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This episode explores the trends, secrets, and future of luxury and high-street retail in Los Angeles and beyond with Jay Luchs, Vice Chairman of Newmark.The Crexi Podcast explores various aspects of the commercial real estate industry in conversation with top CRE professionals. In each episode, we feature different guests to tap into their wealth of CRE expertise and explore the latest trends and updates from the world of commercial real estate.  In this episode, Shanti Ryle, Director of Content Marketing at Crexi, sits down with Jay, one of Los Angeles's most prominent retail commercial real estate brokers. They discuss Jay's background, his journey from aspiring actor to leading real estate broker, and his significant transactions, including deals with top global fashion brands and high-profile real estate deals along Rodeo Drive and Melrose Avenue. Jay shares insights into the world of luxury retail, the challenges and strategies in securing prime retail locations, and the importance of genuine connections and caring about the community's landscape. They also explore the impact of social media on retail, the dynamics of leasing and buying in high-demand areas, and Jay's perspective on the future of retail in Los Angeles.Introduction and Guest WelcomeJay Luxe's Background and Career HighlightsEarly Career and Transition to Real EstateChallenges and Strategies in Real EstateSpecialization in Retail LeasingNotable Deals and Community ImpactLuxury Retail and Market InsightsUnderstanding Real Estate PricingLocation and Rent DynamicsChallenges in Leasing and Landlord-Tenant RelationshipsImportance of Taxes and Broker RepresentationRetail Landscape and Market TrendsRestaurant Real Estate DynamicsFuture of Retail and Real Estate InsightsRapid Fire Questions and Closing Thoughts About Jay Luchs:Jay Luchs is Vice Chairman at Newmark and one of Los Angeles' most recognizable commercial real estate brokers, known for his “For Lease” and “Leased” signs across the city. He specializes in retail, office, and investment sales, representing top global fashion brands, entertainment companies, and emerging retailers. Luchs has completed major transactions for clients such as LVMH, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Celine, KITH, James Perse, and Equinox, including high-profile deals along Rodeo Drive, Melrose Avenue, and Sunset Boulevard.He played a key role in LVMH's $200 million purchase of the Luxe Hotel and the $122 million sale of 457-459 N Rodeo Drive to the Rueben Brothers. He's also helped launch first stores for brands like Alo Yoga and James Perse, and secured pop-up and permanent spaces for brands like Supreme, SKIMS, and Fear of God.In addition to retail, Luchs places corporate offices for fashion and entertainment clients, including Tom Ford, H&M, STAUD, and Brunel cuccinelli and various lvmh offices. He's also active in the local art and restaurant scenes, helping galleries like Gagosian and restaurants such as Craig's, Avra, and Tao Group find key locations across LA.Luchs and his team represent over 125 landlord listings in premier areas such as Rodeo Drive, Abbot Kinney, and Malibu. A top producer at Newmark since 2014, he has closed several billion dollars in deals. Originally from Maryland, Luchs graduated from the University of Virginia and has lived in Los Angeles since 1995. He serves on MOCA's Acquisition and Collections Committee. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to our newsletter and enjoy the next podcast delivered straight to your inbox. For show notes, past guests, and more CRE content, please check out Crexi's blog. Ready to find your next CRE property? Visit Crexi and immediately browse 500,000+ available commercial properties for sale and lease. Follow Crexi:https://www.crexi.com/​ https://www.crexi.com/instagram​ https://www.crexi.com/facebook​ https://www.crexi.com/twitter​ https://www.crexi.com/linkedin​ https://www.youtube.com/crexi

