Demand for industrial space across the U.S. is booming. In fact, the vacancy rate in industrial buildings dropped to 5.3 percent in the first quarter of 2017 — the lowest rate in 17 years. The active market is evidence that a shift in consumer shopping patterns […]
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A combination of technology advancements and consumer behavior are disrupting commercial real estate, yet from these changes are coming opportunities to redefine an industry that meets demands of both the new consumer and the new tenant. James Eckenrode with Deloitte took to the stage at the Commercial […]
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E-commerce: only the biggest disruption since … ever. Just look at what the headlines are saying: “In China, 2 million companies are in the e-commerce delivery game. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has officially become the world’s largest retail platform, with its total trading volume online (in […]
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According to eMarketer, global B2C e-commerce will reach $2.3 trillion by 2017, and with this extraordinary growth comes a new set of challenges and opportunities. “The final stage of delivery to city center residents and businesses can often be the most expensive,” according to an article […]
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The surge of e-commerce, a return of some manufacturing to the U.S., and the demand for industrial space in every size, shape and location have yielded some positive changes in the design of the big box. A panel of experts on the future of design will […]
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E-commerce giant Amazon Inc. announced this week that your package may soon be arriving via an old school carrier – the newspaper delivery truck. The Wall Street Journal reports that Chicago’s Tribune Publishing deputized newspaper carriers to make package deliveries along their routes for two weeks […]
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