The Daily Transcript — CREW News — CREW San Diego (2024)

By Ciara Contreras

Who's responsible for the soft landing our economy just might be having? We are, because we want it.

Speaking at the invitation of CREW San Diego recently, CBRE's global client strategist and senior economic advisor, Spencer Levy, floated this idea to a crowd of commercial real estate professionals at the San Diego Central Library….Read More

By Genevieve Guoin

Obtaining badassery in your professional and personal life requires a journey that is like progressing in the martial arts, this year's CREW San Diego keynote speaker Jennifer Cassetta shared. The author of "The Art of Badassery," Cassetta instructed attendees on how to unleash their mojo and the potential they're born with….Read More

By Genevieve Guoin

CREW San Diego's recent mid-year real estate economic outlook program focused on life science and technology markets. Moderator Ciara Contreras from Qualcomm led three expert panelists through evocative questions to uncover actionable market information….Read More

By Genevieve Guoin

When a public entity and a private developer team up to create a building, it's called a Public-Private Partnership, or P3. Recently, CREW San Diego assembled a panel of speakers who have participated in P3 developments to explain how and why P3 developments happen….Read More

By Genevieve Guoin

"San Diego is going through a transformation."

That comment from Gary London, senior principal of London Moeder Advisors, summed up the discussion at CREW San Diego's 2023 Economic Forecast event….Read More

By Tracy Morran

Last month, architects from Walter P Moore and Miller Hull, as well as an attorney from Sheppard Mullin, spoke at an event hosted by CREW San Diego about achieving net-zero emissions. Since real estate accounts for nearly 40% of the world's emissions, the topic was especially important for the gathering of commercial real estate professionals….Read More

By Tracy Morran

How did the economy do last year? JLL's chief economist, Ryan Severino, told the audience at a recent CREW San Diego Economic Forecast luncheon the economy was "confused" and presented conflicting indictors. Overall, though, his forecast was positive….Read More

By Tracy Morran

There are hashmarks on the timeline of your life when things change forever. That's how Carrie Bobb opened her recent talk for CREW San Diego titled "How to Create a Social Impact with Your Business." It's a topic close to her heart for Carrie, founder and CEO of Carrie Bobb & Co., a San Diego-based brokerage firm creating memorable experiences through retail leasing….Read More

By Tracy Morran

Imagine you meet up in a remote location with a team of people, and you all have about a week to get to a distant finish line by trekking, biking, paddling and other physical endurance methods, all while making sure your whole team stays within 50 yards of each other from start to finish.

This is exactly what Robyn Benincasa did... multiple times... by choice….Read More

By Ellycia Halden & Laura Andrews

Effective communication is a critical component to achieving success in one's life and career.

That was the message driven home at a recent CREW San Diego virtual seminar called "Winning Communication & Strategies for Enhancing Your Career." The event brought together local leaders in commercial real estate and communications to explore how leveraging communication skills and strategies can enhance a professional's career, whether they are starting out or a seasoned industry veteran….Read More

By Hallie Putterman & Laura Vavrunek

CREW San Diego hosted a panel of expert speakers recently to explain the WELL Building Standard and why it's generating so much buzz. What is WELL? According to the International WELL Building Institute, the WELL Building Standard "is a performance-based system for measuring, certifying, and monitoring features of the built environment that impact human health and well-being, through air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort and mind."….Read More

By Tracy Morran

"2021 will be better than 2020" is how Spencer Levy, chairman of Americas Research and Senior Economic Advisor for CBRE, opened his annual economic forecast at a virtual CREW San Diego seminar on Jan. 26….Read More

By Rebecca Bodemann

Mixed-use streets, pop-out parklets and indoor-outdoor shops. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated public space design trends that were already percolating…..Read More

By Thor Kamban Biberman

SANDAG chief economist Ray Major said it might take until 2026 for San Diego's economy to fully recover from the pandemic-driven recession. Major, who said there won't be a return to normal until a vaccine is available, delivered his warning during a CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Zoom meeting on Wednesday…. Read More (subscription required)