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Inflating Expectations
Our economy needs inflation the way our food needs salt. An absence of salt causes cramps, too much can kill, but just the right amount makes everything...
14th Street, NW – DC’s “Lower East Side”
Imagine a street lined with some of the city’s hottest bars & restaurants, music venues, theatres, art galleries and outstanding shops & boutiques....
The McBride Market Report Washington DC Year End 2011
Rumble in the Markets Muhammad Ali truly was the Greatest Heavyweight Champion of the World. A demonstration of his greatness unfolded when he battled...
“Not Dead Yet”
Over the past year our nation’s financial and political institutions have shown about as much gumption as a plague ravaged old man. The quality of our...
“The Worst Form of Government”
As Winston Churchill said, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried”. In light of the gross ineptitude...
The Incurable Optimist
Sometimes when I watch the news I think about the little boy whose dad tried to cure from being wildly optimistic. One Christmas morning the boy woke...
D.C. office rents hold steady
The world’s most expensive office markets have become significantly less expensive in the last year, but rents in the Washington metro region are holding...
Region’s jobless rate rises as strong sectors show weakness
D.C. area lost 24,000 jobs in past year as unemployment hit 6.2% Unemployment in the Washington region rose slightly in October, according to government...
Office vacancy in D.C. to match Northern Virginia
by Sarah Krouse, Staff Reporter Washington Business Journal D.C.’s office vacancy rate will rise to the same level as Northern Virginia’s in the third...
Breaking News: Northrop HQ to DC
Real Estate Bisnow Late this afternoon, Northrop Grumman announced that it plans to move its corporate HQ from Los Angeles to the DC region by 2011,...
McBride Market Reports
Is Subleasing Smart for Your Practice?
Medical Office Market Watch In this ever changing economic climate, doctors are looking to reduce expenses. Fueled by declining revenues, insurance reimbursement issues or the retirement of a partner, doctors are downsizing their office space needs in order to reduce the cost associated with costly lease liabilities. If you are in a long term lease for more space than you currently need and would like... [Read more...]
14th Street, NW – DC’s “Lower East Side”
Imagine a street lined with some of the city’s hottest bars & restaurants, music venues, theatres, art galleries and outstanding shops & boutiques. A centrally located boulevard, in the shadow of the business district surrounded by some of the city’s most charming residential architecture and a multitude of new condominium developments. Best remembered by older Washingtonians for street... [Read more...]
The McBride Market Report Washington DC Year End 2011
Rumble in the Markets Muhammad Ali truly was the Greatest Heavyweight Champion of the World. A demonstration of his greatness unfolded when he battled and bested George Foreman at the Mai 20 Stadium in Kinshasa, Zaire in the immortal 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle”. The George Foreman of ‘74 was a chiseled specimen of heavyweight perfection, not the gently rounded pitchman we know today. He utterly... [Read more...]
“Not Dead Yet”
Over the past year our nation’s financial and political institutions have shown about as much gumption as a plague ravaged old man. The quality of our national debt was downgraded, our real estate markets continue to suffer, unemployment remains high and real fear of a double-dip recession continues. Our ears have been ringing with modern day cries of “bring out your dead” by the financial media... [Read more...]
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