07
Apr
2022
Commercial Real Estate’s Opportunity to Design a New Era of Human Experience
Posted On April 7, 2022  By Janet Pogue McLaurin, AIA, FIIDA, NCIDQ, LEED AP  And has No Comment

As commercial real estate leaders, we can transform cities, neighborhoods, and communities. With COVID-19 restrictions loosening in most places, the resilience that has defined the building industry over the past two years is beginning to pay off. We are seeing optimistic planning and investments in projects […]

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24
Mar
2022
Executives Discuss the Opportunities and Challenges That Will Shape the Future of Industrial Real Estate
Posted On March 24, 2022  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has 4 Comments

A panel of executives at leading industrial development firms shared their outlooks for the future of industrial real estate at NAIOP’s I.CON West: The Industrial Conference this week in Long Beach, California. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of e-commerce and demand for industrial real […]

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24
Mar
2022
Ports to Trucks: Overcoming Supply Chain Challenges
Posted On March 24, 2022  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 1 Comment

Ports and occupiers are facing innumerable challenges brought on by increased demand, supply chain delays and shortages of drivers who move materials after they’ve been unloaded from container ships.  Nicole Bennett, executive managing director, logistics & industrial co-lead, Americas, Cushman & Wakefield, moderated a session at […]

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23
Mar
2022
The COVID Recession and the U.S. Economy – What’s Next?
Posted On March 23, 2022  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

“What’s happening in the economy overall is complex,” said Christopher Thornberg, Ph.D., founding partner of Beacon Economics and keynote speaker at NAIOP’s I.CON West: The Industrial Conference this week in Long Beach, California. “Fourth quarter 2021 GDP [gross domestic product] was 6.9% and February unemployment was […]

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09
Mar
2022
Yearly Industrial Development Doubled Since 2012
Posted On March 9, 2022  By Lucian Alixandrescu  And has 2 Comments

Prior to the rise of e-commerce, industrial real estate was among the asset classes most immune to change. However, thanks to the rising logistical needs of retailers, increasingly specialized production methods and global supply chain issues, the industrial market has been significantly transformed in the last […]

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04
Mar
2022
Medical Office Buildings Remain Resilient Amid National Vacancy Trends
Posted On March 4, 2022  By Irina Lupa  And has 1 Comment

As two tumultuous years closed for the office sector and return-to-office plans were upended by new variants and case surges, millions of workers remained in remote or mostly remote setups. And, while the average office vacancy rate climbed across top U.S. markets, one segment continues to […]

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25
Feb
2022
Two-thirds of Offices Built in Last 20 Years Were in Suburbs
Posted On February 25, 2022  By Patrick McGregor  And has 4 Comments

Images of office buildings usually portray those in a city — dense, glass-covered skyscrapers in the heart of a metropolis. But the majority of office buildings built in the last 20 years were actually in the suburbs. Using data provided by CommercialEdge, COMMERCIALCafé compared where office […]

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22
Feb
2022
Untethered Work: What’s Driving Office Change
Posted On February 22, 2022  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 3 Comments

Almost every day, another news article pops up about how the workplace is changing. While this isn’t a fresh topic, said Phil Mobley, director of US occupier research with Avison Young in a NAIOP webinar this week, discussion increased with the onset of the pandemic in […]

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18
Feb
2022
Industrial Market Analysis: Measuring Where to Invest
Posted On February 18, 2022  By Trey Barrineau  And has 8 Comments

Data-driven approaches are frequently used to identify core growth markets for industrial development and acquisitions. These combine top-down demographic and macroeconomic data with bottom-up information from specific submarkets. A recent webinar for NAIOP members provided insights into how commercial real estate professionals can turn data into […]

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01
Feb
2022
How Inflation Could Influence the Workplace
Posted On February 1, 2022  By Gary Tasman  And has 3 Comments

Part one of this series began with a discussion on inflation and interest rates, and how we anticipate these factors will influence leasing and development in our market. As we continue the new year with the expectation of slowing economic growth and continued high inflation, we […]

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