Category: Perspectives

Analyzing Capital Market Trends

March 12, 2024

As the industrial market sees some cooling from pandemic-era highs and financing tightens, what should owners and investors expect over the next 12-18 months? Four national experts took the stage at I.CON West to discuss what lies ahead for this popular asset class.

Economic Trends, Risks and the Industrial Market

March 12, 2024

Kathryn Hamilton, CAE

By a show of hands, I.CON West keynote speaker Christine Cooper, Ph.D., managing director and chief U.S. economist with CoStar Group, polled attendees on their economic outlook – was it bright or bleak? The group responded largely positively, with most indicating they felt the economy was doing better than not.

SoCal Industrial Prioritizes Speed, Power and Sustainability

March 12, 2024

Marie Ruff

Movement is key in the SoCal industrial space. Industrial real estate occupies some 200 million square feet of space in the SoCal region, with much of the activity driven by the Ports of L.A. and Long Beach.

An Action-packed Week in Washington

March 6, 2024

Eric Schmutz

The quest to approve federal funding continued during another busy week in Washington, where lawmakers took up a $435 billion funding package that includes the FDA and a number of other departments. Also this week, 16 states and American Samoa held presidential primary elections, with 854 Republican and 1,420 Democratic delegates at stake.

Industrial Construction Report: Manufacturing Takes Center Stage

March 4, 2024

Lucian Alixandrescu

In a study analyzing the current state of industrial real estate construction and the current pipeline, CommercialCafe highlighted which markets have the most industrial space underway, as well as the largest projects slated for completion in 2024.

From Vacant to Vibrant: Repurposing Retail Spaces for Healthcare

February 28, 2024

Brian Kane

As the retail landscape continues to evolve with some well-known retailers declaring bankruptcy or streamlining their real estate portfolios, it doesn’t have to signal a loss for the surrounding community. In fact, the opposite is true. People increasingly want their healthcare brought closer to home, and with these abandoned spaces comes opportunity.

NAIOP Chapters Are Champions for CRE

February 21, 2024

Aquiles Suarez

Last week, hundreds of NAIOP members from the U.S. and Canada attended NAIOP’s Chapter Leadership and Legislative Retreat (CL&LR) in Washington, D.C., with the conference culminating in countless meetings with their elected representatives to advocate on behalf of the commercial real estate industry.

Credit Liquidity, Capital Markets and the Economic Outlook for CRE

February 21, 2024

Jonathan Rollins

In an information-packed keynote at CL&LR, Rebecca Rockey, deputy chief economist and global head of forecasting at Cushman & Wakefield, highlighted several economic trends that will inform credit liquidity and the capital markets in 2024-2025.

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