The Official Blog for Commercial Real Estate

Author: Marie Ruff

Embodied carbon construction

The Carbon Behind the Curtain

Discover how to unlock the hidden carbon footprint of building materials with Environmental Product Declarations. It’s one of the most valuable tools we have in understanding embodied carbon, but in a world saturated with sustainability acronyms, it’s easy to get lost. Learn more about the metrics that matter and how to use this tool for sustainable development.

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Warehouse construction

From Slowdown to Shovel-ready: Recent Tax Bill a Catalyst for U.S. Industrial Growth

The recent passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 introduced new provisions allowing 100% rapid depreciation not only of equipment, but also of production and manufacturing facilities. This is a notable expansion beyond the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which limited this benefit to equipment alone. By broadening the scope of eligible assets, the legislation aims to catalyze domestic production, reshape supply chain dynamics, and significantly reduce effective corporate tax rates. As a result, it is expected to spark a wave of industrial development across the country.

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Office exterior

The Fundamentals of Embodied Carbon

Walk into any design meeting today and you’ll likely hear the word decarbonization. Among many strategies, it’s become a key focus in the building industry’s response to climate change. But what does it actually mean for the spaces we build? More importantly, how do we turn broad climate goals into specific, measurable actions, especially when much of a building’s emissions are released before the lights are ever turned on?

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AI in the Physical World

AI in the Physical World: The Next Level of Digital Change in Commercial Real Estate

For commercial real estate, artificial intelligence in the physical world is the blend of mechanical systems, infrastructure and robotics, enabling buildings to sense, analyze and act without human intervention. This shift isn’t incremental – it’s transformational, opening a new chapter where buildings are not just smart but self-optimizing, self-maintaining and even self-patrolling.

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AI construction

AI’s Role in Capital Projects: Transforming Development and Construction

Commercial real estate professionals – developers, investors, contractors, site selectors and service providers – are beginning to harness AI’s potential to enhance decision-making, improve project outcomes and mitigate risk. Those that strategically integrate AI into capital project planning and execution will gain a significant competitive advantage.

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Capitol Hill

From Deductions to Depreciation: Real Estate Tax Impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Read a summary of the provisions that impact the commercial real estate industry as well as commentary on some issues that NAIOP’s government affairs team overcame in the process by David Sobochan, Market Leader, Real Estate and Construction Partner for Cohen & Co, who is a member of NAIOP’s national Tax & Finance Government Affairs advisory committee.

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Coworking space

Suburban Surge: How Coworking Spaces Are Shifting Beyond the City

As the modern workplace continues to evolve, so does the coworking industry, adapting to shifting employee preferences, real estate trends and the ongoing hybrid work revolution. Recent national data from a Yardi Kube analysis reveals a compelling trend: suburban coworking spaces are growing faster than their urban counterparts, signaling a potential long-term transformation in how and where Americans choose to work.

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Modern retail

Aligning Retail Spaces with Evolving Expectations of a New Generation 

Despite the year-over-year growth of the retail sector for the period of 2022-2024, brick-and-mortar investors, developers and landlords must navigate shifting consumer behaviors, the continued rise of e-commerce as well as waves of chain store closures. This complex set of continuously evolving challenges sparks questions about where to invest and the need for a more strategic, experience-driven approach to physical retail spaces. 

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AI for commercial real estate

Leveraging AI for Commercial Real Estate Innovation

“Will [Artificial Intelligence] revolutionize real estate investment, or are we overhyping it?” asked Doris Pitilon, Chief Technology Officer, Faropoint, during a session this week at NAIOP’s I.CON East in Jersey City, New Jersey. She explained that there are many types of AI, all with different functions, including deep learning, which tries to mimic the human brain, and generative AI, which tries to create new content from existing content.

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