes the condition worse.

• Limit the landlord’s liability to fixing the item in question and expressly state

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that the landlord is not liable for the tenant’s monetary damages. For example, if the roof leaks the week after the tenant moves in, landlord might agree to fix it for free, but the landlord should not be responsible for damage to tenant’s equipment or inventory.

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Indemnification

The purpose of a lease isn’t just to get the ‘deal points’ in writing. A lease also allows the parties to allocate risk between them. A common tool to shift risk is through indemnification. An indemnity clause requires one party to protect the other party for things that go wrong, such as damage to the premises/building, personal property, or physical harm to a human. Indemnification clauses are not isolated on their own private island – they have to work jointly with the insurance, subrogation (if applicable), default, waiver and limitations of liabilities clauses. For example, the indemnity clause should protect the landlord for personal injuries and damages to property that occur in the premises, and these risks should be covered by the tenant’s insurance. Damage to the premises, improvements and the tenant’s FF&E (fixtures, furnishings and equipment) should be covered by insurance and a waiver of subrogation (see below) should prevent either party from making property damage claims against the other. The default clause in the lease protects the landlord by allowing it to pursue damages against the tenant if it defaults. On the flip side, if the lease requires landlord to indemnify the tenant, the landlord can reduce its risk through insurance and adding proper waivers and limits of liability in the lease.

Subrogation & Waiver of Subrogation

Subrogation and subordination are not the same thing. Subrogation means that one party ‘steps into the shoes’ of another party for the purposes of suing someone to recover damages. Property damage claims are the most commonly subrogated claims. In some states, worker’s compensation claims can also be subrogated. Not all claims may be subrogated. Subrogation works like this: suppose your tenant or your vendor damages part of the building. Unless your tenant/vendor or their insurance company pays for the damage, you may have to submit a claim to your insurance company. If your insurance company pays the claim, they may want to recover their out-of-pocket costs against the responsible party. In most states (including Texas), your insurance company becomes subrogated to your rights to sue the tenant or vendor. In essence, your insurance carrier ‘steps into your shoes’ and files the lawsuit.

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A waiver of subrogation clause minimizes lawsuits and claims between the parties because the risk is shifted to the insurance company, and the insurance premiums are typically passed through. As a practical matter, if the lease requires the parties to waive subrogation, you must ensure both parties’ insurance policies allow for such waiver. Sometimes parties argue that a waiver of subrogation is not fair. But real-estate professionals like certainty, and waivers of subrogation help provide a level of certainty because the landlord and tenant each purchases insurance to cover certain losses. The insurance company has been compensated for this via premiums, and should be responsible for the loss without seeking reimbursement.

This is another reason to ensure that the tenants pay their share of insurance through passing along operating expenses (i.e., CAM charges).

Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment

These three concepts took center stage during the economic downtown because, generally speaking, if a landlord defaults on its mortgage, and its lender forecloses, the tenant risks getting kicked out and losing its investment in the premises, even though the tenant is not in default. The tenant’s risk is the result of being “junior” (subordinate) to the landlord’s lender.

The tenant is almost always junior either because the lender’s deed of trust (mortgage) was recorded before the lease was signed or because the lease states that tenant’s rights are subordinate (junior) to any existing or future mortgages.

Tenants can protect themselves with a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement, (a/k/a SNDA). The subordination portion permits the landlord’s lenders’ lien to be superior to the tenant’s lease. The attornment clause in a SNDA ensures that a tenant can’t get out of the lease after a foreclosure. The attornment provision states the tenant will recognize the lender as the landlord in the event of a foreclosure.

So, where does the tenant’s protection come from? Well, the non-disturbance clause in the SNDA permits the lease to stay in force so long as the tenant is not in default. Tenants looking toward a long-term lease with expensive improvements will most certainly want a good SNDA.

Conclusion

While all this lease language may just be a play on words, it is a game that all real-estate professionals need to understand to protect their interests and reduce their risks. n

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Hearing Loss: Denial is Your Worst Enemy

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re you someone who has hearing loss but has chosen not to explore treatment, such as hearing testing or hearing aids? Or do you have a loved one who refuses to get their hearing checked? Here is some motivation for you and your family to take the first steps toward restored hearing.

If you read statistics about hearing loss, the most glaring fact is that of the estimated 30 million people who have hearing loss, only about 22% actually wear hearing aids.

Alarming? You bet. Even more alarming are current studies showing the negative effect that untreated hearing loss has on family and friends.

Good communication is at the foundation of all successful relationships, allowing both parties to convey thoughts and emotions. A relationship is bound to struggle if you take away the ability to talk, hear and respond.

Clearly, none of us would choose for our relationships to suffer as a result of hearing loss. So why do so many refuse to seek help for their hearing problems? The answer is simple—denial. But as the ability to communicate decreases and relationships begin to fall by the wayside, perhaps it is time for us all to have an open and honest conversation about the presence of hearing loss in our lives and the lives of our loved ones.

Consider the findings of a British study that surveyed 1,500 people with hearing loss over the age of 55: almost 50% said that relationships with their partner, friends, or family had negatively suffered because of their hearing loss. Here are some other sobering statistics from that study: • 34% reported to have lost touch with friends and family members, and several individuals said their marriage fell apart as a result of the hearing loss.

