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	<title>Parallelogramme - property knowledge for commercial tenants</title>
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	<description>Property blog by Peter Scott of Parallel Directions Ltd, commercial property advisers</description>
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		<title>Digging Deeper than &#8216;Drive By&#8217; Property Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've been talking for some time now about how much of a tenant's market it is for leasing property. It's been keeping us busy working with clients looking to negotiate good deals and take advantage of the over supply of commercial space. And if you are in the right position, it is a very good time to move. But a word of caution...]]></description>
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		<title>Aussies join Kiwi struggle in property market</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Property Leasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercial real estate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few years I've written a number of times about the Australian influence on the New Zealand property market. First it was, "The Aussies are coming". Then it was, "The Aussies are here". And the most recent was, "The Aussies are here and they are us". And today, with the oversupply of commercial rental office space and residential high rise space, they are struggling for good returns the same as everyone else. Let me give you a snapshot...]]></description>
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		<title>Reinventing meetings &amp; saving space</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Property Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Activities Based Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I would be really hard pushed to find anyone on the planet who wouldn't like to attend fewer work meetings. Complaints about 'meeting overload' and the trials of a day of back-to-back meetings must echo around offices across the globe. But there could be a answer in sight...]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the feudal mind &#8211; new ways of thinking about property leases</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Property Leasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercial property lease negotiation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The great majority of us still have some pretty old fashioned ways of thinking about property. Just the very words landlord and tenant come from a bygone era when we stop to think about it. It was a time of feudal land ownership when there really were lords with peasant tenants who were completely subservient to them. Language is a powerful thing, and using these words today always implies a power structure. In the subconscious mind...]]></description>
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		<title>Truth, justice and the tenant&#8217;s way!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Property Leasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercial property leasing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tenant representation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was browsing through some blogs and online articles about commercial property leasing in the United States and it dawned on me (not for the first time!) how limited our systems in New Zealand are for tenant representation. In the USA, Australia and other countries it is very much the norm that both landlords and tenants alike have their interests independently represented...]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking through the fear of getting property decisions wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Property Leasing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lease Incentives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[recession property strategies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clients I speak with regularly say the commercial property market has become increasing stressful and complex. So much so, that it inhibits businesses from making decisions about future locations; whether to upsize, downsize, move or stay. The message I hear is...]]></description>
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		<title>What we think we need in leased premises often varies from our actual future needs</title>
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		<comments>http://www.officeblog.co.nz/what-we-think-we-need-in-leased-premises-often-varies-from-our-actual-future-needs#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Property Strategy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Traditional thinking in business is being turned on its head day in day out as technology allows us to work from anywhere anytime. These new dynamics mean that every day, new jobs are invented that we have never heard of before. To say...]]></description>
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		<title>Making sure your contract is weather tight</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 09:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Property Leasing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Adverse weather conditions can put enormous pressure on even the best of tenant/landlord relationships. I've already dealt with one situation this week where water damage has soured relations between tenant and landlord to the extent that they are exchanging lawyer's letters; each party is...]]></description>
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		<title>Property strategy key in executing business plans</title>
		<link>http://www.officeblog.co.nz/property-strategy-key-in-executing-business-plans</link>
		<comments>http://www.officeblog.co.nz/property-strategy-key-in-executing-business-plans#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 19:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Property Strategy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of signs that the long talked about green shoots are starting to show a hint of blossom in the post-economic crisis environment. There are quite a few challenges yet to come, but some key indicators such as business confidence surveys, employment rates and increased business activity are looking positive. But I have noticed that a...]]></description>
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		<title>New trends and realities in the commercial property lease market</title>
		<link>http://www.officeblog.co.nz/new-trends-and-realities-in-the-commercial-property-lease-market</link>
		<comments>http://www.officeblog.co.nz/new-trends-and-realities-in-the-commercial-property-lease-market#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Property Leasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercial property leasing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research is showing that the high vacancy levels in commercial lease property in New Zealand is a trend that looks set to stay for the next couple of years. Low interest rates, inflation and slow recovery from the global economic crisis will have an ongoing ripple effect on commercial property. In the short term, this is leading to an increase in trends such as "shadow space" where a business...]]></description>
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