Abundance Blog
News and ideas from Paladino's team of industry leaders.
The shopping mall value chain - fixing its weakest links
By Tom Paladino
US shopping mall owners are starting to report their Q1 results, and they paint a complicated picture for the changing brick and mortar retail landscape. While mid-market stores like Bon-Ton and Toys R Us are filing for bankruptcy, retail purchases…
Two Liberty Center goes for the Gold—and wins
Two Liberty Center, an Arlington, Virginia, mixed-use development with office space, residences, and retail, has been committed to sustainability since its opening in 2007. The property has achieved ENERGY STAR certification; was awarded the 2010 Award for Excellence by the…
The housing sweet spot for San Francisco’s Millennials and progressives: Balance through sustainability
By Nash Emrich
San Francisco is a microcosm of issues faced by the rest of the world today. The city has earned a reputation for one issue in particular, and that’s its housing problem: it has the highest rents of the largest US…
The Eye Candy of Architect Magazine’s Top 50
Architect Magazine recently released its list of the top 50 architects of 2015. Architect Magazine considers several factors when compiling their list – including revenue, involvement of women and minority designers, and company culture. The list also presented the perfect…
Sustainable Mixed-Use Development Fosters Healthy Urban Communities
By Julia Raish
Those of us living in Seattle can walk down any street in South Lake Union, near the waterfront, in the Belltown or Ballard neighborhoods, and typically see the same thing: an abundance of redevelopment. Paladino’s headquarters city is known as…
Meet Your Paladino Sustainability Market Leaders
We’ve made some organizational changes at Paladino in 2015 to better serve our clients. Our sustainability practices are now focused by industry. An experienced market leader heads each industry sector team, spanning commercial real estate, higher education, high tech &…
Retailers See More Sustainable Brick and Mortar Stores in Our Future
At the recent Retail Industry Leadership Association (RILA) Sustainability Conference, attendees organized into brainstorming sessions came to a consensus on these future trends: Retail will continue to evolve over omni channel platforms Supply chains will need be more transparent through…
Why Owners Should Care about EUI – And When They Shouldn’t
At the recent Bisnow Seattle Sustainability event, energy use intensity, or EUI, was a prominent topic. Tom Paladino called EUI the “BMI for buildings”… and Mark Huppert of the National Historic Trust Preservation Green Lab joked, “Yes, and the city…
Property Efficiency Scorecard Scores Big at ICSC RECon 2014
At the recent ICSC RECon 2014 Conference, there was growing interest among attendees in learning how shopping centers can become more sustainable. I led three sessions devoted to best practices in measuring performance, benchmarking strategies that promote sustainability, and the…
Ikea makes a commitment to sustainability as a business imperative
Ikea, the global furniture megastore, has committed to a sustainability initiative that is a model for other companies. In this TED talk, Steve Howard, Ikea’s chief sustainability officer, states: “Sustainability has gone from a nice-to-do to a must-do.” The company's…