• 69% said their hearing loss seriously hinders their ability to take part in everyday conversation.

• 52% feel “left out” and ignored in social situations.

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twelve if by rail

here's something incredibly romantic about traveling by train, and these days there are even more reasons to do it. Rail is more environmentally friendly and it’s getting faster every year. Keeping up with this green mode of transportation, futuristic highspeed rail stations are all the rage. China is leading the pack and Europe not too far behind as countries upgrade their older facilities, but so many of the older buildings have a character that is – and will probably always be - timeless

Then and Now 1 New York City’s Grand Central Terminal turned 100 last year. An elegant,

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elaborately decorated monument to railway history with more platforms (44) than any other station in the world, it has appeared in dozens of films, including Men in Black, Carlito's Way, Bad Boys, and The Godfather, helping make it one of the city's most visited tourist attractions.

2 Gare du Nord, in Paris, is by far the busiest railway station in Europe, with around 190 million passengers using it each year. It was inaugurated in 1846, making it one of the world's oldest, and has an imposing façade designed by Jacques Hittorff. as Victoria Terminus. The historic gothic structure is still used by around three million commuters each day and was featured in the film Slumdog Millionaire.

4 Estación de Madrid Atocha, Madrid's largest railway station, opened in 1851. Its

most spectacular feature is a vast plaza filled with plants, tropical flowers and even rare turtles.

A somber memorial to the 191 victims of the 2004 Madrid train bombings stands above the station.

5 Haydarpasa Terminal, in Istanbul, is Eastern Europe's busiest station. It opened in 1872 and occupies an atmospheric waterside location.

6 Antwerpen-Central Station in Belgium (a/k/a the "Railway Cathedral" because of

the monumental size of its main building) was designed by architect L Delacenserie. It has a huge dome and eight smaller towers, six of which were destroyed during the 1950s, and reconstructed in 2009, along with several ornaments including large lion statues. The interior is known for its luxurious decoration, with more than 20 different kinds of marble and stone.

Now and Tomorrow – an emphasis on daylighting 7 The vast 1,700-ton steel and glass dome of London's revamped King's Cross Station

(which opened in 1852 and completed a 5-year renovation in 2012 handled by John McAslan + Partners) is a miracle of light and latticework, which gives it a breathtakingly futuristic look.

Skylights over the main train shed transform it into a fresh and modern space, while the new Western Concourse is a stunning building with a huge free-spanning translucent roof.

8 The transparent Liège-Guillemins TGV Station in Belgium connects high-speed

rail lines to Northern Europe. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, it prominently makes use of natural daylighting and is an elegant building to serve as the gateway to a city undergoing a renewal.

9 The Guangzhou South Railway Station in China is one of a number of new rail stations in the country, and a critical link its high-speed rail network. The TFP Farrellsdesigned station maximizes natural daylight and minimizes energy use while, of course, improving the public transportation network.

10 The Newport Station in Wales, designed by Grimshaw Architects, is a spiraling futuristic facility that connects both sides of the city. It was renovated in 2010 in advance of the Ryder Cup and features energy efficient design, rainwater harvesting and an ETFE membrane on the roofs to soak up natural daylighting.

11 The Hyllie Station in Malmö, Sweden is an out-of-this-world facility that places a

strong focus on natural daylight. Designed by Metro Arkitekter, it was completed in 2010 and serves passengers from Copenhagen and Malmö.

12 The Tianjin West Railway Station in China is another critical high-speed rail station outside of Beijing and serves as a stop on the way to Shanghai. Designed by gmp Architekten, it features a 400-meter-long barrel vault roof that rises over the terminal concourse, soaking up the sun to create an invigorating and naturally day lit space below.

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How come we say ‘tunafish’ but not ‘beefmammal’ or chickenbird’?

3 Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai was built in 1888 and originally known

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“Drab and bleak” describes the childhood of young Anson; he was born in 1798 of Puritanical parents - the direct descendants of Oliver Cromwell, the supreme commander of all Puritans.

Not Paging Dr. Jones…

One day Anson visited a printing shop and decided he would like to be a printer. But that was not to be. His father told his puny, shy, timid son, “You will study medicine.” He did, and somehow he made it. He became a doctor. Oh, the family was proud.

But, he failed in the profession - no patients. What else to do? Teach school!

After six months in the classroom, he was asked to go to Venezuela and there he blossomed. For the first time in his life he felt superior. When he returned to Philadelphia two years later, he was a different person. He felt good about himself.

Westward, Ho!

In Philadelphia, he acquired more medical knowledge and joined Masonic Lodge No. 13. After a while, he decided that a medical career awaited him in New Orleans, but, alas, it didn’t. There were too many doctors there and not enough patients, so when he heard that a ship (the Sabine) was sailing for Texas, he bought a ticket, thinking that if he didn’t like it he could always return to New Orleans. Late in October 1833, the Sabine dropped anchor in Texas. Anson came ashore, looked at the scene, and decided he didn’t like the wilderness of Texas. He started back to the boat only to discover it had sailed without him. Destiny had a role for Anson.

