Allen Buchanan: 5 lessons learned in 2017

Goodbye 2017 and hello 2018! This year was particularly good to us as commercial real estate professionals. Our market continues to rock on, break value records and enjoy the longest up-trend in decades.
Since the doldrums of 2009-10, sales prices have tripled in some cases and lease rates are not far behind.
As I reflect on the year of 2017, what lessons were learned? Indulge me while I recall a few.
When you believe you’ve seen it all – guess again. This year we revived a susp