Hello Interactors,Spring at Interplace brings a shift to mapping, GIS, and urban design. While talk of industrial revival stirs nostalgia — steel mills, union jobs, bustling Main Streets — the reality on the ground is different: warehouses, data centers, vertical suburbs, and last-mile depots. Less Rosy the Riveter, more Ada Lovelace. Our cities are being shaped accordingly — optimized not for community, but for logistics.FROM STOREFRONTS TO STEEL DOORSLet's start with these two charts recently shared by the historian of global finance and power Adam Tooze at Chartbook. One shows Amazon passing Walmart in quarterly sales for the first time. The other shows a steadily declining drop in plans for small business capital expenditure. Confidence shot up upon the election of Trump, but dropped suddenly when tariff talks trumped tax tempering. Together, these charts paint a picture: control over how people buy, build, and shape space is shifting — fast. It all starts quietly. A parking lot gets fenced off. Trucks show up. Maybe the old strip mall disappears overnight. A few months later, there's a low, gray building with no windows. No grand opening. Just a stream of delivery vans pulling in and out.This isn't just a new kind of facility — it's a new kind of urban and suburban logic.Platform logistics has rewritten the rules of space. Where cities were once shaped by factories and storefronts, now they're shaped by fulfillment timelines, routing algorithms, and the need to move goods faster than planning commissions can meet.In the past, small businesses were physical anchors. They invested in place. They influenced how neighborhoods looked, felt, and functioned. But when capital expenditures from local firms drop — as that second chart shows — their power to shape the block goes with it.What fills the vacuum is logistics. And it doesn't negotiate like the actors it replaces.This isn't just a retail story. It's a story about agency — who gets to decide what a place is for. When small businesses cut back on investment, it's not just the storefront that disappears. So does the capacity to influence a block, a street, a community. Local business owners don't just sell goods — they co-create neighborhoods. They choose where to open, how to hire, how to design, and what kind of social space their business offers. All of that is a form of micro-planning — planning from below. France, as one example, subsidizes these co-created neighborhoods in Paris to insure they uphold the romantic image of a Parisian boulevard.But without subsidies, these actors are disappearing. And in the vacuum, big brands and logistics move in. Not softly, either. Amazon alone added hundreds of logistics facilities to U.S. land in the past five years. Data centers compete for this land. Meta recently announced a four million square foot facility in Richland Parish, Louisiana. It will be their largest data center in the world.These buildings are a new kind of mall. They're massive, quiet, windowless buildings that optimize for speed, not presence. This is what researchers call logistics urbanization — a land use logic where space is valued not for what people can do in it, but for how efficiently packages and data can pass through it.The shift is structural. It remakes how land is zoned, how roads are used, and how people move — and it does so at a scale that outpaces most municipal planning timelines. That's not just a market change. It's a change in governance. Because planners? Mayors? Even state reps? They're not steering anymore. They're reacting.City managers once had tools to shape growth — zoning, permitting, community input. But logistics and tech giants don't negotiate like developers. They come with pre-designed footprints and expectations. If a city doesn't offer fast approval, industrial zoning, and tax breaks, they'll skip to the next one. And often, they won't even say why. Economists studying these state and local business tax incentives say these serve as the “primary place-based policy in the United States.”It forces a kind of economic speed dating. I see it in my own area as local governments vie for the attention (and revenue) of would-be high-tech suitors. But it can be quiet, as one report suggests: “This first stage of logistical urbanization goes largely unnoticed insofar as the construction of a warehouse in an existing industrial zone rarely raises significant political issues.”(2)This isn't just in major cities. Across the U.S., cities are bending their long-term plans to chase short-term fulfillment deals. Even rural local governments routinely waive design standards and sidestep public input to accommodate warehouse and tech siting — because saying no can feel like missing out on tax revenue, jobs, or political wins.(2)What was once a dynamic choreography of land use and local voices becomes something flatter: a data pipeline.It isn't all bad. Fulfillment hubs closer to homes mean fewer trucks, shorter trips, and lower emissions. Data centers crunching billions of bits is better than a PC whirring under the desk of every home. There is a scale and sustainability case to be made.But logistic liquidity doesn't equal optimistic livability. It doesn't account for what's lost when civic agency fades, or when a city works better for packages than for people. You can optimize flow — and still degrade life.That's what those two charts at the beginning really show. Not just an economic shift, but a spatial one. From many small decisions to a few massive ones. From storefronts and civic input to corporate site selection and zoning flips. From a lived city to a delivered one.Which brings us to the next shape in this story — not the warehouse, but the mid-rise. Not the loading dock, but the key-fob lobby. Different function. Same logic.HIGH-RISE, LOW TOUCHYou've seen them. The sleek new apartment buildings with names like The Foundry or Parc25. A yoga room, a roof deck, and an app for letting in your dog walker. “Mixed-use,” they say — but it's mostly private use stacked vertically.It's much needed housing, for sure. But these aren't neighborhoods. They're private bunkers with balconies.Yes, they're more dense than suburban cul-de-sacs. Yes, they're more energy-efficient than sprawl. But for all their square footage and amenity spaces, they often feel more like vertical suburbs — inward-facing, highly managed, and oddly disconnected from the street.The ground floors are usually glazed over with placeholder retail: maybe a Starbucks, a Subway, or nothing at all…often vacant with only For Lease signs. Residents rarely linger. Packages arrive faster than neighbors can introduce themselves. There's a gym to bench press, but no public bench or egress. You're close to hundreds of people — and yet rarely bump into anyone you didn't schedule.That's not a design flaw. That's the point.These buildings are part of a new typology — one that synchronizes perfectly with a platform lifestyle. Residents work remote. Order in. Socialize through screens. The architecture doesn't foster interaction because interaction isn't the product. Efficiency is.Call it fulfillment housing — apartments designed to plug into an economy that favors logistics and metrics, not civic social fabrics. They're located near tech