Summaries for: Property Development
National Real Estate Investor on Battling Regional Mall REITS
In retail markets saturated with fortress malls and lifestyle centers, outlet centers represent one of the last opportunities for ground-up construction. While some rival regional mall REITS compete ferociously for limited space, others are partnering to build a joint development rather than spending money fighting each other, the National Real Estate Investor reports.
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Strategic Comms #42: Using SMART Goals for Your Communications Strategy
(This is the 42nd in a continuing series on strategic communications. Click here for earlier segments)
By Owen Eagan, The Saint Consulting Group
In our last segment on the Communications Strategy Map (Strategic Communications Part 41: Using a Communications Strategy Map http://bit.ly/ITibf7), we discussed the need for your goals to include benchmarks to measure your results. To illustrate the ...
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Strategic Comms #40: Finding Common Ground Through Mutual Gains Approach
(This is the 40th in a continuing series on strategic communications. Click here for earlier segments)
By Owen Eagan, The Saint Consulting Group
So if your project doesn’t find a warm reception among the public, how do you begin the conversation? First, the way not to do it is by asserting that your project will only benefit the community ...
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Ohio County Survey Shows Support for Arts Sales Tax Levy
A survey of 400 voters in Ohio's Hamilton County indicated support for a one-quarter cent sales tax to help arts and cultural organizations and offers some insight to those with an interest in public funding initiatives, according to Paul Fallon of Fallon Research & Communications Inc in Columbus, OH.
Voters in the county, which includes Cincinnati, ...
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NY Times Exposes Wal-Mart’s Bribes for Building Permits
Systemic bribery program resulted in expedited permits and rapid market expansion in Mexico.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, hushed up a vast bribery campaign that top executives of its Mexican subsidiary carried out to build stores across that country instead of broadening the probe, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
The newspaper reported that ...
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Can You Avoid or Mitigate Being Attacked at Public Hearings?
By Christopher Hopkins, The Saint Consulting Group
At a recent public hearing in Ortonville, MN, Strata Corporation found itself facing 18 out of 20 speakers voicing their opposition to a proposed quarry. Strata could have discovered that with proper preparation this level of discourse could have been avoided.
Now, Strata in short order must provide the commissioners ...
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Environmentalists Push Hard to Use Life Cycle Approach to Scoping
By Jay Vincent, The Saint Consulting Group
When it comes to scoping for projects needing state or federal permits, the regulatory regime typically requires that a scoping process include study of the impacts on the site and the area surrounding it. But environmentalists want to change that. Instead, they want the scope of the environmental impact ...
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Learning Lunches Dine on Strategy – Save June 19 for Energy Lunch
By Jay Vincent, The Saint Consulting Group
For 2012 I just hosted the fourth energy learning lunch of the year. Learning lunches are webinars where we share some of the insights gleaned from nearly 30 years building winning strategies for permitting controversial projects.
I want to thank the returning diners for their interest and participation over the ...
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Strategic Comms, Pt 39: No Substitute for Grassroots Communication in Politics
(This is the 39th in a continuing series on strategic communications. Click here for earlier segments)
By Owen Eagan, The Saint Consulting Group
One of the hallmarks of our company’s success is our use of grassroots advocacy on behalf of our clients. This is our preferred method of communication because it allows us to interact with people directly and ...
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Strategic Comms Pt 38: Why the Medium Is the Message
(This is the 38th in a continuing series on strategic communications. Click here for earlier segments)
By Owen Eagan, The Saint Consulting Group
Many people have heard the expression, “The medium is the message.” However, few people really know what it means or heed its importance. This aphorism, coined by Marshall McLuhan in his 1964 book Understanding Media: The ...
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