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Accountants

James Ullakko

Odenberg, Ullakko, Muranishi & Co. LLP
email: jullakko@oumcpa.com

• Depreciation Benefits Under the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003: Leasehold Improvements and Office Furnishings
  September 2003

Architects / Space Planners

Ned Fennie, Jr.

FENNIE+MEHL Architects,
email: jef@fm-arch.com

• Seismic Retrofit Requirements and Their Triggers
  January 2005
• Space Planning: How Much Space Do You Really Need?
  January 2005

Daniel Huntsman

President, Huntsman Associates
email: DHuntsman@HuntsmanAG.com

• A Tenant’s Area Calculation Primer
  June 1997 [updated 2003]

Douglas W. Mehl AIA

FENNIE+MEHL Architects,
email: dwm@fm-arch.com

• How Long Will It Take? - Using the Project Schedule Matrix
  January 2005

Ric Pulley

Director of Interior Architecture SmithGroup
email: ric.pulley@smithgroup.com

• Law Firm Issues, Trends and Drives
  August 2003

Doug Zucker

Vice President, Gensler

• Law Office Design
  June 1997 [updated 2003]

Furniture

One Workplace and Steelcase, Inc.

Rose Young Executive Director, One Workplace email: ryoung@oneworkplace.com

B. Wilson Steelcase, Inc. email: Bwilson@steelcase.com

• Analysis of Facility Cost Savings Associated with Flat Panel Monitors [2.4M pdf ]
  April, 2003
• Measuring Business Results: The Role of the Workplace [517K pdf ]
  September, 2000
• Creating Order Out of Chaos: Strategies for Organizing Your Work [495K pdf ]
  September, 2000
• Reclaiming Buildings: Strategies for Change [377K pdf ]
  March, 2000

General Contractors

DPR Construction

Rocky Moss
email: rockym@dprinc.com

• It’s all in a Contractor’s Life: DPR Finishes Headquarters for Pixar
  July 2001
• Conquering Challenge, Naturally: Historic Building in San Francisco Gets a Makeover for Organic
  July 2001
• Taking the A Train: Making the Connections for Genentech
  July 2001
• Finishes with a Flair:Using Ordinary Construction Materials
  October 2000
• Seismic Upgrades: Adding 'Muscle' to Older Buildings
  October 2000
• Mission-Critical Facilities: How to Build Data Centers & Colocation Facilities
  October 2000
• Sony: Teams That Play Together Stay Together
  March 2000
• Digital Think: Occupied / Design / Build / Move-in
  March 2000
• Charles Schwab Executive Relocation Project
  Winter 1999
• Proactive Approach Keeps Fast-Track Build-Out on Track
  September 1999
• Mission Possible
  Spring 1999
• Novell - Divide and Conquer
  Winter 1998
• Lindsay-Ferrari Tenant Improvement
  Fall 1998
• Sun Microsystems - Newark Campus
  Fall 1998

Gary Wells

TEAMWRKX CONSTRUCTION, INC
email: gwells@TEAMWRKX.com

• Six Steps Toward Controlling the Construction Process
  March 2005

General Finance

Arlene Hirsch

Wall Street Journal Interactive
startup.wsj.com
[more information]

• Small Firms Struggle To Find Office Space
  May 2000

Robert Spicker

Director of Leasing, Embarcadero Center

• The State of the Market
  June 1997

Thomas Trowbridge

CEO, Trowbridge Kieselhorst & Co. Inc.

• Hardy and Healthy
  September 1999

Jim Young

President, The Jamesan Group
[www.tjg.com]

• Show Us Your Laptop Technology Trends for the New Millennium
  November 1999

Insurance Brokers

Dennis Jaffe

Jaffe-Schlossberg, Inc.
email: djaffe@jaffe-schlossberg.com

• News & Views
  December 1997
• Office Insurance Needs
  June 1997

Law Firm Management Services

Michael Koehne
Luciann Leraul, MBA, CPA

Law Firm Management Services

• Law Firm Leverage and Profitability
  March 2005
• After the Party: What to Do When Your Major Client Leaves
  October 2004
• Small Law Firm Notes: What Makes Them Different?
  October 2004

Lease Auditors

Steven Goldstein

President, Lease Analysis Group, Ltd.
email: laglease@pacbell.net

• Improving Your Bottom Line: Tips, Trends and Tactics for Commercial Tenants
  February 2007

Management Consulting

Paul Erickson

Erickson Strategic Consulting Services

• Troubled Companies: Causes and Cures
  September 1997

Joe Massana

Chipman Relocations / United Van Lines
email: jmassana@chipmancorp.com

• Keys to Managing Your Firm's Office Relocation
  September 2003

Property Tax Consultants

Theodore F. Bayer, Esq.

Partner, Pinnacle Law Group, LLP
email: tbayer@advaloremsolutions.net

• What’s it Really Worth: Peculiarities in the Valuation of Commercial Properties Under Proposition 13
  May 2007
• A "Split" in California's Tax System: What's Pool Got To Do With It?
  March 2003
• Proposition 13 Turned on its Head - Orange County Court Makes a "Pool" of California's Voters
  February 2002
• The California Supreme Court Resuscitates Stealth Property Taxes
  January 2001
• Tax Reassessments Upon Sale: There Must Be Some Mistake!!
  March 2000
• 10 Commonly Overlooked Ways To Reduce California Real Property Taxes
  July 1999
• Getting the Lease Deal You Really Want!
  June 1997

Professional Services Marketing

Maureen Broderick

President, Broderick & Associates

• Focusing Your Way to Success
  June 1997

Real Estate Lawyers

Theodore F. Bayer, Esq.

Partner, Pinnacle Law Group, LLP
email: tbayer@advaloremsolutions.net

• What’s it Really Worth: Peculiarities in the Valuation of Commercial Properties Under Proposition 13
  May 2007
• A "Split" in California's Tax System: What's Pool Got To Do With It?
  March 2003
• Proposition 13 Turned on its Head - Orange County Court Makes a "Pool" of California's Voters
  February 2002
• The California Supreme Court Resuscitates Stealth Property Taxes
  January 2001
• Tax Reassessments Upon Sale: There Must Be Some Mistake!!
  March 2000
• 10 Commonly Overlooked Ways To Reduce California Real Property Taxes
  July 1999
• Getting the Lease Deal You Really Want!
  June 1997

Jess Bressi & Scott Brooks

Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
email: jbressi@ccnlaw.com or sbrooks@ccnlaw.com

• Mytenantwenbankrupt@oops!com
  April 2001

Mark Hennigh, Esq.

Partner, Greene Radovsky Maloney & Share LLP
email: mhennigh@grmslaw.com

• Tax Considerations Affecting Construction Allowances and Disposition of Leasehold Improvements
  March 2005

Robert Nicholas, Esq.

Partner, Haas & Najarian
email: email@hassnaja.com

• "Are You Losing Money?" 10 Common Pitfalls for Commercial Tenants to Avoid
  February 2002

Anthony "Tony" Saris

Principal, Stadtler Rosenblum Saris
email: asaris@srscpa.net

• Real Estate Opportunities in a Weak Economy
  March 2005

Douglas G. Van Gessel, Esq.

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
email: dvangessel@sheppardmullin.com

• A Subtenant’s Guide to Subleasing
  January 2005
• A Tenant's Practical Guide to Managing the Risk of Terrorism
  January 2002

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