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Santa Anna

The doctor worked his way into ‘Mr. Austin’s Texas’ and Anson Jones arrived in Brazoria. There he met Austin’s cousin, Mary Austin Holley, the lady who wrote the first book about Texas in the English language. This book brought many to Texas because in the last chapter she states, “If you’re looking for God, He’s in Texas.”

Anson Jones needed heavenly help… and he got it.

Seasonal illnesses, scarlet fever, and a localized small pox outbreak kept him really busy. He was making at least $5,000 a year - a fortune at that time.

Early Texas Politics

Time marched on, and the Texas revolution was at hand.

Sam Houston, the big man sent to Texas by Andrew Jackson, defeated Santa Anna on April 21, 1836 and Texas became a Republic. This marked the beginning of Texas politics and Sam Houston firmly believed that, if either Austin or Henry Smith (a long time voice of the anti-Mexican faction) should be elected president, it would be next to impossible to organize and sustain a government. Only Big Sam could do it and he was elected the first President of Texas. Dr. Anson Jones served in the cabinet while still clinging to his medical practice.

Houston served two terms and reluctantly turned over the presidency to Mirabeau Lamar. Sam went to Alabama on a vacation, met a beautiful lady, and married her. At about the same time, Dr. Jones met and married Mary Smith McCrory, also a beautiful and lovely lady. They welcomed their first son into the world a year later and named him Sam Houston Jones.

Anson Jones continued serving the Republic and was truly disappointed when Sam didn’t support him for president. Sam wanted the job back himself. Finally, in 1844, Anson Jones was elected President of the Republic and he worked hard to get Texas into the union. Many considered him the “Architect of Annexation.”

Texas came into the Union, and Anson Jones became a forgotten man. He was so discouraged that he formally changed the name of his son from Sam Houston Jones to Samuel Edward Jones.

He went to Houston, Texas to start a medical practice but was defeated by the poor reception he received there and took his own life. He is remembered in Jones County, where the county seat is in Anson,Texas. n

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If what you don’t know can’t hurt you, he’s practically invulnerable.

his is the story of Anson Jones. Who???? He was the last president of the Republic of Texas. Herbert Grambrell, the well-remembered Texas historian, wrote the only biography of this forgotten Texan.

Jones was born in New England and came penniless to Mexican Texas in 1833. In ten years, he helped his adopted country through the turbulent disorders of settlement, revolution, political experimentation and statehood.

His personality is split in so many ways, he goes for group therapy on his own.

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London , Texas 76854 Pep, Texas 79353 Moscow, Texas 75960 Smiley, Texas 78159 New London, Texas 75682 Paradise, Texas 76073 Paris, Texas 75460 Rainbow, Texas 76077 Palestine, Texas 75801 Sweet Home, Texas 77987 Want to go into space?

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Tarzan, Texas 79783 Texas has them all!

Winnie, Texas 77665 Detroit, Texas 75436 Sylvester, Texas 79560 Cleveland, Texas 75436 Colorado City, Texas 79512 And if that wasn’t enough….

Denver City, Texas 79323 Frognot, Texas 75424 Klondike, Texas 75448 Bigfoot, Texas 78005 Nevada, Texas 75173 Hogeye, Texas 75423 New Boston, 75570 Cactus, Texas 79013 Memphis, Texas 79245 Notrees, Texas 79759 Miami, Texas 79059 Best, Texas 76932 Boston, Texas 75570 Veribest, Texas 76886 Santa Fe, Texas 77517 Kickapoo, Texas 75763 Tennessee Colony, Texas 75861 Dime Box, Texas 77853 Reno, Texas 75462 Old Dime Box, Texas 77853 Pasadena, Texas 77506 Telephone, Texas 75488 Columbus, Texas 78934 Telegraph, Texas 76883 Whiteface, Texas 79379 Feel like traveling outside the country?

Twitty, Texas 79079 Athens, Texas 75751 Cut n Shoot, Texas 77303 Canadian, Texas 79014 Gun Barrell City , Texas 75147 China, Texas 77613 Hoop And Holler, Texas 77369 Egypt, Texas 77436 Ding Dong, Texas 76542 Ireland, Texas 76538 Muleshoe , Texas 79347 Italy, Texas 76538 Turkey, Texas 79261

d iv ers i n s Oxymorons from A to Z An oxymoron is a figure of speech that juxtaposes elements that appear to be contradictory or incongruous.

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“My mother says I ran away from home before I was 3! Clearly I have always wanted to go places!” says the artist.

“From there, all I needed was a camera. Today, travel is still my passion and I am happiest when I am seeing, experiencing, and photographing new things locally and globally.”

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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.)

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.

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WINTER SOLSTICE December 20

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY January 19

PRESIDENTS DAY February 16

TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY March 2

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME March 8

Winter Solstice is an astronomical phenomenon that marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year.

Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday on the third Monday of January. It celebrates the life and achievements the influential American civil rights leader.

Presidents Day is always celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is a combined celebration of George Washington’s birthday (February 22) and Abraham Lincoln’s birthday (February 12).