centers, distribution hubs, and delivery corridors, and sometimes libraries or parks outdoors. What matters is access to bandwidth and smooth entry for Amazon and Door Dash.And it's not just what you see on the block. Behind the scenes, cities are quietly reengineering themselves to connect these structures to the digital twins — warehouses and data centers. Tucked into nearby low-tax exurbs or industrial zones, together they help reshape land use, strain energy grids, and anchor the platform economy.They're infrastructure for a new kind of urban life — one where presence is optional and connection to the cloud is more important than to the crowd.Even the public spaces inside these buildings — co-working lounges, shared kitchens, “community rooms” — are behind fobs, passwords, and management policies. Sociologists have called this the anticommons: everything looks shared, but very little actually is. It's curated collectivity, not true community.And it's not just isolation — it's predictability. These developments are built to minimize risk, noise, conflict, friction. Which is also to say: they're built to minimize surprise. The kind of surprise that once made cities exciting. The kind that made them social.Some urban scholars describe these spaces as part of a broader “ghost urbanism” — a city where density exists without depth. Where interaction is optional. Where proximity is engineered, but intimacy is not. You can be surrounded by life and still feel like you're buffering.The irony is these buildings often check every sustainability box. They're LEED-certified. Near transit. Built up, not out. From a local emissions standpoint, they beat the ‘burbs'. But their occupant's consumption, waste, and travel habits can create more pollution than homebody suburbanites. And from a civic standpoint — the standpoint of belonging, encounter, spontaneity — they're often just as empty.And so we arrive at a strange truth: a city can be efficient, dense, even walkable — and still feel ghosted. Because what we've optimized for isn't connection. It's delivery — to screens and doorsteps. What gets delivered to fulfillment housing may be frictionless, but it's rarely fulfilling.DRONES, DOMICILES, AND DISCONNECTIONI admit there's a nostalgia for old-world neighborhoods as strong as nostalgia for industrial cities of the past. Neighborhoods where you may run into people at the mailbox. Asking someone in the post office line where they got their haircut. Sitting on the porch, just waitin' on a friend. We used to talk about killing time, now we have apps to optimize it.It's not just because of screens. It's also about what kinds of space we've built — and what kind of social activity they allow or even encourage.In many suburbs and edge cities, the mix of logistics zones, tech centers, and residential enclaves creates what urban theorists might call a fragmented spatial syntax. That means the city no longer “reads” as a continuous experience. Streets don't tell stories.There's no rhythm from house to corner store to café to school. Instead, you get jump cuts — a warehouse here, a cul-de-sac there, a fenced-in apartment complex down the road. These are spaces that serve different logics, designed for speed, security, or seclusion — but rarely for relation. The grammar of the neighborhood breaks down. You don't stroll. You shuttle.You drive past a warehouse. You park in a garage. You enter through a lobby. You take an elevator to your door. There's no in-between space — no casual friction, no civic ambiguity, no shared air.These patterns aren't new. But they're becoming the norm, not the exception. You can end up living in a place but never quite arrive.Watch most anyone under 35. Connection increasingly happens online. Friendships form in Discord servers, not diners. Parties are planned via private stories, not porch swings. You don't run into people. You ping them.Sometimes that online connection does spill back into the real world — meetups, pop-ups, shared hobbies that break into public space. Discord, especially, has become a kind of digital third place, often leading to real-world hangouts. It's social. Even communal. But it's different. Fleeting. Ephemeral. Less rooted in place, more tied to platform and notifications.None of this is inherently bad. But it does change the role of the neighborhood as we once knew it. It's no longer the setting for shared experience — it's just a backdrop for bandwidth. That shift is subtle, but it adds up. Without physical places for civic life, interactions gets offloaded to platforms. Connection becomes mediated, surveilled, and datafied. You don't meet your neighbors. You follow them. You comment on their dog through a Ring alert.This is what some sociologists call networked individualism — where people aren't embedded in shared place-based systems, but orbit through overlapping digital networks. And when digital is the default, the city becomes a logistics problem. Something to move through efficiently…or not. It certainly is not something we're building together. It's imposed upon us.And so we arrive at a kind of paradox:We're more connected than ever. But we're less entangled.We're more visible. But we're less involved.We're living closer. But we don't feel near.The irony is the very platforms that hollow out public space are now where we go looking for belonging. TikTok isn't just where we go to kill time — it's where we go to feel seen. If your neighborhood doesn't give you identity, the algorithm will.Meanwhile, the built environment absorbs the logic of logistics. Warehouses and data centers at the edge. Mid-rises in the core. Streets engineered for the throughput of cars and delivery vans. Housing designed for containment. And social life increasingly routed elsewhere.It all works. Until you want to feel something.We're social creatures, biologically wired for connection. Neuroscience shows that in-person social interactions regulate stress, build emotional resilience, and literally shape how our brains grow and adapt. It's not just emotional. It's neurochemical. Oxytocin, dopamine, and serotonin — the chemistry of belonging — fire most powerfully through touch, eye contact, shared space. When those rituals shrink, so does our sense of meaning and safety.And that's what this is really about. Historically cities weren't just containers for life. They're catalysts for feeling. Without shared air, shared time, and shared friction, we lose more than convenience. We lose the chance to feel something real — to be part of a place, not just a node in a network.What started with two charts ends here: a world where local agency, social spontaneity, and even emotion itself are being restructured by platform logic. The city still stands. The buildings are there. The people are home. But the feeling of place — the buzz, the bump, the belonging — gets harder to find.That's the cost of efficiency without empathy. Of optimizing everything but meaning.And that's the city we're building. Unless we build something else. We'll need agency. And not just for planners or developers. For people.That's the work ahead. Not to reject the platform city. But to remake it — into something more livable. More legible. More ours. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io

