The must-haves for the office of the near future may not be the same as they were six months ago. Since the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the way people live and work, every community has had to take stock of how their future office space and […]
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You could be forgiven for thinking that Congress would have passed an additional economic stimulus bill by now. After all, supplemental unemployment benefits have expired, there are days left before the applications by businesses for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) are no longer accepted, and Senate […]
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Last week, NAIOP conducted its fourth monthly survey of its U.S. members on the impacts of COVID-19. Since April, the association has examined the pandemic’s effects on conditions in commercial real estate and evaluates how firms have responded. The July survey results reveal that commercial real […]
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NAIOP has published a new 2020 edition of “Rules of Thumb for Distribution/Warehouse Facilities Design,” a 60-page e-book authored by Bryon Pinckert, former principal with HPA, Inc. Pinckert has drawn on his firm’s decades of industry experience to explain best-practice methods for planning and designing warehouse […]
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Last month, Democratic members of a House climate change committee unveiled their blueprint for achieving a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. Nearly two years in the making, the report outlines dozens of recommendations – from emissions reduction targets for buildings, to mandated reductions in food waste – […]
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Today’s consumers have become increasingly dependent on controlling many aspects of their daily lives via mobile apps and voice control with smart technology. The current global pandemic and social distancing regulations have placed an increased interest on reducing public person-to-person and touch interactions, and the commercial […]
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There has been a lot of speculation in the news about the many ways that life will be different in a post-COVID-19 world. Will we return to crowded restaurants, sporting events or festivals? Will we sit at small open-office desks like we used to?Will we work from home more? The influence of the global coronavirus pandemic will definitely affect all these behaviors, […]
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The House of Representatives this week is expected to pass a broad $1.5 trillion infrastructure package covering a diverse number of areas, including surface transportation programs, aviation, housing, water infrastructure, and tax policy, as well as containing many aspects of the so-called “Green New Deal” policy […]
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The novel coronavirus pandemic and the economic fallout surrounding it have gripped the world’s attention for most of 2020. However, Harry Broadman, Ph.D., of the Berkeley Research Group and Johns Hopkins University told attendees at NAIOP’s I.CON Virtual 2020 that they should also keep a close […]
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Everyone is talking about post-COVID real estate investment markets. Clearly there will be winners and losers, but how deep was the pandemic’s impact, and where are we currently from a capital markets perspective? A panel of experts took to the digital stage at NAIOP’s I.CON Virtual […]
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