10
Jun
2016
Exponential Future of CRE
Posted On June 10, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

“The only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing.” – Peter Diamandis, founder of X-Prize, best-selling author and accomplished entrepreneur. The speed of transformation related to technology is astonishing. Computers today are 138,000 times more powerful than they were in 1988, and nearly […]

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09
Jun
2016
The Last Mile: E-commerce’s Revolution
Posted On June 9, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 2 Comments

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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09
Jun
2016
Real Estate Cycles: What’s Happening Today?
Posted On June 9, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

Four key elements shape commercial real estate cycles: economy, customer demand, supply, capital flows and valuations. This, according to panelists at I.CON: Trends and Forecasts, helps the commercial real estate industry learn from the past and prepare for the future. Experience tells us that the four […]

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09
Jun
2016
Ming Mei: GLP Today and Into the Future
Posted On June 9, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 1 Comment

GLP CEO Ming Mei flew in from China specially to speak to attendees at I.CON: Trends and Forecasts. In a “fireside chat” with Craig Meyer, president of industrial with JLL, this young CRE luminary talked in depth about how GLP got its start, where the company […]

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09
Jun
2016
What Does Brown Do For You?
Posted On June 9, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

Fun fact: The number of route combinations a UPS driver can make in a day is far greater than the number of nanoseconds the Earth has existed. UPS has 100,000+ (brown) vehicles, 2,800 worldwide facilities in 220 counties – and continues to grow along with globalization, […]

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31
May
2016
Flexibility, Reliability, Sustainability: Advantages of Near-Shoring
Posted On May 31, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 4 Comments

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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23
May
2016
Keeping Pace with E-commerce Growth
Posted On May 23, 2016  By Brielle Scott  And has No Comment

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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16
May
2016
Industrial Yields Highest Returns Through 2020
Posted On May 16, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 1 Comment

Industrial real estate remains as the hottest of all major commercial property types, thanks to high levels of demand in primary markets and strong fundamentals. So much so that Kim Hourihan, senior managing director of CBRE Global Investors, says, “Based on our most recent total return […]

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09
May
2016
Building to Suit the New Industrial Customer
Posted On May 9, 2016  By Brielle Scott  And has No Comment

Jeff Milanaik will join a panel of developers, investors and tenants for our popular “Shark Tank” session at I.CON ’16: Trends and Forecasts, June 9-10, in Jersey City, New Jersey. NAIOP had a chance to ask Milanaik, principal at Bridge Development Partners, LLC, about his perspectives […]

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02
May
2016
Capitalizing on the Strength and Stability of U.S. Industrial
Posted On May 2, 2016  By Brielle Scott  And has No Comment

As CEO of GLP, the leading provider of modern logistics facilities in China, Japan, Brazil and the United States, Ming Mei is the person you want to ask about the evolution of the global industrial market. NAIOP asked Mei to share some insights in advance of […]

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