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Articles & White Papers
Thought leadership at Grubb & Ellis comes from its Strategic Consulting Group, its research staff, and the shared knowledge of its business unit leaders. These articles and whitepapers reflect our commitment to research and best practices.
Articles

Changes to Leasing Accounting: Will Sale/Leaseback still make sense?
Site Selection, May 2011
by Jeffery W. Shell
Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance

When Do Taxes “Move the Needle” in the Location Process?
Area Development, March 2011
by Michael McDermott
Associate, Strategic Consulting

Listen to the Locals: Small Projects Can Lead to Big Changes
Area Development, Winter 2011
by Noah Shlaes, CRE, FRICS, Managing Director, Strategic Consulting
And Tim Feemster, National Director, Global Logistics

Realities of Green Leasing
Corporate Real Estate Leader, Sep./Oct 2010
by Elizabeth King Forstneger, CPA,
LEED AP, Director, Strategic Consulting

Greening to Compete
Commercial Investment Real Estate, March. /April. 2010 by Beth Young, Vice President, CCIM,
LEED-AP

View from the Middle
Reprinted from Real Estate Issues, Winter 2009/2010
by Robert Bach, CRE, SVP, Chief Economist
and Simone Schuppan, LEED AP, Research Manager

Groundwork, Homework, Site Work, Clockwork
Area Development Magazine, January 2010
by Tracey Hyatt Bosman, CEcD, Director, Strategic Consulting and Michael McDermott, Consulting Associate

Lending a Hand to Clean Energy Site Selection
Site Selection, January 18, 2010
Tracey Hyatt Bosman, CEcD, Director, Strategic Consulting and Robert Dean, EVP, Managing Director, Pacific Northwest

Telling the Distribution Center Story
Site Selection, January 4, 2010
by Tracey Hyatt Bosman, CEcD, Director, Strategic Consulting

The Future of Economic Incentives
by Tracey Hyatt Bosman, CEcD, Director, Strategic Consulting and Noah Shlaes, CRE, FRICS, Managing Director, Strategic Consulting, February/March 2009

Creating Real Estate Value: Respond Strategically to Financial Reporting Changes
Corporate Real Estate Leader, Nov. /Dec. 2008
by Elizabeth King-Forstneger, Director, Strategic Consulting

White Papers

Grubb & Ellis produces white papers on topics of interest to the commercial real estate industry.
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FASB’s changes to bring about a new "lease" on accounting for leases
[PDF-175kb]

The mechanics of the changes
[PDF-244kb]

Preparing Portfolios for Global Logistics Challenges
[PDF-357kb] August 2009

What Do Volatile Oil Prices Do To Your Distribution Network?
[PDF-234kb] Feburary 2009

Sublease Report
[PDF-268kb] September 2008

Meeting the Carbon Challenge
[PDF-172kb] April 2007