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As NAIOP Research Director, Shawn Moura manages the NAIOP Research Foundation research committee and day-to-day operations of the Foundation’s research projects.

27
May
2020
NAIOP May Coronavirus Impact Survey Reveals Modest Improvement in Conditions for Development
Posted On May 27, 2020  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has 5 Comments

Last week, NAIOP conducted its second survey of its U.S. members on how the coronavirus has affected their businesses and local markets. The survey results reveal the continued effects of the outbreak and how commercial real estate firms’ response to the outbreak has evolved since April. […]

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24
Apr
2020
Forecasting Industrial Demand in a Time of Economic Uncertainty
Posted On April 24, 2020  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has No Comment

Two economists offered their current perspectives on how the coronavirus outbreak will affect the U.S. economy and demand for industrial real estate in 2020 and 2021 in a webinar for NAIOP members on Monday. Timothy H. Savage, Ph.D., of NYU’s Shack Institute of Real Estate and […]

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20
Mar
2020
Coworking and the Coronavirus: A Canary in the Coal Mine?
Posted On March 20, 2020  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has No Comment

Before WeWork’s failed IPO, much of the criticism of the coworking and flexible office business model focused on the challenges that coworking operators would likely face in a recession, when clients could easily end short-term memberships to conserve cash. By contrast, since WeWork and other coworking […]

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10
Mar
2020
Taking the Pulse of Commercial Real Estate in the Face of a Coronavirus Outbreak
Posted On March 10, 2020  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has 3 Comments

The spread of the novel coronavirus across the globe and its arrival in the U.S. and Canada have prompted analysts to assess the disease’s potential impact on the North American economy and commercial real estate industry. Much remains uncertain about the new disease, including its incubation […]

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28
Oct
2019
Evolving Trends in Warehouse Technology and Design
Posted On October 28, 2019  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has No Comment

The growth of e-commerce has placed new demands on North American supply chains and is contributing to an ongoing evolution in industrial real estate. As Mike McCrary, managing director with JLL, noted in his opening comments at “Inside the Box: Industrial Tenant Technology,” a panel discussion […]

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16
Oct
2019
New Development Contributes to a Revitalized Culver City
Posted On October 16, 2019  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has No Comment

Not long ago, Culver City was widely perceived as a small, relatively quiet community within the West Los Angeles submarket that offered older office properties at affordable rents. The city’s downtown is now undergoing a revitalization that is in part driven by its connection to Los […]

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12
Sep
2019
The Evolving Nature of Industrial Demand
Posted On September 12, 2019  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has No Comment

In his keynote address at I.CON East 2019, Joshua Harris, vice president of strategy at Skanska USA Commercial Development, provided insight into the state of the economy and key trends affecting the industrial real estate market. After noting that NAIOP has played an important role in […]

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28
Aug
2019
Solving the Construction Worker Shortage Puzzle in Rural Illinois
Posted On August 28, 2019  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has No Comment

In recent years, builders have faced a shortage of workers that has only grown more acute amid increasing demand for construction and record-low unemployment. Many of the 2.2 million construction workers who lost their jobs during the last recession either retired or found employment in other […]

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12
Aug
2019
Training the Next Generation of Logistics Workers in Kansas City
Posted On August 12, 2019  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has No Comment

Thanks to e-commerce, demand for warehouse and distribution facilities has grown rapidly across North America. However, a tight labor market for blue collar jobs is making it harder for warehouse operators to recruit and retain staff. A CBRE report recently observed that the strength of the […]

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1
Jul
2019
Expanding Applications for Modular Construction
Posted On July 1, 2019  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has 2 Comments

Modular construction has come a long way since a 2010 issue of Development magazine profiled the building process in “First Look – The Skyscraper’s New Look.” Commercial real estate developers are adopting modular construction – in which building components are manufactured at a facility and then […]

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