01
Jul
2020
Bumpy Road Ahead for House Infrastructure Plan
Posted On July 1, 2020  By Aquiles Suarez  And has No Comment

The House of Representatives this week is expected to pass a broad $1.5 trillion infrastructure package covering a diverse number of areas, including surface transportation programs, aviation, housing, water infrastructure, and tax policy, as well as containing many aspects of the so-called “Green New Deal” policy […]

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05
Feb
2020
Working Together to Get the Job Done
Posted On February 5, 2020  By Kathryn Hamilton  And has No Comment

“Washington, D.C., is a place that thinks it can operate in a vacuum,” said U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) to the NAIOP board of directors in a special meeting on Capitol Hill during the 2020 Chapter Leadership & Legislative Retreat. “Inside the Beltway, sometimes we think […]

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22
Jan
2020
New Rule May Speed Infrastructure Permitting
Posted On January 22, 2020  By Alex Ford  And has No Comment

Even as an impeachment trial moves forward in the U.S. Senate, official Washington remains at work. Policymakers are issuing decisions and lawmakers are taking actions that will have ramifications for commercial real estate. Already in 2020, for example, the Senate has voted overwhelmingly to approve the […]

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08
Jan
2020
Setting the Stage for a Successful CL&LR
Posted On January 8, 2020  By Rich Tucker  And has No Comment

Election year 2020 is beginning in uncertainty. The House of Representatives has impeached President Donald Trump, and the 100 members of the Senate will serve as the jurors in his impeachment trial. But it’s not clear when that trial will begin, or what format it will […]

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04
Sep
2019
How Congress Can Boost the Economy This Fall
Posted On September 4, 2019  By Rich Tucker  And has No Comment

Some people say they do their best work under pressure. Hopefully, that’s true for lawmakers in Congress. After a long summer break, both Houses return to Washington next week. Lawmakers will be under pressure, because they’ve left themselves only 13 days when both Houses are in […]

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05
Aug
2019
Service Resiliency is Make-or-break for Today’s Tenants
Posted On August 5, 2019  By Linda Strowbridge  And has No Comment

Strategically parked over a manhole on a downtown Manhattan street, John Meko spent months working inside a 20-foot storage trailer and learning about resiliency the hard way. Meko was wrestling with the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012. His employer at the time was an […]

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06
May
2019
The Top 20 U.S. Counties for Opportunity Zone Investment
Posted On May 6, 2019  By Diana Sabau  And has No Comment

The inclusion of the Investing in Opportunity Act (IOA) in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 has sparked a lot of excitement among investors, local institutions and community leaders looking to redirect dormant capital gains into distressed or developing communities that could match the […]

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06
Mar
2019
Administration Aims to Make Environmental Permitting Easier
Posted On March 6, 2019  By Alex Ford  And has No Comment

The White House is moving forward with a new set of guidelines aimed at streamlining the permitting process for large infrastructure projects. Released last week, an administration memo provides recommendations for state agencies that are reviewing projects subject to the National Environmental Policy Act, otherwise known […]

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17
Oct
2018
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles: Building Better Infrastructure
Posted On October 17, 2018  By Betsy Rosso  And has No Comment

The Hudson Tunnel, through which 450 trains carry 200,000 passengers every day, was constructed before the Titanic first sailed and soon after the Wright Brothers first flew. It’s time for an upgrade. The Portal North Bridge, which takes trains over the Passaic River in that same […]

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19
Sep
2018
A Summit Big Enough for its State
Posted On September 19, 2018  By Rich Tucker  And has No Comment

The state of Texas is physically large, of course. It’s the biggest state by area in the continental United States. It’s also large by population, and is home to four of the 11 most populous cities in the U.S. Recently, NAIOP leaders from the Houston area […]

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