05
Apr
2021
Is the Medical Office Market Recession-Proof?
Posted On April 5, 2021  By Shawn Stoneburner  And has No Comment

When the economy takes a tumble, investors immediately start hunting for recession-resistant assets. For the better part of the last 30 years, commercial real estate investors have turned to medical properties, which have been one of the strongest investment performers in our economy, regardless of economic […]

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24
Mar
2021
Life Sciences Innovators Need Inspired Workplaces
Posted On March 24, 2021  By Ken Wardingley and Tina Kocoras  And has No Comment

Life sciences firms are under intense pressure right now to research and produce viable COVID-19 vaccines, and their workplaces and labs need to support their vital work. While many current pharmaceutical office trends will continue, new priorities are emerging that include accessible outdoor space, increased security […]

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09
Mar
2021
5 Workplace Changes Here to Stay Post-COVID
Posted On March 9, 2021  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

Think back to how and where you worked one year ago, before the pandemic began and hastily upended it all. Chances are that many of your work habits and activities pre-COVID look very different from the workplace “new normal” that will emerge post-pandemic. While city, state […]

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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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18
Feb
2021
Could COVID-19 Pandemic Spur Changes in Parking Minimums?
Posted On February 18, 2021  By Ron Derven  And has No Comment

Dusty parking codes and parking minimums have contributed to the creation of between three and eight parking spaces per car in the U.S., cost real estate developers untold billions of dollars, and caused gridlock in urban centers. But now, these decades-old rules may be in for […]

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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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25
Jan
2021
Technology is Changing the Shape and Value of Warehouses
Posted On January 25, 2021  By Linda Strowbridge  And has 3 Comments

From robotic picker systems within warehouses to fleets of autonomous delivery vehicles to artificial intelligence that generates extraordinarily precise strategies to manage supply chains and anticipate consumer demands, technology is transforming the warehouse/distribution sector. In a new report, “The Evolution of the Warehouse: Trends in Technology, […]

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13
Jan
2021
It’s Time to Use Social Media Marketing in Commercial Real Estate
Posted On January 13, 2021  By Minjia Yan  And has 6 Comments

The COVID-19 pandemic is a wake-up call for the world to go digital. It has forced marketers to go virtual and create online webinars. It is time for the commercial real estate companies – which are traditionally slow to adopt new technology – to include social […]

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12
Jan
2021
The Forces Shaping Office Space Demand
Posted On January 12, 2021  By Brielle Scott  And has No Comment

In a recent webinar, the authors of the NAIOP Office Space Demand Forecast provided insights and data from the latest report covering the fourth quarter of 2020, including overall economic trends and factors influencing demand, and their predictions for when the office sector could recover in […]

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05
Jan
2021
Consumer Trends Plus New Technologies Create Alternate Uses for Vacant Properties
Posted On January 5, 2021  By Linda Strowbridge  And has No Comment

In “The Evolution of the Warehouse: Trends in Technology, Design, Development and Delivery,” authors Steve Weikal and James Robert Scott detail the industry advances, consumer trends and emerging technologies that are driving a rapidly growing sector. Although their work at the MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab […]

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