05
Jan
2021
Consumer Trends Plus New Technologies Create Alternate Uses for Vacant Properties
Posted On January 5, 2021  By Linda Strowbridge  And has No Comment

In “The Evolution of the Warehouse: Trends in Technology, Design, Development and Delivery,” authors Steve Weikal and James Robert Scott detail the industry advances, consumer trends and emerging technologies that are driving a rapidly growing sector. Although their work at the MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab […]

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27
Jul
2020
Best Practices in Distribution and Warehouse Facilities Design
Posted On July 27, 2020  By Brielle Scott  And has No Comment

NAIOP has published a new 2020 edition of “Rules of Thumb for Distribution/Warehouse Facilities Design,” a 60-page e-book authored by Bryon Pinckert, former principal with HPA, Inc. Pinckert has drawn on his firm’s decades of industry experience to explain best-practice methods for planning and designing warehouse […]

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28
Oct
2019
Evolving Trends in Warehouse Technology and Design
Posted On October 28, 2019  By Shawn Moura, Ph.D.  And has No Comment

The growth of e-commerce has placed new demands on North American supply chains and is contributing to an ongoing evolution in industrial real estate. As Mike McCrary, managing director with JLL, noted in his opening comments at “Inside the Box: Industrial Tenant Technology,” a panel discussion […]

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20
Jun
2019
Creative Flex Industrial Grows in Hawthorne, California
Posted On June 20, 2019  By Jennifer LeFurgy, Ph.D.  And has No Comment

What’s next in industrial flex? A dozen I.CON West attendees had an up-close look at some innovative reuse of warehouse space in Hawthorne, an industrial city located about 15 minutes southwest of downtown Los Angeles. Greg Spencer, senior vice president at Terreno Realty Corporation, led the […]

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19
Dec
2017
Cold Storage and Disruptive Technology Transforming the Industrial Sector
Posted On December 19, 2017  By Paul Briggs  And has No Comment

Warehouses are no longer viewed as cost centers where goods simply sit waiting to be shipped to a store. As retailers shift their distribution strategies to meet consumer demand for speedy delivery of online purchases, warehouses are evolving into profit centers that help retailers maximize revenue […]

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10
Jul
2017
Robots Take Over the Warehouse
Posted On July 10, 2017  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 1 Comment

Amazon’s announcement of its first mega-warehouse in New York first spurred excitement about new jobs for the Staten Island facility, quickly followed by buzz that Amazon plans to deploy robots and drones at the warehouse to reduce labor costs. This should be no surprise, as logistics […]

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29
Feb
2016
Food Fight: The Competitive Market of Same-Day Grocery Delivery
Posted On February 29, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 1 Comment

It’s a battle of the titans as Amazon and Google go toe-to-toe with same-day grocery delivery with Amazon Fresh and Google Express. Who will deliver your organic milk, eggs and kale the fastest? Amazon Fresh, part of the company’s Prime Now program, launched in 2015 and […]

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14
Oct
2015
Three Tips for Smart Buying in a Heated Industrial Market
Posted On October 14, 2015  By Bo Mills  And has 1 Comment

As increased allocations toward industrial real estate broaden the buyer pool amongst global and institutional investors, capital continues to flood into the industrial real estate segment. What does a good deal look like in this hot market? Interest in prime grade industrial properties has never been […]

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11
Jun
2015
Can America’s Cities Accommodate Industrial Development?
Posted On June 11, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

In-fill vs. greenfield. East Coast vs. West Coast. A panel of development experts took the stage at I.CON ’15 to explore the prospects for reinventing, reinvigorating and rebuilding the industrial base in urban locations. Led by Andrew Mele, principal with Trammell Crow Company, panelists were Kirk […]

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