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CREW Corner: San Diego leaders survey region's changing landscape

By Ciara Contreras

“We're at a moment of great transition.” These are the words Dr. Nikia Clarke used to describe San Diego’s economic landscape. The senior vice president of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. and executive director of World Trade Center San Diego shared this sentiment at CREW San Diego’s recent program “What’s Happening in San Diego and What it Means for Commercial Real Estate.”…Read More

CREW Corner: How to Unleash Your Inner Mojo

By Genevieve Guoin

Obtaining badassery in your professional and personal life requires a journey that is like progressing in the martial arts, this year's CREW San Diego keynote speaker Jennifer Cassetta shared. The author of "The Art of Badassery," Cassetta instructed attendees on how to unleash their mojo and the potential they're born with….Read More

CREW Corner: Impacts of net-zero emissions in building industry

By Tracy Morran

Last month, architects from Walter P Moore and Miller Hull, as well as an attorney from Sheppard Mullin, spoke at an event hosted by CREW San Diego about achieving net-zero emissions. Since real estate accounts for nearly 40% of the world's emissions, the topic was especially important for the gathering of commercial real estate professionals….Read More

CREW Corner: Create social impact with your business

By Tracy Morran

There are hashmarks on the timeline of your life when things change forever. That's how Carrie Bobb opened her recent talk for CREW San Diego titled "How to Create a Social Impact with Your Business." It's a topic close to her heart for Carrie, founder and CEO of Carrie Bobb & Co., a San Diego-based brokerage firm creating memorable experiences through retail leasing….Read More

CREW Corner: Adventure racing… in commercial real estate

By Tracy Morran

Imagine you meet up in a remote location with a team of people, and you all have about a week to get to a distant finish line by trekking, biking, paddling and other physical endurance methods, all while making sure your whole team stays within 50 yards of each other from start to finish.

This is exactly what Robyn Benincasa did... multiple times... by choice….Read More

CREW Corner: Using winning communication, strategies to augment successes in your career

By Ellycia Halden & Laura Andrews

Effective communication is a critical component to achieving success in one's life and career.

That was the message driven home at a recent CREW San Diego virtual seminar called "Winning Communication & Strategies for Enhancing Your Career." The event brought together local leaders in commercial real estate and communications to explore how leveraging communication skills and strategies can enhance a professional's career, whether they are starting out or a seasoned industry veteran….Read More

Why you should care about WELL building certification

By Hallie Putterman & Laura Vavrunek

CREW San Diego hosted a panel of expert speakers recently to explain the WELL Building Standard and why it's generating so much buzz. What is WELL? According to the International WELL Building Institute, the WELL Building Standard "is a performance-based system for measuring, certifying, and monitoring features of the built environment that impact human health and well-being, through air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort and mind."….Read More

Women executives discuss current real estate challenges

While COVID-19 has affected everything about the way people conduct lives, there are bright spots that could last until after the pandemic has disappeared. During a Zoom meeting sponsored by the University of San Diego's Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate, in conjunction with CREW San Diego, four female executives, whose companies are headquartered from Irvine to Paris, discussed how to survive and thrive…..Read More (subscription required)