22
Feb
2021
How Supporting CRE Construction Could Drive the US Economic Recovery
Posted On February 22, 2021  By Linda Strowbridge  And has 6 Comments

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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04
Feb
2021
NAIOP January Coronavirus Impacts Survey: Light Appears at the End of the Tunnel
Posted On February 4, 2021  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has 2 Comments

In January, NAIOP conducted its seventh survey of its U.S. members on the impacts of COVID-19. Since April, the association has examined the pandemic’s effects on commercial real estate and how firms have responded. The four months since the last survey witnessed significant events, including federal […]

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03
Feb
2021
Making Innovation Happen in the Turbulent Twenties
Posted On February 3, 2021  By Marie Ruff  And has 3 Comments

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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29
Jan
2021
Working Together is the Roadmap to Success
Posted On January 29, 2021  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 3 Comments

“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. […]

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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 2 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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21
Jan
2021
The State and Local Debates on Wage Theft Legislation
Posted On January 21, 2021  By Toby Burke  And has 3 Comments

The nation witnessed the inauguration yesterday of Joseph R. Biden Jr., the 46th president of the United States. As is usually the case with a new administration, much of the nation’s attention will be focused on new proposals or actions taken by the new president that […]

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12
Jan
2021
The Forces Shaping Office Space Demand
Posted On January 12, 2021  By Brielle Scott  And has 3 Comments

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 2 Comments

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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18
Dec
2020
How Will Retail Survive in Our Post-COVID World?
Posted On December 18, 2020  By Gary Tasman  And has 6 Comments

The holiday shopping season is here, and 2020 is bringing changes to the way we shop for our holiday gifts, as it has brought changes to so many of the ways we live, work, shop and play. Retail had already been undergoing a transformation before the […]

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10
Dec
2020
The Pandemic’s Impact on U.S. Businesses: Survey Underway
Posted On December 10, 2020  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 8 Comments

A coalition of trade associations, including NAIOP Hawaii, have joined forces with businesses and community leaders to develop a National Commercial Rent Survey that will illustrate how coronavirus-related closures have affected the U.S. economy, particularly the impact of accumulating commercial back rent and the  outlook for […]

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