Commercial real estate professionals are often drawn to the industry for the opportunities to shape the communities in which they work, live, shop and play. Marianna Hunnicutt, P.E., ENV SP, a recipient of the 2021 Developing Leaders Award, said, “My passion to be involved in CRE derives from a desire to be grounded, yet innovative, in […]
At NAIOP’s I.CON East: The Industrial Conference in Jersey City, New Jersey, a sold-out crowd of over 1,000 industrial real estate professionals gathered to hear from experts leading the sector on supply chain challenges and solutions, capital markets, reverse logistics and more. In a panel discussion featuring adaptive reuse projects, James Thaon, associate and branch […]
Members from NAIOP’s three chapters in North Carolina traveled to Raleigh last week to advance the priorities of the commercial real estate development industry in meetings with state lawmakers. The top priority for NAIOP of North Carolina, the state alliance of NAIOP chapters, is the passage and enactment of House Bill 291, permit reform legislation […]
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 […]
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 […]
As the economy continues to recover from the impact of the pandemic, investors are closely analyzing conditions in the current environment, including rising inflation, geopolitics, increasing interest rates and other factors. At I.CON East: The Industrial Conference, several capital market experts dove into what’s happening now and provided a forecast for the road ahead. Moderator […]
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 […]
As consumers expect shorter delivery windows of online products than ever before, the demand for urban infill properties close to major markets has surged. These last-mile locations in and near major cities typically lack available land for development, restricting new supply and generating opportunities for creative development. A panel held this week at I.CON East: […]
What can we learn from the past to better understand the possibilities of the future? Global economist Dambisa Moyo, Ph.D., told attendees at NAIOP’s I.CON East: The Industrial Conference this week in Jersey City, New Jersey, that there are several geopolitical trends impacting the world’s economy that may seem “unprecedented” but have actually occurred earlier […]
It’s hard to get a sense of how big the reverse logistics market is becoming, opened Geoffrey Kasselman, SIOR, LEED AP, Partner and Senior Vice President, Workplace Strategy, CRG, in a session this week at NAIOP’s I.CON East: The Industrial Conference in New Jersey. Other panelists were Steve Hess, LEED AP, IAMC, Vice President […]
