05
May
2021
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: What State and Local Governments Should Know
Posted On May 5, 2021  By Toby Burke  And has 31 Comments

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the entire country and the world. Most state and local governments in the United States issued stay-at-home orders and imposed business restrictions on nonessential services to slow the spread of the virus. This caused an economic slowdown that initially concerned many […]

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05
Apr
2021
Is the Medical Office Market Recession-Proof?
Posted On April 5, 2021  By Shawn Stoneburner  And has 4 Comments

When the economy takes a tumble, investors immediately start hunting for recession-resistant assets. For the better part of the last 30 years, commercial real estate investors have turned to medical properties, which have been one of the strongest investment performers in our economy, regardless of economic […]

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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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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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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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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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16
Nov
2020
Analyzing the Current and Future Impacts of COVID-19 on CRE
Posted On November 16, 2020  By Linda Strowbridge  And has 1 Comment

In “Midyear Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on the U.S. Commercial Real Estate Development,” commissioned by the NAIOP Research Foundation, Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D., professor emeritus at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, detailed changes in different commercial real estate sectors and described how […]

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02
Nov
2020
The COVID-19 Trends Fueling Changes in Commercial Real Estate
Posted On November 2, 2020  By Linda Strowbridge  And has No Comment

In “Midyear Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on the U.S. Commercial Real Estate Development,” commissioned by the NAIOP Research Foundation, Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D., professor emeritus at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, detailed changes in different commercial real estate sectors and described how […]

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23
Jun
2020
Industrial to Emerge Even Stronger Post-pandemic
Posted On June 23, 2020  By Brielle Scott  And has No Comment

At I.CON Virtual 2020 this week, Spencer Levy, Chairman of Americas Research and Senior Economic Advisor, CBRE, presented a high-level look at macroeconomic trends in the U.S. economy and how he sees the industrial asset class emerging from the COVID-19 crisis.  “The questions I keep hearing […]

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22
May
2020
Stimulus, Safety and Shifts
Posted On May 22, 2020  By Jennifer LeFurgy, Ph.D.  And has No Comment

Economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin Gives his Take on the U.S. Economy and the Government’s Unparalleled Response The global coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy and caused disruptions of historic proportions. “We’re facing a very different crisis than the one in 2008, which was essentially […]

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