Texas Independence Day is an annual legal holiday in Texas. March 2 also marks Texas Flag Day and Sam Houston Day.

Daylight Savings Time is a way of making better use of the natural daylight by setting clocks forward one hour during the summer months, and back again in the fall..

December 2014

2 IREM Fort Worth | Holiday Luncheon 2 BOMA Fort Worth |Luncheon 2 CREW Fort Worth | Holiday Party 2 AI North Texas | Holiday Party and Installation of Officers 3 San Antonio AIA | Holiday Party 3 SCR | Breakfast at Colonial Country Club 4 ASA | Holiday Open House 4 AIA Dallas | Holiday Party 3 BOMA Fort Worth | Luncheon 5 BOMA San Antonio | Holiday Luncheon 5 IIDA San Antonio | Winterfest 8 AIA Dallas| Achieving 2030 Goals on the Project and at the Office 9 CREW San Antonio | Holiday Luncheon 9 IREM Austin | Holiday Party 9 BOMA Dallas | Monthly Luncheon 10 AIA Fort Worth | USGBC | ASID | 5 other groups | Collaborative Holiday Party 11 San Antonio AIA | Emerging Professionals Event 11 IFMA Austin | Holiday Lunch 12 CREW Dallas | Holiday Awards Luncheon 15 NAWIC Dallas | Holiday Party

16 CRE Dallas/Fort Worth | Holiday Event 18 BOMA Austin | Holiday Mix ‘n Mingle Luncheon 18 TEXO | Holiday and Awards Gala

January 2015

9-10 and 16-17 IIDA DFW | ZeroLandfill 13 CREW San Antonio | Luncheon 16-19 BOMA International | Winter Business Meeting and Leadership Conference 19 NAWIC Dallas | Dinner Meeting 21 BOMA San Antonio | Luncheon 21 North Texas CCIM and CREW | Joint luncheon 22 SCR | Installation of Officers at The Petroleum 22 BOMA Fort Worth | Holiday Party 23 ASA | Lunch Meeting 24-25 Texas BOMA : Advocacy Day 27 AIA Dallas | DAF Panels: Design Directions 27 San Antonio AIA | Tour of Children’s’ Museum 27-28 ASA | Walk on the Capital

February 2015 10 CREW San Antonio | Luncheon 11 BOMA Fort Worth | Luncheon 12 ASA | Top Golf Tournament

15-17 IAVM | Performing Arts Managers Conference in San Francisco 16 NAWIC Dallas | Dinner Meeting 16 AIA Dallas | Architecture Matters Tour 18 AIA Fort Worth | UTA Design Expo 18 BOMA San Antonio | Luncheon 18-20 IIDA| TX-OK Chapter Student Conference in Houston 20 ASA | Texas Lien Laws Seminar at ASA Conference Center

March 2015

1-3 IAVM | Guest Experience and Crowd Management Conference in Dallas 3 BOMA Fort Worth | Monthly Luncheon 7 AIA Dallas | 2B an Architect 10 CREW San Antonio | Luncheon 16 NAWIC Dallas | Dinner Meeting 18 BOMA San Antonio | Luncheon 21-22 NAWIC Dallas | Plano New Home and Remodeling Show 22 BOMA Fort Worth | Bowling Tournament at Main Event 25 SACR | March Breakfast at Colonial Country Club 26 Fort Worth BOMA | Bowling Tournament 26-29 ASA | National Convention in Seattle

Please go to our affiliates’ websites (all listed on the masthead page) to get to the most up-to-date information.

Entries are the best information available at press time. Check the website of the organization in advance for changes and up-to-date information.

If your commercial real estate organization is not included and would like to be, please write to editor@crestnetwork.com. (See page 8 for association websites.)

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dsmith@lencore.com David Smith is the Director of Channel and Business Strategy for Lencore, a leading manufacturer of sound masking systems.

This is Sound Control to Major Tom Today’s workplace design is changing rapidly

A company’s greatest asset is its people. But employees are also a company’s largest expense and therefore any organization is going to try and maximize its return by setting them in the best possible space. Through redesign of the workplace, companies today are developing new layouts that allow for a more collaborative, productive environment while minimizing real estate expense.

This trend, however, is leading to noisier, more disruptive work places. The good news is there are potential solutions.

choice. In essence there are five criteria for a comfortable sound in sound masking systems: Full Broad Band Sound, Wrap Around, Multiple Noise Sources, Uniformity and Tuning Flexibility.

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What Are the Ways to Control Sound?

There are three primary, industry recognized methods of controlling sound.

They are known as the ABCs of sound control. “A” is to absorb. Speech travels in a wave which looks for the path of least resistance. Materials such as fabric panels, acoustical ceiling tile, and carpet absorb that sound wave and help to minimize the amount of reverberation back into the space. Today’s trends, however, are removing many of those materials and actually replacing it with hard surfaces such as reclaimed woods and glass. The second method, or “B”, is to block. Blocking sound is typically accomplished by building walls or harnessing hard surfaces to bounce the noise back into the space. Again, in order to maximize space utilization with employee bodies, the design trend is a more open, collaborative environment. Also, costs are contained by not building walls from the floor to the deck above but rather only to the ceiling height. The last method is to cover, “C.” Sound masking is a way to introduce noise into the space and gently cover the indirect speech of those around the employee. Sound masking raises the ambient background sound and masks, or covers, unwanted office noise.

