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Lighting the Way: How Community Solar is Transforming Neighborhoods

  • June 5, 2025
The U.S. is facing an energy crisis, with not enough power generated by the grid to feed the ever-growing demand. On Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump declared this issue a national emergency. One effective solution to help address this expansive problem: transforming unused commercial rooftops into sources of solar power that can then be fed back into the energy grid.
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Data center development

Data Centers Decoded: Building the Digital World’s Infrastructure

  • June 5, 2025
With the demand for data centers skyrocketing, mastering the intricacies of developing this high-demand asset can provide a valuable competitive edge. A panel of experts at NAIOP’s I.CON East this week in Jersey City, New Jersey, delved into the strategic nuances of data center development, addressing critical factors such as site selection, land evaluation and the optimization of infrastructure to meet both current and future needs.
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Industrial design

People-first Design: The Future of Industrial Real Estate

  • June 5, 2025
At the I.CON East conference in Jersey City, New Jersey this week, Eric Booth, AIA, president at Desmone; Bradley Frankhouser, regional vice president at Desmone; and Scott Wolkowitz, partner at The AM Group; demonstrated how focusing on amenities, sustainability and adaptive reuse – with a consideration for the people working in these spaces – is proving successful for industrial customers and owners.
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Aerospace manufacturing

Aerospace and Defense Industries Bring New Demand to Industrial Property Market

  • June 3, 2025
Across the United States, a manufacturing renaissance is underway. Kick-started by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and a post-pandemic focus on supply chain resilience, the resurgence has spurred new demand for industrial facilities. Most recently, demand has begun to shift from the electric vehicle and clean energy sectors to the aerospace and defense sectors receiving stepped-up U.S. Dept. of Defense funding.
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Rooftop solar on one of Amazon's Fulfillment Centers.

Amazon Hopes to Drive Global Sustainable Development through its Climate Pledge Commitment

  • March 28, 2025
Tackling sustainability on a corporate scale, London Kemp Boykin, director of Global Realty at Amazon, shared how she oversees the company’s over 1 billion square feet and growing industrial real estate portfolio, in a session on scaling global sustainable development to drive innovation and operational excellence, at I.CON West this week in Los Angeles. Amelia McLear, head of strategic partnerships, Amazon Global Sustainable Development, served as the session moderator.
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Power

Navigating Current Power Challenges and Future Demands

  • March 28, 2025
It’s an exciting time in the commercial real estate industry with overall data center growth showing a greater demand for power capacity, crypto, mining and automation, according to David Hickey, global managing director with Hickey & Associates. Hickey moderated a panel on the critical need for power in industrial development at NAIOP’s I.CON West conference this week in Los Angeles.
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Reverse logistics

Recapturing Value with Hybrid Reverse Logistics Facilities

  • March 28, 2025
If we were to rebuild our supply chain network, how would we rebuild it, knowing what we know now about returns? How would we rebuild a network if we could start over today knowing that backwards flows were going to be as important as forward flows? Chad Autry, Ph.D., Myers Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, shared some key design principles for a reverse logistics network.
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Solar and battery storage in industrial

Industrial Solar and Battery Storage: Best Practices, Making Money and Avoiding Risk

  • March 27, 2025
In a session at I.CON West, Ryan McEvoy, principal and founder of GAIA, and a leader in sustainable real estate development, noted that 92% of all new energy throughout the world is produced by solar; in the U.S., that figure is 66%, with California leading the way. “California solar continues to grow year over year, and on average, utilities in California are run on batteries roughly two hours a day,” he said.
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