When used effectively, ‘For Lease' signs grow your rent roll by creating the perception of market dominance in your local market. Deniz Yusuf and Darren Hunter walk you through five practical steps to make your signs stand out, from smart design tips to engaging wording and creative leased stickers to get your phone ringing and inbox humming. Learn how to showcase your agency's success, build trust in the community, and attract more property owners. Ready to turn simple signage into a lead-generating machine? Discover how a few creative touches can significantly boost your visibility and reputation in property management.​

Welcome to episode 31 of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas Podcast. Today's interview is with Chef Todd Golden, co-owner and chef of Mermaids, TJ's Sandwich Shop and Isabella's, which will open soon in Bentonville. But we start with Mellow Moose Burgers in Siloam Springs. For those that don't know, they're a food truck that's gaining popularity, and they were VERY popular this past weekend as they won both the People's Choice and the Judge's Choice at the Miracle League Burger competition, earning them the golden ticket to the World Food Championships in Indianapolis in November. We hear from Owner/Chef Adrian Lem about the win. Chef Todd and his wife Nickki have owned and operated restaurants in Fayetteville for over 30 years. For those that haven't been here that long, you may now know that their first restaurant was called Belvedere's in Fayetteville. Chef Todd will talk about the early days. After Mermaid's, they opened up TJ's Sandwich shop and we talk to Chef Todd about how great it had to be able to start a menu from scratch for a hot sandwich shop. After TJ's, the Goldens opened Isabella's in Fayetteville as a fine Italian dining destination and they're now mere weeks away from opening in Bentonville. Chef Todd will tell us the easiest way to remember the Bentonville location and explain his favorite meal on the menu. And finally, if you've driven past Mermaid's recently, you've no doubt seen the “For Lease” sign out front. Chef Todd will explain. Flavors of Northwest Arkansas is available wherever you listen to podcasts.