What Is Sound Masking?

Sound masking, when properly designed, dynamically improves comfort and collaboration in the workspace by gently raising the ambient background sound uniformly with a clean, consistently random, broadband, non-intrusive sound.

It changes the speech to noise ratio within a space. Through scientifically engineered sound amplified through individual speakers installed above or in the ceiling throughout the space a uniform field is created. The sound masking system “fills” the plenum and filters down into the space below, without phasing, to gently raise the background sound level. As a result, noise from overheard speech becomes less intelligible and allows the individual to be more productive.

Are there Different Types of Sound Masking?

Three system types exist for sound masking. Networked Systems are engineered to meet a facility’s specific needs while providing superior sound quality, extreme design flexibility, one point of control, virtually limitless zoning capabilities, easy expansion, and complete system access with the click of the remote or mouse, on site, off-site, or around the world. Non-Networked Systems are typically described as “set it and forget it” systems. These self-contained systems provide superior sound quality – giving you comfort and speech privacy. Wallmounted or InfraRed (IR) controls are available with these systems for control flexibility. Self Contained Units are desktop and under-counter systems available for individual work stations.

How are the Speakers Oriented?

Most often design layouts allow for the preferred manner of indirect firing speakers which fill the plenum with sound and provide more efficient and uniform masking. Alternative designs sometimes create a need for direct firing or in-floor masking applications which, when designed properly, can achieve privacy and comfort.

Did You Know?

Sound masking is proven to add value, because it addresses several of the biggest issues in workplace design: Noise, privacy and comfort. In certain industries (e.g., healthcare and finance) it can also help address federal mandates for privacy such as those under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) or the GrammLeach-Bliley Act (GLBA).

What To Look For In a Sound Masking System?

The consumable for Sound Masking is the SOUND itself. There are two critical criteria for any sound masking system: Speech Privacy and Comfort. A quality sound masking system must achieve both to be effective for your space. Speech Privacy: The primary purpose for installing a sound masking system is to make conversations less intelligible and distracting – to cover the noise. The most common industry standard, ASTM E-1130: The Standard Test Method for Objective Measurement of Speech Privacy in Open Plan Spaces Using Articulation Index is the primary test to determine speech privacy. In essence this test measures the percentage of a sentence that can be understood and is rated on the Articulation Index (AI). If the AI measures .20 or below, you have achieved speech privacy because effectively an individual cannot make out more than 20% of a conversation.

When designing for LEED (Leadership in Energy Efficiency and Design) incorporating sound masking becomes key to helping occupants be satisfied with the new, green designs since many of the sustainable practices and elements contribute to an increase in acoustic and noise complaints.

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Big D New Year’s Eve Party in Victory Park The FREE party offers food tents, bars, live music including a band competition and the famous midnight countdown, ball drop and fireworks display.

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The 119th year of the heart pounding rodeo, world class livestock, kid-friendly exhibits, live music, cowboy cuisine, “Moo-seum Experience” fun, carnival/ midway thrills and four acres of incredible shopping.

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(11 AM Jan. 2, 2015) Fort Worth Amon G. Carter Stadium (on the campus of TCU) and on ESPN The 12th edition of the postseason college football bowl game - the first time this game has been held in January.

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enice, in northeastern Italy, lies on a group of 117 small islands separated by 177 canals in a shallow lagoon connected by 409 bridges. It is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. Beyond the road and rail land entrances at the northern edge of the city, transportation within the city remains (as it was in centuries past) entirely on water or on foot. The canals serve the function of roads and, as such, provide the means for transport of goods and people within the city.

Venice is Europe’s largest urban car-free area. The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site, along with the Venetian lagoon.

(A World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as of special cultural or physical significance.)

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Venice has a rich and diverse architectural style, the most famous of which is Gothic.

Venetian Gothic architecture is a term given to a Venetian building style combining use of the Gothic lancet arch with Byzantine and Ottoman influences. Chief examples of the style are the Doge’s Palace and the Ca’ d’Oro in the city. The city also has several Renaissance and Baroque buildings, including the Ca’ Pesaro and the Ca’ Rezzonico.

One of the most important tourist destinations in the world, the city has an average of 50,000 tourists a day. Its attractions include St Mark’s Basilica, the Grand Canal, and the Piazza San Marco. The Lido di Venezia is also a popular international luxury destination, attracting thousands of actors, critics, and celebrities. The city also relies heavily on the cruise business.

