14
Feb
2017
Longer Commutes Make for Unhappier Employees
Posted On February 14, 2017  By Rachel Karitis  And has No Comment

How important is employee happiness to their employers? Not surprisingly, very important – job satisfaction leads to higher productivity, increased profits and lower turnover. The bottom line: keeping employees happy is essential for a company’s overall success. There are a lot of factors that go into […]

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09
Nov
2016
Technology in the Fast Lane: Self-driving Cars and CRE
Posted On November 9, 2016  By Julie D. Stern  And has No Comment

How will the autonomous and driverless cars of tomorrow impact commercial real estate? NAIOP Distinguished Fellow David Dale-Johnson, Ph.D., addressed that question in the fall 2016 issue of Development magazine. But the tomorrow he envisions — one in which unneeded parking structures and parking lots could […]

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10
Aug
2016
Solar Roadways to Become Reality in Missouri along Route 66
Posted On August 10, 2016  By Julie D. Stern  And has 1 Comment

Is the road of the future about to become reality? Perhaps you remember reading about “Smart Solar Roadways” in the fall 2014 issue of Development magazine. Author Nicola Davies, Ph.D., described emerging innovations in technology and engineering that could integrate solar panels with road surfaces, creating […]

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25
Nov
2015
Are “Road Diets” Good for Business?
Posted On November 25, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

Road diets – the practice of reconfiguring road lanes in an effort to improve safety for pedestrians, bikers and even drivers – are surging across the country as communities invest in transportation and look for ways to make infrastructure safer and more flexible for travelers of […]

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30
Oct
2015
Build It and They Will Come: Development Spikes Around Northern Virginia’s Silver Line
Posted On October 30, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

When Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced that Metro – D.C.’s rail service – was finally expanding the Silver Line into western Fairfax County, the buzz began. New office and retail were projected, of course, along with infrastructure improvements and a reshaped landscape through Tysons Corner […]

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04
Sep
2015
Bikes You Don’t Own are Big Business
Posted On September 4, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 3 Comments

From Montreal to Brussels to Taipei to Boston, bike-share systems have exploded around the globe – in fact, The Washington Post reports that from 2004 until 2015, bike-shares have grown from 13 programs to 855. The country with more shares than any other? China, with 237 […]

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02
Sep
2015
A Season of Discontent? Congress Returns for a Difficult Fall Session
Posted On September 2, 2015  By Aquiles Suarez  And has No Comment

Congress did itself no favors when it left in July, postponing a number of difficult policy decisions for its fall session. With Congress scheduled to return next week, it’s a perfect time to lay out what’s likely to happen on NAIOP’s most important agenda items in […]

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30
Jun
2015
Give the US Commercial Real Estate Industry the Green Light to Grow the Economy
Posted On June 30, 2015  By Thomas Bisacquino  And has No Comment

Congress is once again racing towards a cliff as they debate funding for vital transportation and infrastructure projects. News that the economy shrank during the first quarter of 2015 should be a wake-up call for Congress. If Congress fails to act by July 31, infrastructure and […]

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03
Jun
2015
Funding for Our Nation’s Infrastructure Remains Elusive
Posted On June 3, 2015  By John Bryant  And has No Comment

Congress once again is at a crossroads as they debate funding for future transportation projects. If recent history is any indication, we might not see definitive action anytime soon. Still, we are faced with two distinct possible outcomes. The first — an admittedly politically difficult option […]

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