Attendees of NAIOP’s I.CON West were able to go behind the scenes on a project tour of cutting-edge advanced manufacturing facilities in Douglas Park, an industrial, retail and hotel center that spans more than 260 acres adjacent to the Long Beach Airport.
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In a recent keynote at the CORFAC International Virtual Fall Summit, Curtis Spencer, president of IMS Worldwide, discussed the rapidly evolving trends that are affecting all sectors of commercial real estate, including supply chain shifts, increasing demand for cold storage, reshoring and more. “New supply of […]
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There has been a lot of speculation in the news about the many ways that life will be different in a post-COVID-19 world. Will we return to crowded restaurants, sporting events or festivals? Will we sit at small open-office desks like we used to?Will we work from home more? The influence of the global coronavirus pandemic will definitely affect all these behaviors, […]
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As the U.S-China trade war continues, there has been a 3% decline in Chinese imports to the United States over the past 12 months; it now accounts for 66% of all Asia-North America imports to the U.S. It is crucial to understand how even seemingly small […]
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U.S. manufacturing has been declining for many years – both as a share of GDP and as a share of total employment – yet the value add per worker has increased over time. In spite of its overall decline, manufacturing remains a critical driver of the […]
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The cover of the spring issue of Development magazine comes to life in a Wired YouTube video, “How the Tesla Model S Is Made.” Thank you, NAIOP New Mexico members Dale Dekker and Kurt Browning, for alerting us to this video, which demonstrates how 3,000 workers […]
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Near-shoring for the U.S. – or bringing outsourced personnel and services to a country closer to the product’s primary customer base – is a natural fit for the country’s greatest ally: Canada. With centuries of friendly relations and a unique bilateral relationship, the U.S. and Canada […]
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Surging labor prices in China and soaring transportation costs have resulted in manufacturers repositioning facilities in countries closer to their primary markets. Among the biggest winners of near-shoring is Mexico, thanks to the country’s proximity to the U.S., competitive land prices and lower costs all around. […]
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While industry experts continue to debate whether a “manufacturing renaissance” is taking place in the U.S., it is clear that some U.S.-based companies are “reshoring” manufacturing operations that they had moved overseas, and that some foreign companies are opening new production facilities in the U.S. According […]
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Alliance is a brand name, not just the name of a city in Texas, it must be noted, but anyone who tours the 18,000-acre, 40 million-square-foot AllianceTexas development could understand the potential for confusion. As part of NAIOP’s I.CON ’16: Impact Projects conference, 40 attendees were […]
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