Patrick Sisson, Allen Morris Co., a Fort Lauderdale-based firm that focuses on commercial development, has become known across Florida for a portfolio of more creative office projects that focus on sustainability. In the last decade, the firm has developed 4M SF of LEED-certified buildings in the Southeast. But ask Director of Construction Scott Flately if Allen Morris is using its sustainable focus as a talent attraction tool and he’ll pause....

Patrick Sisson, In a year of nonstop news and a bitterly contested presidential election, it can seem like politics, and political opinions, always bubble beneath the surface. Commercial real estate executives who spoke to Bisnow about the state of — or more commonly, lack of — political discourse at work, said that it’s best for all involved to keep any views under the surface and outside of the workplace. “When it enters the boardroom...