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2018
Climate Change Heightens Need for Resilient Buildings
Posted On October 17, 2018  By Linda Strowbridge  And has No Comment

Billion-dollar headlines dominated newscasts in 2017. Hurricanes Irma, Maria and Harvey inflicted damage totaling $65 billion, $102 billion and $198 billion respectively. Wildfires in Northern California wrought $9.4 billion in damage, a June hailstorm in Minnesota cost $2.5 billion, drought in the Dakotas and Montana cost […]

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Oct
2018
Mall Doctors: Filling Vacant Retail Space with Medical Office
Posted On October 17, 2018  By Betsy Rosso  And has No Comment

As health care systems consolidate and consumers expect easier access to medical care, empty storefronts and abandoned shopping malls are increasingly transforming into health care hubs. CVS now operates more than 1,100 MinuteClinics within its pharmacies as well as some Target stores, and recently bought the […]

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Oct
2018
How Amazon Has Changed the Way EDCs Think and Act
Posted On October 17, 2018  By Betsy Rosso  And has No Comment

In an unusual move for a massive company, last year Amazon publicly released a request for proposals as the first step in its search for a second corporate headquarters. Dangling the prospect of 50,000 new jobs and $5 billion in capital expenditures before North American cities, […]

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Oct
2018
Blurring the Retail Line
Posted On October 17, 2018  By Marie Ruff  And has No Comment

Malls are dying (or have they officially been declared dead?). Former retail giants like Toys R Us and Sears are closing stores and filing for bankruptcy. From Mattress Firm, the largest mattress retailer in the U.S., to footwear and apparel company Nine West, the outlook for […]

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Oct
2018
Trends and Transformations in Office and Industrial Design
Posted On October 16, 2018  By Brielle Scott  And has No Comment

In a two-part session at CRE.Converge 2018, experts shared the requirements they’re seeing from users in the industrial and office spaces, and how buildings can stay flexible as tenant needs and market demands change. Gensler’s Global Design Synergy Leader and Regional Managing Principal Jordan Goldstein, AIA, […]

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Oct
2018
Using Big Data to Curate Personalized Experiences
Posted On October 16, 2018  By Brielle Scott  And has No Comment

If you’re familiar with the movie Moneyball (based on a nonfiction book of the same name), you know that in the film, the Oakland Athletics general manager and assistant manager take a unique approach to building their baseball team within the constraints of their limited budget. […]

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Oct
2018
Givers and Takers: Creating a Culture of Productive Generosity
Posted On October 16, 2018  By Kathryn Hamilton  And has No Comment

Remember the story of the Harvard students who created that online social network? No, not that one. The original one. Few people know that a half decade before Mark Zuckerberg formed Facebook, another group of freshmen entered the university looking for a way to meet new […]

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Oct
2018
Economists Predict Further U.S. Economic Growth
Posted On October 16, 2018  By Linda Strowbridge  And has No Comment

The booming U.S. economy has still has a lot of room to grow. That was the message from speakers at the “Views on Economic Indicators” session at CRE.Converge 2018. Calvin Schnure, senior vice president of research and economic analysis for Nareit, and Ryan Sweet, director of […]

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Oct
2018
A Bright Outlook for Capital Markets
Posted On October 16, 2018  By Brielle Scott  And has No Comment

Where are capital markets now, and where are we headed next? At CRE.Converge 2018, experts engaged in a candid conversation about what they’re seeing in CRE investment, and shared their insights, strategies and predictions for the market. Moderator James Cassidy, executive managing director with Newmark Knight […]

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Oct
2018
Growing Freight Traffic Sparks Inland Port Development
Posted On October 16, 2018  By Linda Strowbridge  And has No Comment

Large and ongoing increases in freight traffic to the U.S. are driving the development of a different kind of industrial property: the inland port. Intermodal traffic is up 400 percent since the 1980s. Containerized traffic has grown 290 percent since 2010. And the U.S. Department of […]

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