Being a renter can be stressful with a shortage of properties on the market, rising rents and a lack of security for tenants. But what you might not know is there's evidence that renting is accelerating the biological ageing process. That's according to a peer reviewed study from the University of Essex in the UK and Adelaide University. Today, one of the report's authors, Emma Baker, on how DNA testing has shown renting can be bad for your health. Featured: Emma Baker, Professor of Housing Research at the University of Adelaide

Why are there so many “For Lease” signs and papered up windows along the Broadway Corridor? Guest: Neil Wyles - Executive Director, Mount Pleasant BIA

Why are there so many “For Lease” signs and papered up windows along the Broadway Corridor? Food inflation appears to be easing in Canada, but experts say shoppers shouldn't expect lower prices at the grocery store. As few as FIVE rental housing redevelopments could be considered in some Broadway Plan areas each year. A Vancouver parent has filed a class action lawsuit in BC Supreme Court against the makers of "Fortnite" -- alleging the popular video game is designed to be “as addictive as possible” for kids.

Scott Hanson and Kyle Jones attend the annual NOR Business Expo. The NOR Chamber was founded in 1985 and has aimed towards bringing the community together. There are roughly 30 vendors who attended the event and our hosts had the opportunity to interview seven of them. Kyle Jones interviewed Paula McCune with Damsel in Defense, as she explains how their goal is to prepare and prevent people from attacks. Kyle interviewed Alfred Valenzula, the current President of the NOR Chamber and owner of Executive Copier Solutions. His goal is to help small businesses and nonprofits grow by providing them with low cost printing options. Scott Hanson interviewed Miriam Alqaisi the owner of Radio Sandwich as she explains their late night events and how her business started from looking at a “For Lease” sign. Kyle interviewed Kailey Salinas the Public Relations Manager and Grant Writer for Teen challenge as she explains that Teen Challenge is for adults 18 or older who are suffering with life controlling addiction. It is a one year program that is completely free for anyone who would like to join. Scott interviewed Randy Chistiensen with Employer Training Resources, a local agency that helps find the perfect employees for local businesses.  LEARN MORE ABOUT THE N.O.R. CHAMBER: Website: www.norchamber.org/ Phone: 661-873-4709 Instagram: @norchamber Facebook: North_of_the_River LinkedIn: NOR_Chamber_of_Commerce LEARN MORE ABOUT DANNY HILL: Website: https://rewind981.com/ Email: dannyhill@rewind981.com Phone: 559-213-0173 Instagram: @djDannyHill Facebook: Danny_Hill LinkedIn: DannyHill LEARN MORE ABOUT DAMSEL IN DEFENSE: Website: https://damselindefense.net/ Email: support@damselindefense.net Phone: 208-288-2989 Instagram: @DamselInDefense Facebook: Damsel_In_Defense Twitter: @Damselindefense YouTube: Damsel_In_Defense_Corporate Pinterest: @DamselInDefense LEARN MORE ABOUT: EXECUTIVE COPIER SOLUTIONS: Website: https://execcopiers.com/ Email: info@execcopiers.com  Phone: 661-336-2442 Facebook: Executive_Copier_Solutions Yelp: ExecutiveCopierSolutions LEARN MORE ABOUT RADIO SANDWICH: Website: www.radiosandwich.co/ Phone: 661-742-1559 Instagram: @radiosammich Facebook: RADIO_Sandwich LEARN MORE ABOUT TEEN CHALLENGE: Website: www.teenchallenge.org/centers/kern-county/ Email: info@teenchallenger.org Phone: 661-399-2273 / 661-746-4917 Instagram: @kcteenchallenge Facebook: KernCountyTeenChallenge LEARN MORE ABOUT KERN COUNTY EMPLOYERS' TRAINING RESOURCE: Website: www.etronline.com/ Phone: 661-336-6893 Instagram: KernCountyETR Facebook: Kern_County_ETR    

