Aligning Retail Spaces with Evolving Expectations of a New Generation

June 25, 2025

Christina Faley, WELL AP, IIDA

Despite the year-over-year growth of the retail sector for the period of 2022-2024, brick-and-mortar investors, developers and landlords must navigate shifting consumer behaviors, the continued rise of e-commerce as well as waves of chain store closures. This complex set of continuously evolving challenges sparks questions about where to invest and the need for a more strategic, experience-driven approach to physical retail spaces.

Recapturing Value with Hybrid Reverse Logistics Facilities

March 28, 2025

Brielle Scott

If we were to rebuild our supply chain network, how would we rebuild it, knowing what we know now about returns? How would we rebuild a network if we could start over today knowing that backwards flows were going to be as important as forward flows? Chad Autry, Ph.D., Myers Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, shared some key design principles for a reverse logistics network.

Navigating Trade Winds: U.S.-China Tariffs and E-commerce

March 27, 2025

Eric Schmutz

U.S. tariffs have been on the rise over the last several years, often targeting China and affecting global manufacturing with major implications for logistics. If tariffs continue to rise as expected, what will this shift mean for West Coast industrial real estate?

U.S. Real Estate Boom: Five Decades of Development Across Major Sectors

December 3, 2024

Maria Gatea

U.S. cities have experienced massive expansion across all real estate sectors over the past 44 years, according to recent StorageCafe research that looked at residential and commercial construction activity between 1980 and 2023. Along with residential construction, industrial, office, retail and self-storage spaces have grown significantly, although the scale and pace of development differ among regions and asset types.

Navigating Trends in Industrial Real Estate Development

October 10, 2024

Ginger Meurer

The ideal industrial real estate site criteria have evolved with the economy. “It’s power, power, power instead of location, location, location,” said Damon Austin, managing director, global head of customer led development, Prologis, during a session at CRE.Converge. “Power from a logistics perspective, it really is more critical than ever.”

Automation, Solar and Tools Driving Cold Storage Design

October 8, 2024

Kathryn Hamilton, CAE

Cold storage warehouses differ from traditional buildings in more ways than just temperature, and new technologies and trends are reshaping the sector as it grows. An I.CON Cold Storage panel discussed everything from automation trends to best practices in refrigeration, electrical, structural and more.

Labor, Automation and the New Path of the Supply Chain

June 7, 2024

Natalie Fidlow, CFA

In an era marked by unprecedented disruptions and rapid technological advancements, J.C. Renshaw, head of supply chain consulting – North America, Savills North America, presented key challenges, emerging trends, and his predictions for what lies ahead at the I.CON East conference this week in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Industrial Real Estate and the North American Supply Chain Revolution

October 20, 2023

Logan Nagel

Industrial real estate might have been one of the strongest-performing property types out there in recent years, but it is far from immune to change. Experts at CRE.Converge this week discussed what’s in store for industrial properties in the coming years.

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