11
Mar
2021
Developing Leaders Spotlight: Say “Yes” to Opportunities
Posted On March 11, 2021  By Marie Ruff  And has No Comment

After spending time on job sites growing up with her father, who worked in the construction business, Janelle Gallagher found herself drawn to the financial side of the built environment when she interned with a private equity group during college. Gallagher, a recipient of NAIOP’s 2020 […]

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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 1 Comment

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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12
Feb
2021
Creating a Workplace Culture of Inclusion
Posted On February 12, 2021  By Trey Barrineau  And has No Comment

U.S. demographics are becoming increasingly diverse. However, commercial real estate continues to lag, especially with representation in C-suite roles. At NAIOP’s 2021 Chapter Leadership and Legislative Retreat, Equality Institute CEO Bernadette Smith shared strategies to help real estate companies become more diverse and inclusive. The Next […]

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09
Feb
2021
Leveraging Diverse Teams to Build a Profitable Culture of Inclusion
Posted On February 9, 2021  By Trey Barrineau  And has No Comment

The lack of a diverse workforce in commercial real estate is a critical issue facing the industry. In 2017, the Bella Research Group and the Knight Foundation conducted research showing that white men held more than 75% of C-suite jobs in the U.S. commercial real estate […]

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04
Feb
2021
NAIOP January Coronavirus Impacts Survey: Light Appears at the End of the Tunnel
Posted On February 4, 2021  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has No Comment

In January, NAIOP conducted its seventh survey of its U.S. members on the impacts of COVID-19. Since April, the association has examined the pandemic’s effects on commercial real estate and how firms have responded. The four months since the last survey witnessed significant events, including federal […]

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04
Feb
2021
President Biden’s Tax Agenda: Issues for Commercial Real Estate
Posted On February 4, 2021  By Aquiles Suarez  And has No Comment

NAIOP members had the opportunity to learn about the association’s legislative agenda and its priorities for 2021 during the virtual 2021 Chapter Leadership and Legislative Retreat, including specifics regarding what might await the industry on tax policy in the new presidential administration. Some of President Joe […]

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03
Feb
2021
Benchmarking Development Approvals Processes Across the U.S.
Posted On February 3, 2021  By Brielle Scott  And has No Comment

Many municipal approval processes tend to be opaque and provide developers with limited information. To help address these issues, the NAIOP Research Foundation commissioned Distinguished Fellow C. Kat Grimsley, Ph.D. cantab, director of the Masters in Real Estate Development Program at George Mason University, to create […]

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03
Feb
2021
Making Innovation Happen in the Turbulent Twenties
Posted On February 3, 2021  By Marie Ruff  And has No Comment

On January 1, 2020, “We were on a certain pathway toward the future,” said Jeff De Cagna FRSA FASAE, executive advisor for Foresight First LLC. Then, the global pandemic hit. “We got knocked off that pathway and have found ourselves in the ‘discontinuous next’ – a […]

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29
Jan
2021
Working Together is the Roadmap to Success
Posted On January 29, 2021  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

“This past year has been a time of great flux and change in commercial real estate throughout the pandemic, as it has for the nation,” opened U.S. Congressman Van Taylor (R-TX) as he addressed members of the NAIOP Board of Directors in their virtual January meeting. […]

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28
Jan
2021
What Innovation Requires
Posted On January 28, 2021  By Jeff De Cagna  And has No Comment

In response to a global pandemic and its extraordinarily serious consequences in 2020, association decision-makers finally began to embrace innovation as a business necessity. For those of us who have been imploring boards and CEOs to take innovation seriously over the previous decade, it was a […]

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