Are you looking for creative ways to diversify your portfolio? In this episode, Rinku Patel explores the different types of assets in the commercial real estate space and how to structure deals. She discusses the importance of understanding the potential risks associated with investing and provides insights into creative approaches to investing. Rinku dives into effective systems for tenant management and highlights the importance of diversifying portfolios by investing in multi-family properties and new construction developments. Join us in this conversation with Rinku Patel and learn more about intelligent hands-off real estate investing! Rinku started her journey in CRE in 2004 and purchased several standalone single-tenant properties. When 2007/08 occurred, she ended up losing everything and filing for bankruptcy. She went back to CRE several years back, and currently has flex, industrial, retail, office, land, and ground-up construction in her portfolio. [00:01 - 08:02] Opening Segment • A story of risk mitigation and overcoming adversity Started investing in commercial real estate in 2003/2004 • How Rinku lost tenants and properties during the 2007/2008 Crisis Filed bankruptcy and took a break from investing [08:03 - 17:46] Navigating the Current Downturn • How Rinku is achieving 100% occupancy • A diversified portfolio of five to six different asset classes • Marketing strategies include putting up "For Lease" signs and online ads Leases are coming up for renewal and rents have increased since Covid [17:47 - 27:47] Closing Segment • How quarterly sales reports and diversification help to thrive Preventing vacancy • Rinku's outlook on the co-working industry Connect with Rinku: LinkedIn: Rinku Patel Website: Invest Beyond Multifamily Key Quotes: "We're constantly marketing the spaces. So if we were to lose a tenant, we already have the next person in line to occupy the space." - Rinku Patel WANT TO LEARN MORE? Connect with me through LinkedIn Or send me an email at sujata@luxe-cap.com Visit my website www.luxe-cap.com or my YouTube channel Thanks for tuning in! If you liked my show, LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, and subscribe!

Show Subjects; Steve shows you how a For Lease sign is actually a Christmas wish. We go through an unfortunately long list of celebrities that passed away in 2021. Did you know you can play piano on a piece of paper? Watch the show to find out how. Funguy The Entertainer has a positive message [...] The post #416 – XMAS FOR LEASE – Printed Piano – Is Astro Alexa On Wheels – People Iiving In 3D Printed House – Extravaganza appeared first on What Happened.

The pandemic has altered streetscapes all across Southern California. In the San Fernando Valley, there is perhaps no better example of this than Van Nuys Boulevard. Brick and mortar stores have suffered the most, with “For Lease” signs visible on just about every block. KCRW speaks with business owners along a stretch of the boulevard.

Nielsen’s is a full service bike shop that was originally started by Matt’s Father, but in 2012 the shop closed indefinitely when his father Kurt was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. Matt and Charlotte lived on the West Coast of Canada at the time, so they were not thinking about taking it over. Fast forward a few years, Charlotte was driving by the original locations of Nielsen’s Bicycles & she saw a “For Lease” sign hanging. She called Matt, immediately! The rest was history… Even though the 2 of them felt ill-prepared to dive into entrepreneurship, they decided to take the leap! These 2 are extremely humble, down-to-earth and speak truthfully about what it’s been like to re-launch the shop. I know that so many of you will resonate with their realistic approach to managing a business and embracing the role of lifelong learners. In this episode, we dive into... What Matt & Charlotte were up to before deciding to move home to Matt’s hometown and relaunch his Dads bike shop The moment they decided to re-launch the bike shop that Matt’s dad had shut down years prior Some of the challenges that they’ve faced in reopening the shop and managing a bricks & mortar Some of the exciting milestones they have reached in their first years of business What it’s like Working as a couple & how they’ve found their flow -   IN THE HEART OF MUSKOKA, HOME TO SOME OF CANADA’S FINEST NATURE & COTTAGE ESCAPES, THERE LIES A TOWN CALLED BRACEBRIDGE. It’s a place you can come to create, to taste & to truly live. There’s nothing quite like it. Which is why I’m so excited to bring you a special 6 episode series in partnership with this magical little town. I’ll be sitting down with local shop owners, restaurateurs, visionary entrepreneurs, artists … & above all… kind hearted individuals who love sharing a little piece of the town they live in. Bracebridge, Ontario is the perfect place to escape for adventure, for relaxation & to live out your OWN most visionary life. Be sure to stay in the loop with what’s going on at @visitthebridge on Instagram. p.s. Whenever you’re ready, here are 3 ways that I can support you Join me on Instagram for “behind-the-scenes” stories, strategies & the occasional slip-up, click here if we’re not connected Ready to make your first (or next!) $50,000 in business? Explore how The Visionary Method Business Coaching Experience can accelerate your growth. Feeling lost, confused or overwhelmed when it comes to starting an online business? Book a free (re)vision call with me and I’ll offer you customized recommendations on how to get “unstuck” so you can live a life filled with joy, happiness & fulfillment.  

