InPro Marketing is starting to market its chemical spill clean up kit. This nifty kit has items with such uses as straining, absorb & neutralize paint, industrial fluids and even ink! 

The main item is a neutralizing powder made from local Reno materials that allows safe disposal of waste materials; so safe you can simply toss in the trash when done!

Click Here for more information and the full article by NNBW

While Commercial real estate investment is not doing so well…Some investors would say that the distressed debt market is currently more active than it has ever been with a fair mix of non-performing and performing loans. There are debt buyers that are getting bigger savings than the cost of buying a property outright.   Click Here for more information and the full article by CoStar

2009 has been a year to remind us of the important things in life. 

Over the holidays we hope you. . . 

Mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten Friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Write a love letter. Share some treasure. Give a soft answer. Encourage youth. Manifest your loyalty in word and deed. Keep a promise. Find the time.  Forgo a grudge. Forgive an enemy. Listen.  Apologize if you were wrong. Try to understand. Flout envy. Examine your demands on others. Think first of someone else. Appreciate. Be kind; be gentle.  Laugh a little. Laugh a little more. Deserve confidence. Take up arms against malice. Decry complacency. Express your gratitude. Welcome a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child. Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth.  Speak your love.  Speak it again.  Speak it still once again.

Best wishes to you and your family from all of us at

NNBW’s article “The House Rules” gives some great pointers on how to keep yourself on task and your mind in your work. It talks about no matter how big or small your work space is you need to, in some way, separate your personal space from your professional space.

Click Here for more information and the full article by Northern Nevada Business Weekly 

Click Here for more information and the full article by CoStar 

There are some major changes occurring to the LEED credentialing including the LEED AP (Accredited Professional) designation. CoStar^® has gone through many pages of information and created a more compact information hub complete with links and webcasts to help you learn more about this LEED Credentialing changes.

Click here to see full article.

   Aside from the tax advantages we reap as business owners in Nevada, a long train of additional benefits have surfaced recently and deemed the Silver State as one of the most preferable locations to operate a successful business. Cali residents are a bit jealous, I think. Many think it’s only going to get worse for Californians &  frequent border crossing is in Reno’s immediate future.  What does this do for the Commercial Real Estate Industry? Nothing but generate heaps of business. I feel proud to be a Nevadan working in the Commercial Real Estate Industry right now. As a former native of San Diego California, I’m glad I moved up here when I did, 7 years ago. Just in time to miss out on California’s Giant Debt Attack.  Check out the article below!

http://www.rgj.com/article/20090425/BIZ05/904250324/1071/BIZ

Tom Young with Fennell & Associates, commercial real estate solutions, based in Reno, Nevada has recently been appointed by the City of Reno to the board of directors of Truckee Meadows Water Authority.

Fennell & Associates, commercial real estate solutions of Reno, Nevada is pleased to announce that Cathy I. Shanks, CPM and Fred M. Miller, SIOR successfully represented Eclipse Running, a retailer specializing in high quality running shoes and apparel, in the lease of their new store.  Eclipse Running is expanding into a new 1,900 SF space at McCarran and Lakeside.

Harvey Fennell, a Commercial Broker with Fennell & Associates, Commercial Real Estate Solution in Reno, Nevada has just listed the property at 1135 Hunter Lake Drive in Reno.  The property consists of a former beauty salon and three attached apartments.  Please contact Harvey at 775.850.3125 for more information.