11
Jan
2022
Unique Adaptive Reuse Projects
Posted On January 11, 2022  By Brielle Scott  And has 3 Comments

Adaptive reuse projects can often be a high-risk, high-reward proposition, as aging or obsolete assets bring their own set of unique challenges for developers hoping to revitalize or reposition a property for new uses. But as availability of land continues to shrink in densely populated areas, […]

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05
Jan
2022
State Advocacy Essential for NAIOP Chapters in 2022
Posted On January 5, 2022  By Toby Burke  And has 2 Comments

As the new year begins, lawmakers will begin returning to their chambers to discuss and debate numerous pieces of legislation. Congress is currently focused on President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better initiative and voting rights legislation, but conventional wisdom suggest that passage of meaningful, nonpartisan legislation […]

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21
Dec
2021
Improving the Building Permit Process
Posted On December 21, 2021  By Valerie Maislin  And has 4 Comments

Building on the NAIOP Research Foundation’s recent study, The Development Approvals Index: A New Tool to Evaluate Local Approvals Processes, several NAIOP chapters and George Mason University have collected data on development approvals across the United States and Canada.   To date, Mason’s data collection has focused […]

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15
Dec
2021
The Role of State and Local Governments in Spurring Economic Development
Posted On December 15, 2021  By Toby Burke  And has 1 Comment

Real estate developers and owners provide the commercial and residential space for individuals to live, work and play. State and local governments can play an important role in supporting this through incentives and other measures that ensure development projects financially “pencil” and are economically sustainable over […]

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03
Dec
2021
Inside the Complex Cold Storage Sector
Posted On December 3, 2021  By Jeff Zbar  And has 2 Comments

The years leading up to the pandemic were hot for cold storage. It only promises to grow going forward. With the cold storage vacancy rate around 4%, over 100 million square feet of cold storage space will be built in the U.S. in the next five […]

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01
Dec
2021
State Governments Adopt Building Electrification Mandates
Posted On December 1, 2021  By Toby Burke  And has 4 Comments

The debate on greenhouse gases and climate change is occurring at every level of government within the United States. Many states have initiated mandates calling for commercial building owners to gradually reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and eventually become net-zero by certain dates as part of […]

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12
Nov
2021
The Outlook for Capital Markets and Industrial Real Estate
Posted On November 12, 2021  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has 5 Comments

Low cap rates and rapidly rising rents reflect industrial real estate’s status as the leading sector in commercial real estate development. Record levels of capital are flowing to industrial real estate while tenants are willing to pay higher rents to secure additional inventory and shorten delivery […]

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12
Nov
2021
Welcoming Freight to the Neighborhood
Posted On November 12, 2021  By Marie Ruff  And has 5 Comments

Industrial real estate contributes valuable jobs and services to the economy but is not always well understood by the local community. Concerns about traffic and adjacent land uses may also exist. In a session at NAIOP’s I.CON East in Jersey City, New Jersey, this week, a […]

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12
Nov
2021
Secrets to Success for Environmental and Entitlement Approvals
Posted On November 12, 2021  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 4 Comments

“As I was preparing for this session, I thought we should rename it away from an entitlement-focus and instead call it, ‘So You Wanna Be a Developer? What The Heck Are You Thinking?’” said Jeff Milanaik, partner, northeast region, Bridge Industrial, and moderator of a session […]

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11
Nov
2021
Cold, Close and Complex: Making Smart Decisions in Cold Storage Development
Posted On November 11, 2021  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 1 Comment

With demand for cold storage expanding, so too is the need for these warehouses to be smaller, closer and colder. A panel of cold storage experts led a discussion the critical factors to consider when developing speculative cold storage buildings, closing out day one of I.CON […]

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