Absentee owners are people who own real estate in your area, but live out of the state or country and need you to manage it for them.  This is a very lucrative part of the real estate industry.

I recently met with Marco San Antonio, of One Day Signs, to discuss what his business offers to the people of Encinitas. Today on “Everyday Encinitas,” our quest to spotlight local businesses and community organizations, brings us into the company of Marco San Antonio, owner of One Day Signs. One Day Signs has been a staple in Encinitas for more than 30 years and boasts a rich history. It started back when Marco’s father Omar retired from the U.S. Navy after 22 years of service and went to Hawaii, where his brother owned a sign shop. Inspired by the business model, Omar relocated to Encinitas to open One Day Signs, which he and Marco operated together for many years before Omar’s retirement last year; Marco is excited to be the new owner. It’s truly incredible what the San Antonio family and their team can do; producing high-quality signs in one day or less isn’t easy, but it has become their brand. “One Day Signs has been a staple in Encinitas for more than 30 years and boasts a rich history.” I’ve relied on One Day Signs many times for my real estate signs, but can anybody off the street come in and request a sign? Absolutely, says Marco, who also added that people can get just about any type of sign, from garage sale signs to banners, and even large ‘For Lease’ signs. One of the keys to One Day Signs’ success is that everything can be done right there on site; Marco likes to control the entire process that way, ensuring that he and his team are the ones helping customers design and draft whatever signage they need. According to Marco, One Day Signs is a cut above the competition because of the deep commitment to service and the quality end product customers receive. So if you’re out and about, stop by the shop, located by D Street and Encinitas Boulevard, just north of the large Encinitas sign. Otherwise, you can visit their website here. It was a pleasure to meet the San Antonios. If you’re a local business or a community organization who would like to be featured on the next episode of Everyday Encinitas, please reach out to me by phone or email. I’d love to feature you!

A tad bit west of 32nd Street, off of Cactus, you will find a bar that at least from the outside may not strike you as…well…a bar. But make no mistake, Lovecraft is not only a bar, but one where you will find a delicious selection of beers on draft and in the fridge. Rebecca Golden, you might remember from the popular 32 Shea, told TapThatAZ that after a little less than 7 years there, she realized it was time to move on. “I literally gave it all that I had to give, and it was a good time to sell,” she said. “So I sold it and cried from joy. “That’s crazy because a lot of people don’t know why I sold it.” Golden said she needed a break, but she could not mentally or emotionally get away. So, 32 Shea got to a point where it was rolling and a highlight of the neighborhood, she knew it was time to move on. The business sold, she took a break. Nothing was on the docket, which for someone who worked as hard as she did was a well-earned vacation. Golden said she never really planned on getting back into the industry, but at the same time always wanted to open a beer bar. That was always in the back of her mind, which meant she was never quite done. Finding the place for her new venture was a challenge, especially since she couldn’t put a bar in one of the nice locations near her old stomping grounds. Then one day when she was on her way to Home Depot she saw a “For Lease” sign on a building that used to be home to a struggling BBQ joint. The owners of 32 Shea weren’t interest in teaming up, so with some assistance from her boyfriend, Golden went ahead and created a beer bar in a part of town that she would like to help improve in part because it’s where she lives. “At the end of the day I’m a creative and I’m an optimistic pessimist,” Golden said of putting a beer bar in a part of town that many believe cannot – or will not – support one. “I always see opportunity in things and it’s really hard for me to see things that I think can work...and not at least try.” That’s not to say she is sure Lovecraft will be a hit – after all, nothing is guaranteed. Having more than  100 craft beers available, 31 of which come courtesy of rotating taps, should help. Then, there’s the food. “Originally even though we were going to have a beer bar – we were a beer bar, first and foremost – I knew we needed to have food,” she said. That realization came from visiting other beer bars who were missing out due to not offering food. Given that Lovecraft was moving into a former BBQ restaurant and it made sense to offer something. Given that Golden grew up in New Mexico, BBQ was not exactly something she was familiar with. About a week and half before Lovecraft opened, a chef friend of hers suggested making New Mexico fare. After sleeping on it, a menu was born. “I wake up and I’m like, ‘this is genius,’” she said. “New Mexican food, I know, it’s amazing. It goes well with smoked meats and nobody else is doing this.” At least, she said, you couldn’t find the BBQ/New Mexican fusion, and once that epiphany came the rest of it came together pretty quickly. Stop in and you will get to enjoy appetizers like Green Chile Blanco Queso Dip, Creamy Green Chile Mac-N-Cheese or Frijoles. You also have a choice of customized tapas. Delicious beer and a unique menu? That makes sense for a place called Lovecraft. You can be forgiven if you think that would be the name for a sex shop. In fact, at one point the sign out front made sure to point out that it’s not a place for that.  “I didn’t come up with it,” Golden said, before with a chuckle calling out her boyfriend Ryan as being the responsible party. Of course, she admitted she was fond of the name “High Jolly” which you’ll probably need to Google to understand. At any rate, she was outvoted and now says she likes the name Lovecraft because the point of the place is that “we get to support everything craft.” The food, beer, wine, mead and cider. Everything. “This, I get to support all those people who took the leap, who took the jump, who did something that was scary or whatever and decided to open whatever that thing was,” she said, likening it to her own risk in opening the bar. “And I get to be the person who supports that. “And I think that’s super rad. I love being a craft beer bar, or a craft bar. So for the love of everything craft.”

