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This week we are featuring the offices of a young Houston startup company, SupportChoice, Inc.  Located on North Post Oak Rd. near Uptown Park, SupportChoice Founder and CEO Taylor Pipkin and his staff provide on-demand computer support via remote desktop control technology.  Offering a host of services, SupportChoice is a great resource for those in need of technical support with the click of a button. Read More

Monday’s New York section of the Wall Street Journal had an article talking about the recent trend of banks here shedding or subleasing space as their industry struggles through downsizing.  The article mentions more that more than 2.5 million square feet of space coming back to the market.  (That’s just over 1% of the Class A office stock in Manhattan.)   This is good news for tenants looking for sublease office space in New York.  It’s bad news for pretty much everyone else though.  Banks are needing less space because they are laying off workers.  Workers that like to buy things which in turn hurts the local retail and restaurant sectors. Read More

After reading a recent article on the dark side of co-working, we thought we would chime in. It comes as no surprise that co-working is starting to see some backlash among small businesses and contractors. As a relatively new solution to traditional office space in the U.S., co-working has taken off like a wildfire. If you are on either the west coast or east coast and involved in commercial real estate or you are looking for real estate – you certainly have seen all the cool, open, innovative co-working solutions. It is starting to pick up everywhere else, but it seems the coasts have taken the lead. Read More

When visiting with small business owners about how their company’s office space plays a role in the business growth and culture, there’s typically a common theme that rears it’s ugly head: too many mistakes are made in the leasing process.  Owners and decision makers often make several key mistakes that can end up costing companies significantly down the line and can even cripple their growth rate.  Because office rent is the second highest expense the vast majority of companies incur, doing things the wrong way leading up to signing on the dotted line can be devastating and can make any  business owner go crazy! Read More

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There have been a few stories that have come out recently saying that Starbucks will begin selling beer and wine at locations in several major US markets by the end of 2012.  Starbucks began testing the concept in some of it’s Seattle home based locations back in late 2011, and is planning on implementing the sale of beer and wine in cities like Atlanta, Chicago, and a few cities in Southern California soon.  Word has it that they will start testing the concept in 4-6 locations in each of those markets and go from there.  Seems as if Starbucks is attempting to become more of a true cafe, serving coffee, tea, beer, wine, to go along with pastries and Panini’s. There are no immediate plans to expand the concept into any of the major Texas cities, but that could certainly change after seeing a positive response in some of the test markets. Read More

Noble Energy just signed a 497,000 square foot lease in the former Hewlett Packard building in northwest Houston. That is almost 11.5 acres and they will occupy all 10 floors with plans to expand in the future. Read More