Abundance Blog
News and ideas from Paladino's team of industry leaders.
Best networking events for real estate in Seattle, Washington DC, and Austin!
If you’re like us, you’re always on the hunt for interesting, local networking events that bring together architects, property managers, and developers. We found an abundance of real estate networking events the next few weeks for development, construction, and architecture in…
Building for Resilience – All about RELi
January temperatures topped out at 35 degrees Celsius in Australia and bottomed out at -51 degrees Celsius in North Dakota. Watch on YouTube These radical temperatures capture headlines, and they are capturing the attention of real estate developers who have…
First Impressions: Introducing Lauren Luckett, Paladino’s New Client Development Manager
We are excited to announce that Lauren Luckett has joined Paladino and Company as client development manager in the DC region. We’re proud to have her on our team, and we want to give our clients, colleagues, and peers the opportunity to…
What property owners should do now that ENERGY STAR may have pulled back
By Darren Bruce
When the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last August that it was going to update its ENERGY STAR rating system, the reaction was positive overall. After all, the 26-year-old rating system, which generates scores of one to 100 to…
Use the master planning process to improve entitlements outcomes
Master planned developments may be managed by a developer or by a consortium including government officials, community representatives, and tenant organizations. In either scenario, its success depends on the approval and support of community stakeholders such as community members and…
Times are changing, and sustainable cities are taking notice
By Kelly Ryan
The environmental and sustainability movement has been an exercise in market transformation. Participation in the movement can be as narrow as an individual making a personal commitment, and as broad as a multi-nation effort like the Paris Climate Agreement. Market…
Real estate trends for 2019 and beyond
The ways that architects, developers, and operators design projects, attract tenants, manage costs, and measure success are each flexing as cities change and generations make big shifts in living habits. We’ve observed several trends in the commercial real estate industry,…
Our most popular blog posts of 2018
Let’s revisit 2018’s most popular posts from Paladino’s Abundance Blog. These are the posts that made the strongest connection between sustainability and business value, and they are the posts that you read, shared, and commented on the most! Odell Architecture…
Greenbuild 2018: We the People
By Nash Emrich
The Greenbuild audience was abuzz about everything from the Ram trucks on the trade show floor to opening plenary remarks from Amal Clooney, and more than anything, we were ready for big announcements from Mahesh Ramunujam about green building and…
December 7th, Remembering Pearl Harbor Day
By Brad Pease
Every year, December 7 always seems to catch me by surprise. I’ll be perusing the news and without fail, there will be a story about Pearl Harbor Day. It happened to me just last night where I watched an interview…