Mixed-use, transit-friendly projects: Having clients ahead of the curve is fun

This is for a good and smart cause in a day and age of $4.00+ gas. GlobeSt.com reports that, at the Transwestern/Real Estate Forum Twelfth Institutional Investor Symposium, the hot topic was mixed-use, in-fill projects near mass transit. That was news to me, because I just assumed everyone's been doing this for years. Obviously I cannot take the credit, but I remember doing these deals very early in my career. So, you current and former clients of mine doing this cutting edge work, congratulations! You were a decade or so ahead of the game.

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