Deepen NAIOP’s leadership and involvement in federal, state, provincial, and local advocacy efforts.  

1. Increase member awareness of federal legislative priorities and efforts. 

• Employ an increased level of communication regarding NAIOP’s advocacy successes and needs for support. 
• Create and implement a robust plan to increase support for NAIOP-PAC. 

2. Collaborate with chapters to understand and support regional legislative priorities and positions. 

• Continue to be the catalyst in increasing cross-state communication between parties involved in advocating on the state and provincial level, to share knowledge and lessons learned. 

3. Explore methods of enhancing chapter lobbying support. 

1. Increase member awareness of federal legislative priorities and efforts.

Our government affairs staff works tirelessly on Capitol Hill to advance the interests of commercial real estate.

After months of negotiations, the long-delayed Adaptive Reuse bill was introduced on July 11. The bill is co-sponsored by Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH) and Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA). NAIOP notified its members about the bill as soon as it was introduced and members are encouraged to contact their Congressional delegation urging them to pass the bill. Our federal government affairs staff met throughout June with key members of the House Ways and Means Committee to educate them on the bill.

NAIOP-PAC Chair Michael Panzica recently reached out to all NAIOP Corporate Board members with a campaign to promote our PAC. We also are planning for a communications campaign to members in states with elected officials that were supported by the NAIOP-PAC in 2023 to ensure awareness.

2. Collaborate with chapters to understand and support regional legislative priorities and positions.

In June, Associate Vice President of Government Affairs Toby Burke hosted a webinar to discuss major issues affecting NAIOP chapters and their membership. Conference calls are routinely held with select chapters on common issues and related advocacy strategies. We have confirmed our State and Local Government Affairs Summit for this September 25- 26 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The goal of this summit is to allow several chapters’ leaders to share both current and potential legislative activity that is affecting CRE and ideas for how to navigate the political landscape.