No cars in the heart of the city - only boats

The classical Venetian boat is the gondola, (plural: gondole) although it is now mostly used for tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies, or to cross the Canale Grande in the absence of a nearby bridge. Many gondolas are lushly appointed with crushed velvet seats and Persian rugs. At the front of each gondola that works in the city, there is a large piece of metal called the ‘ferro,’ or iron. Its shape has evolved through the centuries, as documented in many well-known paintings. Its form, topped by a likeness of the Doge’s hat, became gradually standardized, and was then fixed by local law. n

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Historically, the city was the capital of the Republic of Venice (which existed from the late 7th century until 1797 and was a major maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades as well as a very important center of commerce and art). Venice has been known as the “La Dominante”, “Serenissima”, “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of Water”, “City of Masks”, “City of Bridges”, “The Floating City”, and “City of Canals”. It is widely considered one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in the world.

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The Stories Behind the 32 Team Names of the NFL

When Rankin Smith brought professional football to Atlanta, a radio station sponsored a contest to name the team. Thirteen hundred people suggested names like ‘Peaches’, ‘Vibrants’, ‘Lancers’, ‘Confederates’, ‘Firebirds’, and ‘Thrashers’. Several submitted the nickname Atlanta Falcons, but Julia Elliott of nearby Griffin was declared the winner because of her reasoning: “The falcon is proud and dignified, with great courage and fight.

It never drops its prey. It is deadly and has great sporting tradition.” She won four season tickets for three years and a football autographed by the entire 1966 inaugural team.

Since the team played at Wrigley Field, (home of baseball’s Cubs), he chose to stick with the same animal family.

Owner, general manager, and head coach Paul Brown nicknamed the 1968 AFL expansion franchise honor of the football team nicknamed the Cincinnati Bengals that played there from 1937-1942 to “provide a link with past professional football in Cincinnati.” The fans’ most popular suggestion was the ‘Buckeyes’.

Team owner Mickey McBride conducted a fan contest in 1945 and the most popular submission was the Cleveland Browns. According to one version of the story, Paul Brown (after its first coach and general manager) attempted to veto the name, choosing Panthers instead; however, a local businessman owned the rights to the name Cleveland Panthers. (Some say the team was named after boxer Joe Louis who was nicknamed the ‘Brown Bomber’.)

The Baltimore Ravens (a reference to Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem), was chosen over ‘Americans’ and ‘Marauders’ in a contest conducted by the Baltimore Sun. Poe died and is buried in Baltimore. Of the over 33,000 voters in the newspaper’s contest, more than 21,000 picked ‘Ravens’. Owner Art Modell had attempted to buy the Colts nickname back from the franchise that left Baltimore for Indianapolis in 1984.

When the Dallas Cowboys entered the NFL in 1960, they were originally the ‘Steers’. General Manager Texas E. Schramm, thinking that having a castrated bovine as a mascot might bring ridicule, changed the name to the ‘Rangers’. Soon after, to prevent people confusing the team with the (then) local minor league baseball team named the ‘Rangers’, he changed the nickname to Cowboys shortly before the season began.

The Buffalo Bills nickname was suggested as part of a fan contest in 1947 to rename Buffalo’s AllAmerica Football Conference team (the ‘Bisons’).

The name referenced Buffalo Bill Cody and was selected over Bullets, Nickels, and Blue Devils.

Denver was a charter member of the AFL in 1960 and Denver Broncos (submitted with a 25-word essay by Ward M. Vining) was the winning entry among 162 fans who responded in a name-theteam contest. A Denver team by the same name played in the Midwest Baseball League in 1921.

The Carolina Panthers team president Mark Richardson, the son of the team owner, chose the name because “it…signifies what we thought a team should be—powerful, sleek and strong.” He also chose the 1995 expansion team’s color scheme (black, blue and silver).

In 1934, George A. Richards purchased and moved and renamed the Portsmouth Spartans the Detroit Lions. The name was likely derived from the city’s baseball team (the Tigers) who won 101 games and the AL pennant that year.

In 1921, A charter member of the American Professional Football Association, the Decatur ‘Staleys’ (named for their sponsor – the Staley Starch Company), moved to Chicago in 1921.

When George Halas purchased the team in 1922, he changed the name to the Chicago Bears.

Founder Earl “Curly” Lambeau’s employer, the Indian Packing Company, sponsored Green Bay’s football team (hence – the Green Bay Packers) and provided equipment and access to the field. The Indian Packing Company became the Acme Packing Company and later folded, but the name stuck.

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The Baltimore Colts, a member of the All-America Football Conference from 1947-1950, were named in honor of the region’s history of horse breeding.

The name remained when a new franchise began play in 1953 and after the team relocated to Indianapolis in 1984 (hence – the Indianapolis Colts.

The Jacksonville Jaguars name was selected through a fan contest in 1991- 4 years before the team would begin play. Jaguars aren’t native to Jacksonville, but the oldest living jaguar in North America was housed in the Jacksonville Zoo. Other names considered: Sharks and Stingrays.

Beginning in the AFL in 1960, the Dallas Texans moved to Kansas City in 1963. Owner Lamar Hunt changed the team’s name to the Kansas City Chiefs after considering Mules, Royals, and Stars.

He may have been swayed by Kansas City Mayor H. Roe Bartle, whose nickname was The Chief. Bartle helped lure the team to Kansas City by promising that the city would meet certain attendance thresholds.

