by Akki Patel | May 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Why the pandemic’s construction freeze created a generational opportunity and how the projects we built during it are now reaping the rewards. The hospitality industry has never received a stranger gift than the COVID-19 pandemic. For the owners and developers...
by Akki Patel | May 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
It’s not about the burger. It’s never been about the burger. McDonald’s built the most influential commercial real estate empire in the world and built a restaurant around it. In my previous piece about traveling through the small towns of southern Spain, I wrote...
by Akki Patel | May 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
Transforming industrial heritage into modern commercial space, and why the Pacific Northwest’s working past is among its greatest development assets. The Pacific Northwest built its economy on timber, fishing, shipping, and manufacturing. Drive through...
by Akki Patel | May 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
Walking through the whitewashed streets of Andalucía, I kept pondering retail real estate and how outdated the US seems in that area. That line from my travel notes stayed with me, even as I realized something else during the trip: American brands are everywhere and...
by Akki Patel | Apr 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Underrated Market Thesis Every experienced commercial real estate investor has learned the same hard lesson at least once: by the time a market is widely recognized as exceptional, the best opportunities have already been taken by those who got there first. The...
by Akki Patel | Apr 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
In my previous posts on teen financial literacy, I’ve stressed the importance of money education and what teenagers should do about it. The response has been huge, and one question keeps coming up more than any other: “Akki, I want my teenager to learn this stuff, but...