Remember when you looked for your first apartment? And then a bigger one? And eventually purchased your own home? Each time it was exciting and a bit unnerving, right?   Imagine needing new or a different space for your business. It’s also exciting, but also far more complex. Today’s guest shares the smart – and not so smart - ways to find the best space and the best leasing terms to grow your business.   In this episode, host Mary Foley talks Melanie Graves, Commercial Realtor with RE Max Alliance. Every day she helps business owners find the right space in the right location for the right terms to lease or purchase space for their business goals.   Listen and learn:   The most common reasons business owners and entrepreneurs need to lease space   Why you shouldn’t call the numbers of posted “For Lease” signs on office buildings or retail space and what to do instead   How a Commercial Real Estate agent can save you thousands not cost you a dime   What to look for when choosing a Commercial Real Estate agent   What you absolutely need to know to make the best leasing decision for your business   The most common mistakes business owners and entrepreneurs make when leasing space

Ep 200 Andrey Pavlov Vancouver’s Out of Control Commercial Real Estate Market Walk down Vancouver’s Robson Street these days and you’ll see store after store papered over. The businesses that used to occupy the spaces are empty; the shops have “For Lease” signs on them. Those businesses shut down because the cost of rent has skyrocketed in harmony with the skyrocketing value and subsequently the skyrocketing property taxes of commercial real estate – a market that was ignited when the Provincial Government introduced the “Foreign Buyers Tax” on residential properties. To people looking to invest in Vancouver Real Estate, the "go home" tax didn’t make them walk away from owning land in Greater Vancouver; they merely shifted their focus. They were able to do this because the Province’s publicity infused, vote getting campaign designed to cool the housing market didn’t include a “stay out of BC” clause on commercial real estate. There are no school taxes, no empty home taxes, no foreign owner taxes on commercial and industrial real estate. Human beings did what they always do, they simply adapted to government policies and found ways around the rules in an effort to meet their own needs. In doing so they are driving up commercial property values, which in turn drive up rental rates and property taxes. Tenants are not only seeing rising rental rates, they are also responsible to pay the increased property taxes which in turn are driving many independent businesses out of business. The only companies that can afford the rent are national and international chains which charge more for their goods in Vancouver than in any other North American city. Along the way, the very soul of Vancouver’s retail market is disappearing along with thousands of jobs. We invited Andrey Pavlov, a Finance Professor at the Beedie School of Business to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the unintended consequences of a tax that forgot to look at the downstream effect it would have.   Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue presents Conversations That Matter. Join veteran Broadcaster Stuart McNish each week for an important and engaging Conversation about the issues shaping our future. Please become a Patreon subscriber and support the production of this program, with a $1 pledge https://goo.gl/ypXyDs