Supply Chain, Rising Rents and Cost of Materials: What’s Next for Industrial Real Estate

November 11, 2021

Four industrial real estate experts took the stage in the opening keynote session of I.CON East, held this week in Jersey City, New Jersey. “If there was ever a group of leaders who are doing the deals, deploying the capital, and developing in billions of square feet and dollars, this is the group,” began session […]

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What’s Next for the Industrial Capital Markets?

September 1, 2021

Four capital markets experts joined in a round robin of Q&A in the closing session of NAIOP’s I.CON West this week in Long Beach, California. Led by Adam Pastor, managing director, Eastdil Secured, the speakers shared their thoughts on everything from transaction volume to emerging investors to pricing. Pastor was joined by Graydon Bouchillon, global […]

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The Acceleration of E-commerce and the Modern Supply Chain

September 1, 2021

The term “supply chain” was coined on June 4, 1982, when the Financial Times published an article that used it as a replacement for “production and inventory management.” Now a permanent part of our lexicon, looking back at just how the supply chain has grown and changed over four decades is how a panel of […]

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Four Challenges in Industrial Real Estate Today

August 31, 2021

A panel of experts took on the biggest challenges in industrial real estate in the closing panel of the first day of I.CON West 2021, held this week in Long Beach, California. From supply chain stressors to volatile pricing to labor shortages and building design, the issues seem bigger than ever for commercial real estate’s […]

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Leading with Transformative Influence

August 31, 2021

“I cut my teeth in the industrial real estate markets right here in Southern California during in the 1980s, and so being here today feels like being home,” opened Walt Rakowich, former CEO of Prologis, at NAIOP’s I.CON West 2021 conference, held this week in Long Beach, California. “Ten years ago, I spoke at this […]

What REIT Leaders Are Discussing in the Boardroom

May 11, 2021

No topic is more talked about in boardrooms of real estate investment trusts (REITs) across the country right now than ESG – the trending acronym for Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance factors that measure the sustainability and societal impact of an investment in a company or business – said a panel of speakers at the […]

Are Zoom Towns the New Boomtowns?

April 29, 2021

Thinking of packing suitcase, grabbing your laptop and setting up shop in a new locale? You’re in good company! One-fifth of adults in the U.S. moved during COVID-19 or know someone who did, says Pew Research, whether for health and safety reasons, or simply because the space demands of full-time work from home increased the […]

The Post-pandemic Career Shuffle

April 15, 2021

Employees – office workers, in particular – have firm expectations about returning to the workplace as vaccines become more widely available and companies begin bringing the team back together. At the top of their wish lists: hybrid work schedules, says start-up workforce platform Envoy’s Return to the Workplace report. Safety and flexibility, says the report, […]

5 Workplace Changes Here to Stay Post-COVID

March 9, 2021

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 and business mandates vary, workers are likely to trickle […]

Working Together is the Roadmap to Success

January 29, 2021

“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. “I like to think Congress has done some things […]

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Kathryn Hamilton, CAE