17
Feb
2016
Obama’s Final Budget: A Scary Deal for Commercial Real Estate
Posted On February 17, 2016  By Aquiles Suarez  And has 8 Comments

Last week, President Obama submitted his FY 2017 federal budget proposals to Congress – the final such submission of his presidency. No matter where one might fall on the political spectrum, from an objective viewpoint the impact upon commercial real estate industry of some of the […]

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09
Feb
2016
The Candidates. The Primaries. The Election.
Posted On February 9, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 1 Comment

The 2015 start of the presidential election season was cluttered – lots of candidates in the race, wild opinions being spoken, and pundits from every angle trying to figure it all out. A few weeks ago, The Cook Political Report National Editor Amy Walter thought that, […]

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03
Feb
2016
Congress to Hear from NAIOP Members at CL&LR
Posted On February 3, 2016  By Aquiles Suarez  And has No Comment

Leaders of NAIOP’s local chapters will be visiting with their elected officials next week to advocate for the interests of the commercial real estate industry, holding hundreds of meetings with U.S. senators, congressmen, and important members of the their staff. It’s an annual event and an […]

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20
Jan
2016
State and Local Legislative Outlook for 2016
Posted On January 20, 2016  By Toby Burke  And has 1 Comment

Congress worked together late last year to pass a bipartisan tax reform bill – along with a multi-year transportation bill – that included many of NAIOP’s core federal priorities, such as making 15-year leasehold improvements depreciation permanent. While such action at the federal level has been rare over […]

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06
Jan
2016
What to Expect in 2016 on Capitol Hill
Posted On January 6, 2016  By Aquiles Suarez  And has No Comment

Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics and author of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, likes to warn his readers that “those who live by the crystal ball wind up eating ground glass.” As we begin a new year, it is with that […]

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17
Dec
2015
NAIOP’s Public Policy Agenda at Year’s End
Posted On December 17, 2015  By Aquiles Suarez  And has 1 Comment

As we approach the end of 2015 – and with it, the adjournment of Congress for the year – it is appropriate to review the progress and state of NAIOP’s public policy agenda in our nation’s capital. In a divided government, with a Republican legislature and […]

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03
Dec
2015
NAIOP’s 2015 Western Legislative Summit Prepares Chapters for Policy Debates
Posted On December 3, 2015  By Toby Burke  And has No Comment

Across Western states, at every level of government, elected officials are developing, debating and enacting policies important to the commercial real estate (CRE) industry. Often, what gains traction in one city or state can quickly carry over to another. With this in mind, NAIOP hosted a […]

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18
Nov
2015
The Business Rent Tax Hurts Growth, Economic Development and Commercial Real Estate
Posted On November 18, 2015  By Alan Sheppard  And has No Comment

Florida is the only state in the country that currently applies a business rent tax to every company, big or small, that rents commercial space in the state. Given its harmful impact to the state’s economy, NAIOP of Florida is leading the charge to have this burdensome […]

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04
Nov
2015
EPA Water Rule Stuck in Limbo as Courts Weigh In
Posted On November 4, 2015  By John Bryant  And has No Comment

For the past year, industry interests have decried the administration’s water rule as a federal power grab affecting millions of acres of water around the country. While the assertion may be a stretch, the realities of which types of water bodies will receive federal protection is […]

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21
Oct
2015
NAIOP Members and U.S. Presidential Politics
Posted On October 21, 2015  By Aquiles Suarez  And has No Comment

Last week, NAIOP held its Commercial Real Estate Conference 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At major meetings such as this one, NAIOP’s government affairs staff is often invited to update members on public policy issues affecting commercial real estate, and on politics in the United States. […]

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