Nearly 20,000 entries in a contest resulted in Miami Dolphins who entered the AFL in 1966. More than 600 fans suggested Dolphins, but Marjorie Swanson was declared the winner after (supposedly) consulting a Magic 8-Ball and correctly predicting a tie in the 1965 college football game between Miami and Notre Dame - a follow-up contest. She won a lifetime season pass to Dolphins games.

When the Minnesota Vikings joined the NFL in 1961, Bert Rose, the team’s general manager, recommended the name to the team’s Board of Directors because “it represented both an aggressive person with the will to win and the Nordic tradition in the northern Midwest.” The team also became the first pro sports team to feature its home state, rather than a city, in the team name.

74 fans suggested Patriots in the name-the-team contest run by the management of Boston’s original AFL franchise in 1960. “Pat Patriot,” the cartoon of a Minuteman preparing to snap a football drawn by the Boston Globe’s Phil Bissell, was chosen as the team’s logo soon after. The first part of the team’s name changed from Boston to New England Patriots in 1971.

“Basically, my wife was immature. I’d be in the bath and she’d come in and sink my boats. “ Woody Allen

The Arizona Cardinals began in Chicago in 1898, moved to St. Louis in 1960 and Arizona in 1988. Owner Chris O’Brien purchased used/faded maroon jerseys from the University of Chicago in 1901 and dubbed the color “cardinal red.” A nickname was born. The team adopted the cardinal bird as part of its logo in 1947 and first featured a cardinal head on its helmets in 1960.

In 2002, the Houston Texans expansion franchise became the 6th professional football team named the Texans. (The Dallas Texans were an Arena Football League team from 1990 - 1993 and were renamed the ‘Desperados’. Houston owner Bob McNair chose Texans over ‘Apollos’ and ‘Stallions’.

“My husband said he needed more space…so I locked him outside.” Roseanne Barr

On All Saints’ Day, November 1, 1966, the city was awarded an NFL franchise. So it was not surprising when the New Orleans Saints was chosen in a name-the-team contest sponsored by the New Orleans States-Item, Chosen from among the entries by owner John Mecom, it was to honor the city’s jazz heritage and taken from the popular song, “When the Saints Go Marching In.” Once upon a time, New York City was home to three professional major league baseball teams – the Yankees, the Dodgers and the Giants. New York owner Tim Mara borrowed the New York Giants name from John McGraw’s National League baseball team, a common practice by football teams during an era when baseball was the nation’s preeminent team sport.

Originally called the ‘Titans’, the New York Jets were renamed in 1963 after Sonny Werblin and an investment group purchased the bankrupt franchise for $1 million. The name Dodgers was considered but Major League Baseball didn’t like it. ‘Gothams’ was turned down because it could be shorted to Goths, and ‘Borros’ (a play on the city’s boroughs) was nixed because of the possibility that opposing fans would make the Borros-burros connection the team the jackasses. They settled on the named because of the Shea Stadium’s proximity to LaGuardia Airport.

The team’s first general manager, Chet Soda, sponsored a name-the-team contest in 1960. The winning entry (‘Señors’) was submitted by Helen A. Davis, who won a trip to the Bahamas. The name was widely ridiculed in the weeks that followed and Soda and the team’s other investors decided to change the team’s nickname to the Oakland Raiders, which had been a finalist in the contest along with Lakers.

In 1933, Bert Bell and Lud Wray purchased the bankrupt Frankford ‘Yellowjackets’. The new owners renamed the team the Philadelphia Eagles in honor of the symbol of the National Recovery Act, which was part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.

The football team shared the same nickname as the Pittsburgh’s baseball team (the Pirates) from 1933 to 1940. The team didn’t have a winning season in any of those years, so owner Art Rooney held a rename-the-team contest. Joe Santoni, who worked in a mill for Pittsburgh Steel, was one of several fans who suggested the Pittsburgh Steelers. He received a pair of season tickets.

Owner Barron Hilton sponsored a name-the-team contest and promised a trip to Mexico City to the winner in 1960. Gerald Courtney submitted San

Diego Chargers. Supposedly, Hilton liked the

name so much that he didn’t open another letter.

The franchise spent one year in Los Angeles before relocating to San Diego. Hilton liked the name, in part, for its affiliation with his new Carte Blanche credit card and also becasue he was fond of the “Charge!” bugle cry played at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

Beginning in the All-America Football Conference in 1946, the San Francisco 49ers were named after the settlers who ventured to the area during the gold rush of 1849.

They originated in Cleveland in 1936 and spent 1946 -1994 in Los Angeles and trace their name to the college ranks. Principal owner Homer Marshman and general manager Damon “Buzz” Wetzel chose the name because Wetzel’s favorite football team had always been the Fordham Rams.

They retained the name – the St. Louis Rams – when they relocated there.

Can you name these 6 icons? (answers on page 70)

There were 1,700 unique names among the 20,000 + submitted in contest in 1975. They included: ‘Skippers’, ‘Pioneers’, ‘Lumberjacks’, and ‘Seagulls’.

About 150 people suggested Seattle Seahawks.

A Seattle minor league hockey team and Miami’s franchise in the All-America Football Conference had both used the name in the 1950s. “The team’s helmet design is a stylized head of an osprey, a fisheating hawk of the Northwest.

