February 2026 Newsletter Hi Reader, At Feroce, we continue to look past the headlines and into the fundamentals shaping commercial real estate. This month, we turn our attention to the quiet but powerful force redefining urban centers: aging office assets and the decisions being made about them. While much of the noise focuses on return-to-office mandates, the real signal is happening at the asset level, one building, one block, one neighborhood at a time. In this issue, we explore what is...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
January 2026 Newsletter Hi Reader, For 2026 at Feroce, we are starting the way we want to continue it: curious, connected, and looking ahead with purpose. Rather than making predictions or bold declarations, we are beginning 2026 with a question. Or actually, a few of them. We have found that the right question often does more to focus a team and spark clarity than any one answer. This month’s article shares a story from our New Year’s Eve’s table, a little wisdom from the teenagers in the...
3 months ago • 7 min read
December 2025 Newsletter Hi Reader, December 21 is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. And then on December 22, we start gaining daylight! Enjoy every minute of the extra daylight this season while spending time with family and friends. This month, we focus on answering the question: how do commercial real estate leaders prepare as we step into 2026. My take: embrace change and lead with clarity. With a few ‘on the ground’ suggestions to consider....
4 months ago • 8 min read
November 2025 Newsletter Hi Reader, November brings a shift into high gear as we race toward year end. For real estate investment teams, this is the season of finalizing budgets, aligning teams, and deciding what gets funded or not. During this sprint, clarity and purpose are essential. When the to-do list is long and time is short, leaders need tools that help identify the tasks that will deliver results. This month, we explore the Eisenhower Matrix, a simple and powerful framework that...
5 months ago • 7 min read
October 2025 Newsletter Hi Reader, October brings its usual mix: brisk mornings, packed calendars, and the full momentum of planning season. Across the industry, teams are making decisions that will shape the next year, often in the middle of too many meetings, competing demands, and very little clarity. This is when we turn to our tools to help our teams find the signal through the noise. We use tools that allow us to focus not just on what is loud or immediate, but on what truly deserves...
6 months ago • 8 min read
September 2025 Newsletter Hi Reader, Welcome to asset business plan and pumpkin latte season. The rhythm of CRE and the execution of the business continues as a steady drumbeat, even as the broader environment churns with change, uncertainty, and contradiction. Through consistent discipline, we can use this time to focus on building excellence across the organization. One of the most effective ways to do that? Ask questions. Then ask some more. Curiosity is not a soft skill. It is a...
7 months ago • 8 min read
August 2025 Newsletter Happy Summer! We are back in the Lower 48 after a wonderful visit in Alaska. August in Alaska is a season of contrasts: daylight still stretches long into the evening, yet the first signs of autumn are already here. Salmon runs bring rivers alive (the Cook Inlet sockeye salmon run this year is record setting) while construction crews rush to finish projects before the frost. It is a reminder that timing and adaptation matter, whether in nature or in capital markets....
8 months ago • 11 min read
July 2025 Newsletter Greetings from the Last Frontier! There are many reasons to love Alaska, including the glaring paradoxes of strip malls only a few minutes from unadulterated, deadly nature as well as on-site renewables paired with battery energy storage solutions that provide grid reliability in the land of offshore oil rigs and natural gas pipelines. Thank you to our readers who share their feedback on the newsletters. Your feedback is valuable and meaningful. Here are two of the...
9 months ago • 7 min read
June 2025 Newsletter Joyful June! I hope that you enjoyed celebrating the summer solstice on June 20, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Thank you for reading and if you have any questions or comments, please reach out. Hushed or Shushed?Listening to the Signals in CRE Anyone out there feeling hushed or shushed in your work in CRE? In commercial real estate today, there is a new message being delivered in meetings, strategy decks, and performance reviews. And much of it...
10 months ago • 7 min read