18
Mar
2022
Cold Storage: Demand, Design and Drivers
Posted On March 18, 2022  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

The need for cold storage facilities has exploded as e-commerce sales and grocery delivery demands multiplied during the last few years. Most cold storage facilities primarily handle food preparation or transit as products move toward consumers, but they can also be used for pharmaceutical, floral and […]

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21
Dec
2021
Improving the Building Permit Process
Posted On December 21, 2021  By Valerie Maislin  And has 6 Comments

Building on the NAIOP Research Foundation’s recent study, The Development Approvals Index: A New Tool to Evaluate Local Approvals Processes, several NAIOP chapters and George Mason University have collected data on development approvals across the United States and Canada.   To date, Mason’s data collection has focused […]

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03
Dec
2021
Inside the Complex Cold Storage Sector
Posted On December 3, 2021  By Jeff Zbar  And has 3 Comments

The years leading up to the pandemic were hot for cold storage. It only promises to grow going forward. With the cold storage vacancy rate around 4%, over 100 million square feet of cold storage space will be built in the U.S. in the next five […]

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23
Nov
2021
E-Commerce Drives Industrial Development in Q4 2021
Posted On November 23, 2021  By Lucian Alixandrescu  And has 2 Comments

After the initial shock of the pandemic, industrial real estate emerged as one of the asset classes least affected by the ensuing economic downturn. While the causes are multifaceted, the sudden spike in demand for products ordered and curbside pick-up meant that retailers – both online […]

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11
Nov
2021
Supply Chain, Rising Rents and Cost of Materials: What’s Next for Industrial Real Estate
Posted On November 11, 2021  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 2 Comments

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 […]

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29
Oct
2021
Vacancy Rates at Less Than 15% and a Rise in Average U.S. Office Listing Rates
Posted On October 29, 2021  By CommercialEdge Team  And has 3 Comments

The Delta variant of COVID-19 has continued to delay the return-to-work plans of many companies. Still, rising vaccination rates and declining case numbers have provided hope for many companies. Anyone worried about the future of office work can look at the continual investment of big tech […]

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29
Sep
2021
Pandemic, Shifting Markets Creating Risks, Opportunities for Capital Markets
Posted On September 29, 2021  By Jeff Zbar  And has 9 Comments

While some assets in the real estate market have been jolted by pandemic-related fallout, some investors, managers and property owners will look back on the COVID-19 era as the “golden era” of real estate investment. While some sectors have struggled, like office and retail, certain sectors […]

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28
Sep
2021
CRE in Transition: Recalibrating Strategies
Posted On September 28, 2021  By Brielle Scott  And has No Comment

The post-recession economic revival is well underway, supporting the revitalization of most commercial real estate sectors, but evolving demand drivers have structurally changed the industry’s investment outlook. As elevated market liquidity and low interest rates align with changes in the marketplace, investors have adapted their strategies, […]

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28
Sep
2021
The Most Valuable Asset: Expanding the CRE Talent Pool
Posted On September 28, 2021  By Rochelle Broder-Singer  And has 1 Comment

To address its ongoing talent shortage, the commercial real estate industry must look outside of traditional recruiting avenues and consider people with nontraditional career paths. Ten years ago, great employees seemed much easier to find – an organization might find three excellent candidates for any one […]

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28
Sep
2021
The New Global Equilibrium
Posted On September 28, 2021  By Brielle Scott  And has 1 Comment

After a decade of emerging markets and economies dominating the global market, the tipping point has arrived: growth will begin to balance going forward. In his keynote remarks at CRE.Converge this week, Mark Zandi, chief economist, Moody’s Analytics, and co-founder, Moody’s Economy.com, explained why the stage […]

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