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Marie Ruff is Director of Marketing and Communications at NAIOP.
Overcoming Industrial Construction and Design Challenges
Supply chain bottlenecks over the past two years have created challenges for construction schedules and project deliveries. In a session at NAIOP’s I.CON East: The Industrial Conference this week in Jersey City, New Jersey, Sheila Sutton, project executive, construction, Duke Realty Corporation, led a panel of experts for a discussion on ways to address supply […]
EVs and Batteries: A Roadmap for CRE
Electric vehicle (EV) sales doubled from 2020 to 2021 and are forecast to reach a market share of 29.5% of total vehicle sales in the U.S. by 2030, per a recent report from Newmark. Among the key factors driving the growth of this industry: the economics of owning an EV are becoming more favorable for […]
Navigating the Supply Chainwreck
The pandemic has brought the workings of the global supply chain into prominent focus, with the average consumer much more aware that a system they thought was smooth sailing had now hit some inconvenient and expensive rocky shoals. In a session at I.CON East: The Industrial Conference, experts shared their perspectives on what created a […]
Supply Chain Solutions in Action: Port of New York and New Jersey
Unprecedented demands on the global supply chain over the last few years have led to shipping delays and widespread headaches, but also to creative solutions and collaboration. Attendees at NAIOP’s I.CON East: The Industrial Conference in Jersey City, New Jersey, this week viewed supply chain solutions in action during a waterside tour of the Port […]
Developing Leaders Spotlight: Putting a Unique Spin on Success
In a family of three generations of residential brokers, Lindy Deller, a recipient of the 2021 Developing Leaders Award, put her own twist on her career – a fitting spin for an accomplished professional who has a second career as an aerial acrobat. Deller started out as a commercial real estate office and retail broker […]
Unlocking the Keys to Leadership Success
“Whether you are in a leadership role or not, you are a leader,” said Leah Brown, Certified Dare to Lead™ facilitator, in a members-only webinar this week presented by Trammell Crow Company. You may be a leader in your industry, your family, your community, or elsewhere. What defines leadership is “trying to show up as […]
Welcoming Freight to the Neighborhood
Industrial real estate contributes valuable jobs and services to the economy but is not always well understood by the local community. Concerns about traffic and adjacent land uses may also exist. In a session at NAIOP’s I.CON East in Jersey City, New Jersey, this week, a panel of experts discussed effective practices for engaging with […]
Industrial Renaissance: Innovation and Technology
Leading experts in the field addressed how technology and innovation are enabling an evolution of warehouse and distribution real estate in a session at I.CON East this week in Jersey City, New Jersey moderated by Kate Bryden, LEED AP BD+C, senior vice president development, MRP Industrial LLC. Here are key takeaways from the panelists:  Get the right […]
Kearny Point: Flexible, Creative Workspace for the New Economy
“Lights, camera, action!” Not words many people think of when it comes to industrial real estate, except, as a project tour of Kearny Point during I.CON East in Jersey City, New Jersey, made clear, maybe they should. With many people dramatically increasing their time at home over the past two years, content demand, on any […]
Key Considerations for Speculative Cold Storage
Within the thriving industrial real estate sector, the cold storage class of warehouses has attracted investor and developer attention as demand continues to grow for food and pharmaceutical delivery. Is the era of speculative cold storage upon us? A panel at NAIOP’s I.CON West in Long Beach, California, this week discussed opportunities for developing speculative […]

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