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Linda Strowbridge is a freelance business writer based in Baltimore, MD. A long-time journalist in Canada and the U.S., Linda now writes extensively about the built environment, economic development, green business and the insights of business leaders.

25
Aug
2022
Retail-industrial Trend Poised to Spark Real Estate Innovation
Posted On August 25, 2022  By Linda Strowbridge  And has No Comment

Growing convergence between the retail and distribution sectors could have profound impacts on the commercial real estate industry. As retail and industrial clients adjust to shifts in consumer behavior and the overall economy, CRE professionals will be challenged to change their thinking about how to truly […]

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26
Apr
2021
Digital Tools Increasingly Vital to Success of Construction Projects
Posted On April 26, 2021  By Linda Strowbridge  And has 136 Comments

Despite its traditional roots, construction has started to transform into a digital industry. Building information modeling, geospatial technologies, prefabrication and modular construction, drone services, augmented-reality wearables and other technologies are increasingly becoming a larger and more crucial part of successful, efficient, profitable construction projects. “An Overview […]

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22
Feb
2021
How Supporting CRE Construction Could Drive the US Economic Recovery
Posted On February 22, 2021  By Linda Strowbridge  And has 6 Comments

Despite the severe economic downturn of 2020, the U.S. construction industry grew. Direct expenditures for building and nonbuilding construction climbed $51.7 billion to reach $1.4 billion for the year. Total jobs supported by construction grew by 400,000. And construction’s percentage of total U.S. GDP rose from […]

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25
Jan
2021
Technology is Changing the Shape and Value of Warehouses
Posted On January 25, 2021  By Linda Strowbridge  And has 2 Comments

From robotic picker systems within warehouses to fleets of autonomous delivery vehicles to artificial intelligence that generates extraordinarily precise strategies to manage supply chains and anticipate consumer demands, technology is transforming the warehouse/distribution sector. In a new report, “The Evolution of the Warehouse: Trends in Technology, […]

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5
Jan
2021
Consumer Trends Plus New Technologies Create Alternate Uses for Vacant Properties
Posted On January 5, 2021  By Linda Strowbridge  And has 2 Comments

In “The Evolution of the Warehouse: Trends in Technology, Design, Development and Delivery,” authors Steve Weikal and James Robert Scott detail the industry advances, consumer trends and emerging technologies that are driving a rapidly growing sector. Although their work at the MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab […]

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16
Nov
2020
Analyzing the Current and Future Impacts of COVID-19 on CRE
Posted On November 16, 2020  By Linda Strowbridge  And has 1 Comment

In “Midyear Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on the U.S. Commercial Real Estate Development,” commissioned by the NAIOP Research Foundation, Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D., professor emeritus at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, detailed changes in different commercial real estate sectors and described how […]

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2
Nov
2020
The COVID-19 Trends Fueling Changes in Commercial Real Estate
Posted On November 2, 2020  By Linda Strowbridge  And has No Comment

In “Midyear Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on the U.S. Commercial Real Estate Development,” commissioned by the NAIOP Research Foundation, Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D., professor emeritus at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, detailed changes in different commercial real estate sectors and described how […]

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8
Oct
2020
Seven Realities of the Burgeoning, Challenging Infill Market
Posted On October 8, 2020  By Linda Strowbridge  And has No Comment

The flourishing e-commerce sector is driving demand for industrial space and that demand is now extending from the massive, port-side logistics facilities to last-mile distribution centers tucked into communities. A panel discussion at CRE.Converge Virtual 2020, moderated by JLL Senior Managing Director Leslie Lanne, dissected some […]

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7
Oct
2020
COVID-19 Shakes Up Tenant Priorities for Office Properties
Posted On October 7, 2020  By Linda Strowbridge  And has No Comment

Ever since American office buildings emptied out at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, CRE professionals have puzzled over how a pandemic might fundamentally change the nature and value of existing workplaces. Seven months into mid-pandemic business operations, a lot of industry research is now revealing […]

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5
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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