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Industrial Development Goes Vertical

By: Jay Todisco

A prototype design demonstrates the viability of multistory distribution centers in land-constrained North American submarkets.

Winter 2017/2018 Issue

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The Perot Family's New Corporate Headquarters: A Powerful Collaboration Between Architecture and Landscape

By: Dave Goldberg, Annie Rummelhoff and Dakota Keene

The new headquarters for the Perot family businesses represents both the family legacy and an investment in the well-being of their employees.

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Northgate Distribution Center

By: Taylor Cole

The largest speculative distribution center in southern Nevada is turning North Las Vegas into an e-commerce mecca.

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CRE Tech Adoption Speeds Up

By: Ron Derven and Margarita Foster

Commercial real estate has been a slow adopter of new technology, but that’s about to change.

Must-Read Articles

Construction Costs Outlook

By: Ken Simonson
Labor and materials concerns loom large.

The First Modern Multistory Logistics Building in North America

By: Dan Letter
Prologis Georgetown Crossroads, a three-story, 590,000-square-foot logistics building, is now under construction in the heart of Seattle’s transportation network.

Legal Agreements for Mixed-use Projects

By: Paul N. Dubrasich
Anyone considering developing a mixed-use project should be aware of these key legal, design and management considerations.

Health Care Tenants Inject New Life into Ailing Shopping Malls

By: Eric Johnson
As health care providers seek to improve customer service by offering convenient access closer to where their patients live and work, they are discovering a hidden resource: the regional mall.

Real Estate Diversification via Structured Investments

By: Gabriel Pozo
Structured investments can enable real estate investors to move into a new market while limiting risks.

Six Innovative Concepts for Moving Freight

By: Robert T. Dunphy
Some of these innovations may change how freight is moved in the future.

RELATED RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Industrial Space Demand Forecast, First Quarter 2025

By: Hany Guirguis, Ph.D., Manhattan College and Joshua Harris, Ph.D., Fordham University
In the second half of 2024, U.S. industrial net absorption totaled 96.9 million square feet, bringing the annual total to just 170.8 million square feet. This is the lowest annual rate since 2011, as long-term interest rates remained elevated despite the Federal Reserve’s initial cuts to the federal funds rate.

Economic Impacts of Commercial Real Estate, 2025 U.S. Edition

By: Brian Lewandowski, Adam Illig, Ethan Street and Richard Wobbekind, Ph.D.
Development and construction of new commercial real estate in the United States – office, industrial, warehouse and retail – generates significant economic growth at the state and national levels. This annual study, published by the NAIOP Research Foundation, measures the contribution to GDP, salaries and wages generated and jobs supported from the development and operations of commercial real estate.

Office Space Demand Forecast, Fourth Quarter 2024

By: Hany Guirguis, Ph.D., Manhattan College and Joshua Harris, Ph.D., CRE, CAIA, Fordham University
Net office space absorption in the fourth quarter of 2024 is expected to be 9.4 million square feet, with another 10.8 million square feet of positive absorption for the full year in 2025 and 3.9 million square feet of positive absorption in the first three quarters of 2026.

PERSPECTIVES

CEO on Leadership: Jordan Lott, President and Founder, Lake Washington Partners

By: Ron Derven
The president of this Issaquah, Washington-based real estate management and development firm offers his perspective on being a developer.

It's All Up to You

By: Jonathan Tratt
As I conclude my time as chairman, I offer my appreciation for the honor of leading this organization.

Developing Leaders on the Future of CRE

By: Marie Ruff
NAIOP’s 2017 Developing Leaders Award recipients offer their insights.

Sound Bites From NAIOP’s National Research Directors Meeting and CRE.Converge


Sound Bites From NAIOP’s National Research Directors Meeting in Herndon, Virginia, and CRE.Converge 2017 in Chicago:

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES

A Second Set of Leading Indicators for the Future

By: Kathleen Farrell
CRE should focus on indicators that may foretell technology’s impact on the industry.

Artful Landscape Design for Stormwater Management

By: Brian L. Reetz and Emilie C. Carter
Stormwater management features became an asset for a mixed-use project in Columbia, Maryland.

New & Noteworthy Projects


An assortment of brief facts and figures about new and noteworthy development projects.

Ten Industrial Trends to Watch

By: Ron Derven, contributing editor, and Margarita Foster, editor-in-chief, Development
Industry experts discuss trends that will impact industrial facilities in 2018 and beyond.

A Real Estate Developer's Sustainable Headquarters

By: Mohamed Abaza
The Duffie Companies’ new headquarters incorporates innovative HVAC systems, lighting controls, a green roof and more, targeting LEED Platinum certification.

Mixed-use Design: Making the Mixes Work

By: Eric Brown and Rob Hagan
Why do some mixed-use developments get the mixture so right, while others struggle?

Air Resources Board Targets California's Industrial Properties

By: Toby Burke
California’s Air Resources Board is considering an indirect source rule that would hold building owners and/or tenants responsible for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from trucks and other mobile sources that service their facilities.

ARCHIVED ISSUES

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Cover1ArchiveImage Winter 2024/2025 Issue

Development magazine’s winter issue delves into the evolving uses of artificial intelligence in the commercial real estate industry, from lease management and building operations to portfolio assessment and data analysis.  
ArchiveCoverCrescent Fall 2024 Issue

Development magazine’s Fall issue profiles Crescent Communities, explores the growing impact of spaceport real estate around Houston and along Florida’s Space Coast, the commitment to prioritize employee well-being and environmental stewardship in the design of REI Co-op’s latest distribution center, and the innovations involved in the development of EVE (Electric Vehicle Enclave) Park in London, Ontario.

 
Summer Summer 2024 Issue

This issue features a cover story on The Stack, the first high-rise office project in Canada to earn Zero Carbon Building Design certification. Other feature articles examine the new realities of CRE investing across different sectors, the challenges of finding move-in-ready space for advanced manufacturing startups, and lessons learned from Mark IV’s acquisition and master planning of a 4,300-acre Opportunity Zone industrial project in northern Nevada.  
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