Darcie Lunsford, Author at S. Florida Business & Wealth

Columnists December 28, 2017 |

By Darcie Lunsford Consider this: Within a dozen years, 30 percent of all corporate offices will be housed in flexible spaces that can be ramped up or downsized on demand.

The E-Commerce Giant: HQ2

Columnists November 28, 2017 |

By Darcie Lunsford How do you get a noisy room packed with 70 of South Florida’s top commercial real estate brokers to pipe down? “Who wants an update on the

Insurance Claims After Hurricane Irma

Columnists November 20, 2017 |

By Darcie Lunsford Construction manager Chris Ricci of DC Construction Associates stands just to the side of a new bank of elevators in an office midrise undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation

Amazon Deals and the State of Industrial Supply

Columnists August 28, 2017 |

By Darcie Lunsford Amazon’s new urban-infill hub and mega-fulfillment center in Miami-Dade County reignited bullishness in the second quarter, and South Florida’s sizzling industrial streak still has plenty of room

Pompano Beach’s Innovation District

Columnists July 28, 2017 |

By Darcie Lunsford Taking a cue from other major metropolises such as Barcelona, Medellin and Boston, Pompano Beach is branding a central, underused swath of Atlantic Boulevard as the world’s

Demand hits industrial market

Columnists June 27, 2017 |

By Darcie Lunsford South Florida’s industrial market boiled over with demand in the first quarter while office fundamentals improved, driven more by lack of construction than corporate growth, according to

South Florida more resistant to national volume decline

Columnists April 28, 2017 |

By Darcie Lunsford After soaring to record levels in 2015, commercial real estate sales volume fell last year, tethered by fewer massive portfolio transactions, tightening monetary policy, pre-election vitriol and

Tax structure puts Florida at competitive disadvantage

Columnists April 1, 2017 |

By Darcie Lunsford In 2015, Florida collected $1.5 billion by charging a sales tax on rent, utilities, insurance and the common area maintenance costs of running commercial properties. Because common

Development Becoming an Increasingly Important Economic Driver for Florida

Columnists February 1, 2017 |

By Darcie Lunsford Tourism, agriculture, international trade, aviation, aerospace, life sciences and the marine industries most often are the sectors that come to mind as being the main turbines that

Warning Signs: Hot Investments Might Cool Soon

Columnists November 11, 2016 |

By Darcie Lunsford U.S. regulators continue to caution that the nation’s hot market for commercial real estate investments might be overheating. And you don’t have to look much further than

How A-list malls differentiate themselves

Columnists September 30, 2016 |

It’s 2 o’clock on a steamy summer Tuesday. The Macy’s shoe department at Town Center at Boca Raton is teeming with commerce. Stacks of disheveled shoes boxes are strewn everywhere.