04
Sep
2019
How Congress Can Boost the Economy This Fall
Posted On September 4, 2019  By Rich Tucker  And has No Comment

Some people say they do their best work under pressure. Hopefully, that’s true for lawmakers in Congress. After a long summer break, both Houses return to Washington next week. Lawmakers will be under pressure, because they’ve left themselves only 13 days when both Houses are in […]

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05
Aug
2019
Service Resiliency is Make-or-break for Today’s Tenants
Posted On August 5, 2019  By Linda Strowbridge  And has No Comment

Strategically parked over a manhole on a downtown Manhattan street, John Meko spent months working inside a 20-foot storage trailer and learning about resiliency the hard way. Meko was wrestling with the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012. His employer at the time was an […]

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06
May
2019
The Top 20 U.S. Counties for Opportunity Zone Investment
Posted On May 6, 2019  By Diana Sabau  And has No Comment

The inclusion of the Investing in Opportunity Act (IOA) in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 has sparked a lot of excitement among investors, local institutions and community leaders looking to redirect dormant capital gains into distressed or developing communities that could match the […]

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06
Mar
2019
Administration Aims to Make Environmental Permitting Easier
Posted On March 6, 2019  By Alex Ford  And has No Comment

The White House is moving forward with a new set of guidelines aimed at streamlining the permitting process for large infrastructure projects. Released last week, an administration memo provides recommendations for state agencies that are reviewing projects subject to the National Environmental Policy Act, otherwise known […]

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17
Oct
2018
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles: Building Better Infrastructure
Posted On October 17, 2018  By Betsy Rosso  And has No Comment

The Hudson Tunnel, through which 450 trains carry 200,000 passengers every day, was constructed before the Titanic first sailed and soon after the Wright Brothers first flew. It’s time for an upgrade. The Portal North Bridge, which takes trains over the Passaic River in that same […]

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19
Sep
2018
A Summit Big Enough for its State
Posted On September 19, 2018  By Rich Tucker  And has No Comment

The state of Texas is physically large, of course. It’s the biggest state by area in the continental United States. It’s also large by population, and is home to four of the 11 most populous cities in the U.S. Recently, NAIOP leaders from the Houston area […]

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22
Aug
2018
Putting Nevada on the Path to Better Infrastructure
Posted On August 22, 2018  By Rich Tucker  And has No Comment

Nevada depends on hospitality. In fact, the federal government finds that “leisure & hospitality” is the state’s leading industry. But it’s difficult to be welcoming if a state’s roads, bridges, airports, sewers and other systems are wearing out. Nevada needs to make big investments in infrastructure […]

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14
Aug
2018
Smart Cities and the Built Environment
Posted On August 14, 2018  By C. Kat Grimsley, PhD and Lauren N. McCarthy  And has No Comment

Smart cities have become a contemporary point of discussion across outlets ranging from the (digital) pages of the Wall Street Journal to panel discussions at technology and infrastructure conferences. The smart city will ultimately be facilitated by the “internet of things,” which can be thought of […]

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18
Apr
2018
Will Nashville Voters Raise Taxes for Transit?
Posted On April 18, 2018  By Dan Bauchiero  And has No Comment

The Trump administration is pushing an infrastructure program that it says would spend $200 billion in federal money and generate up to $1.5 trillion in total infrastructure spending. It’s not clear whether a version of that plan can pass Congress this year. No matter what, the […]

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06
Mar
2018
E-commerce and the High Cost of Poor Infrastructure
Posted On March 6, 2018  By Marie Ruff  And has 2 Comments

Every click of an e-commerce order kicks off a series of actions that lead to the delivery of your package from a warehouse to your house – and the final stretch of that process is the most expensive part. “People expect to order anything, anytime, and […]

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