Permit Advisors: It’s All in the Execution

Why You Shouldn’t Hire a Permit Service but a Permit Solution It seems every permit expediting firm calls themselves a full-service permitting firm, and while that sounds like good rhetoric it is that thinking that is costing you construction start dates. Development teams up to this point have settled for permit expediting services because there isn’t much else to do-besides do it yourself. If we’re honest, a lot of you have done it yourself. But, development teams should be hiring permit solutions firms and expediters that execute the process for you. In this article, I will expound why permit services …

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May 29, 2016 By admin

The Vowels of Mall Permits

Fundamentals of the Project Mall permits hinge on a good mall design, that is, whether a city will want to have the project in the planning phase. In order to help our clients have the best experience through the jurisdictional process, Permit Advisors has compiled the vowel-or building blocks- of a good mall development. A-Authentic: A good mall development is authentic to the sense of the place it is being developed. Local consumers will not want to visit a mall that isn’t true to their neighborhood, and this, coincidentally, is another rally cry for NIMBYs (Not in My Back Yard). …

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May 22, 2016 By admin

Pricing Mall Permits

Evolution of the Mall Experience: Pricing Your Mall Permits Checkers vs Chess In our high risk-high reward industry everyone is looking at pricing their mall permits and hoping for an edge. Aficionados of chess like to say strategic blunders are a “checkers vs chess” mentality. Well-meaning players choose a move that rewards them in the short run without realizing the long-term ramifications. Often, it means repeating the same mistake twice. How does this translate to your mall permits? Well, choosing a permitting team with a low-cost proposal can have many long-term consequences. On the positive side of the spectrum, you …

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May 15, 2016 By admin

Letter to Our Readers: Evolution of the Mall Experience

Letter to Our Readers: Evolution of the Mall Experience Dear Permit Advisors Reader, It is no secret the mall experience is evolving because malls, as we know them, are dead. It is also no secret consumers are looking for novel and unique experiences from their shopping centers. Designers, developers, investors, brokers, and pretty much everyone is scrambling to predict what the “next big thing” in mall concepts will be. Well, Permit Advisors can’t predict what next tech or unique thingamabob millennials and baby boomers are going to want from their shopping centers, but we can help you get your project …

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May 8, 2016 By admin