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Heather Hook
04 Jun 2026

The home watch industry has a positioning problem. And it is costing small operators clients, credibility, and in some cases, their entire business model. According to Clem McDavid, founder of HomeLedger, the confusion between home watch and traditional property management is one of the most persistent obstacles facing operators trying to grow. “Once they put ...

Heather Hook
04 Jun 2026

There are two completely different categories of technology inside a commercial real estate building. Most ownership groups treat them as one. That mistake is costing them more than they realize. Bill Douglas, CEO of OpticWise, has spent years watching property owners hand operational technology decisions to people who were never trained for them. And according ...

Heather Hook
03 Jun 2026

National self-storage advisory team represents buyer on 291-unit, 54,775 SF facility in one of the fastest-growing submarkets in the Des Moines MSA ANKENY, IA – June 2026 – The De Jong Self Storage Team at Colliers has represented the buyer, Lekaks Texas, LLC, on the acquisition of SafeKeep Self Storage, a 291-unit, 54,775 rentable square ...

Heather Hook
03 Jun 2026

FREDERICK, MD, June 2026 – KeyCrew Media, a real estate analytics and media network, has selected Justin Mitchell, Founder of Maryland Cash Home Buyers, as a KeyCrew Verified Expert. Mitchell will contribute market intelligence and expert analysis on direct cash purchasing, as-is property acquisition, and motivated seller dynamics across Maryland’s residential real estate market. KeyCrew ...

Heather Hook
03 Jun 2026

The conversation around vertiports is fundamentally changing. Six months ago, commercial real estate owners arriving at infrastructure developers came with basic questions about what vertiports even were. Now, property owners are arriving with foundational understanding already in place, asking specific questions about infrastructure feasibility and partnership structures. Lisa Wright, founder of Landings, has observed this ...

Heather Hook
29 May 2026

Flexible workspace operators are systematically underestimating meeting room demand – and it is costing them on multiple fronts. Lost revenue from requests they cannot accommodate. Member frustration when booking availability does not match actual needs. And most significantly, missed opportunities to secure corporate clients whose hybrid work patterns create meeting room requirements that traditional workspace ...

Heather Hook
29 May 2026

The construction industry has a long list of challenges. Material costs. Workforce shortages. Supply chain fragility. But according to one of Florida’s newest members of Congress, the one most directly solvable through policy, and the one generating the most frustration on job sites right now, is permitting. Congressman Jimmy Patronis, who represents Florida’s First Congressional ...