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Keep and Attract the Best and Brightest
Drawing in the best employees is critical to the success of any business. Though we offer competitive salaries and packages, we at GreenOak Real Estate aren’t necessarily the industry leaders in compensation. So how do [...]
One Business Across Many Time Zones
What does someone need to successfully start a real estate business across many locations? In other cities? In overseas markets? These are questions I often get, and there are no easy answers. Breaking into the [...]
On being a Finalist for the EY New York Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Last week, we were selected as a finalist for Ernst and Young’s New York Entrepreneur of the Year Award. As you may or may not know, this award focuses on high-growth companies that are at the [...]
Why Creative, Flexible Spaces are the Future of Financial Firms (and All Companies)
There’s something about concrete floors, unfinished ceilings, and unfurnished office spaces that excites millennials. My guess is that moving into these blank slates gives tenants the option to personalize and design their offices on their [...]
To Improve Soft Skills, Work Abroad
“I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything,” writes Bill Bryson in Neither Here nor There: Travels [...]
The Changing Face of the 10-Year Commercial Lease
To hear investors and landlords alike, it appears that the ten year commercial lease is done with–the latest victim of our disruptive digital age. Today, the argument goes, the ten year commercial lease has been [...]