A panel of local sportswriters and representatives from the NFL expansion team, including owner Hugh F. Culverhouse, chose the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from an original list of more than 400 names in 1975. A popular choice among fans in a name-the-team contest, the name is reminiscent of the pirates who raided Florida’s coasts during the 17th century.

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After relocating from Houston in 1995, the Tennessee Titans played two seasons as the Oilers before owner Bud Adams held a contest to rename the team. Titans was chosen over ‘Tornadoes’, ‘Copperheads’, ‘South Stars’, and ‘Wranglers’. “We wanted a new nickname to reflect strength, leadership and other heroic qualities,’’ Adams told reporters.

One year after he acquired an NFL franchise in Boston, George Preston Marshall changed the team’s nickname from Braves to Redskins, According to most accounts, the nickname was meant to honor head coach and Native American William Henry “Lone Star” Dietz, though some question whether Dietz was a Native American. The Redskins kept their controversial nickname when they relocated to Washington, DC in 1937. (Hence - the Washington Redskins.)

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A Jody Sanders of Fort Worth and B Gary Ardis of Dallas each won Glenn Greenwald’s Book No Place to Hide. C Sharon Willis of Norcross won a Satechi Optical Mouse; D Elena Hardaway of San Antonio won the Penclic Bluetooth Mouse; E Anita Williams of Norcross won a Wii Powerboard; and Charlene Cutler of Austin (not pictured) won the Ogio Renegade.

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Answers from SEPTEMBER’s Contest: The 15 largest urban areas in the world Rank City 2012 Population 1 Mexico City 19,463,790 2 Moscow 15,512,700 3 Mumbai, MAH 16,910,211 4 NYC (NY, NJ, CT) 20,464,495 5 Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto 17,011,240

6 Sao Paolo 20,186,225 7 Seoul-Incheon 22,547,835 8 Shanghai, SHG 20,860,350 9 Tokyo-Yokohama 37,126,300 10 Manila 21,951,550 11 Jakarta 26,063,075 (answers from page 67)

1. El Exigente - The name of the choosy Colombian coffee buyer who appeared in a series of TV commercials for Savarin Coffee Company in the 1960s and 70s. Carlos Montalbán (brother of actor Ricardo Montalbán) played the role of El Exigente - “The Demanding One.” If he smiled when he taste-tested a cup of coffee, the whole community rejoiced, because El Exigente only chose those coffee beans of the finest quality (the “coffee-er coffee”).

2. The star of Dos Equis’ Most Interesting Man in the World campaign, actor Jonathan Goldsmith states,” I don’t always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis. Stay thirsty, my friends.” The Most Interesting Man made Dos Equis the first beer in the world to reach one million “likes” on Facebook. He has become a pop culture sensation, and sales have risen 20-30% since the campaign launched in 2007.

12 Guangzhou-Foshan, GD 16,827,225 13 Delhi, DL-HR-UP 22,242,750 14 Cairo 17,816,660 15 Beijing, BJ 17,311,350

gained national and even international recognition.

The Fremont Canning Company changed its name to Gerber Products Company in 1941. In 2011, the company chose the next Gerber Baby - a toddler named Mercy.

5. Jack Box (a/k/a Jack I. Box or Jack) has been the mascot of American restaurant chain Jack in the Box since 1994. In the advertisements, he is the founder, CEO, and ad spokesman for the chain. He has the appearance of a typical male – except for his huge round white head, blue dot eyes, black pointy nose, and a linear red smile. Most of the time he wears a yellow clown cap and a business suit.

6. The Great Root Bear, also called Rooty, is the mascot for A&W Root Beer. It was first used in 1974

by Canada’s A&W, and was later adopted 3. Joe Camel was created in 1974 by a British artist, Billy Coulton, for by the American chain. In a long-running a French advertising campaign that ran in the 1970s. He first appeared television advertising campaign for the in the U.S in 1988, in materials created for the 75th anniversary of Canadian A&W chain, his theme was a the cigarette brand. In 1991, the Journal of the American Medical The original Gerber baby, Ann Turner Cook, in a tuba-driven jingle entitled “Ba-Dum, BaAssociation published a study showing that by age six nearly as many 1927 sketch and today Dum” and released as a single by Attic Records in children could correctly respond that “Joe Camel” was associated with Canada, credited to “Major Ursus”, a play on the cigarettes as could respond that the Disney Channel logo was associated with Mickey Mouse, and constellation name Ursa Major, which means “great bear”. A&W Root alleged that the “Joe Camel” campaign was targeting children.

Beer is a root beer brand primarily available in the United States and Canada, started in 1919 by Roy W. Allen.[1] In 1922, Allen partnered 4. The Fremont Canning Company, owned and operated by Frank Daniel Gerber and his son Daniel with Frank Wright. They combined their initials to create the brand Frank Gerber conducted a contest in the summer of 1928. The “Gerber Baby” symbol was “A&W” and inspired a restaurant chain, founded in 1922 which sold introduced to help identify the new product and within sixty days, Gerber Strained Foods had root beer drinks for five cents.

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