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Granite Properties: Creating Spaces Where People Thrive

By: Ron Derven

This Dallas-based developer, investor and management firm has grown to $3 billion in assets by delivering mixed-use facilities with innovative wellness programs and top amenities.

Fall 2022 Issue

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From Salt Storage Facility to Concert Venue

By: Anthony Paletta

An adaptive-reuse project in Chicago transforms an iconic industrial building into an entertainment destination.

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The Activity-Focused Office: A Fresh Way to Work

By: Pablo J. Quintana

The post-pandemic office will look significantly different from its predecessor.

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How One Company is Welcoming a New Era of Work

By: Shane Connell

In New Jersey, a 1980s-era suburban office park undergoing a $400 million revitalization offers lessons on contemporary work environments that encourage socialization and collaboration.

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Must-Read Articles

Contractors Share the Pain of Rising Costs

By: Ken Simonson
Higher prices for materials and services are being passed on to developers.

Ballston Quarter: A 1950s-Era Mall Turned Inside Out

By: Patrick Finucan, Sam Bennett and David Kitchens
A major retail center in the DC suburbs removes the roof to reinvent itself.

C-PACE Financing Finds Solid Footing in the Capital Stack

By: Mansoor Ghori
This rapidly growing alternative funding method can help developers meet a wide range of goals.

ASTM Adopts a New Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Standard

By: Sedina L. Banks
What does it mean for commercial real estate transactions?

Risky Business: Protecting a Smart Building from Cyber Exposure

By: Dru Douglas
Insurance coverage will be increasingly difficult to acquire if information technology security systems and protocols aren’t in place.

Key Elements for Creating a Technologically Equipped Hybrid Office

By: Jason Lund
High-quality digital connectivity is a crucial element for bringing workers back.

Few Signs of Trouble on the Industrial Front

By: Ermengarde Jabir, Ph.D.
The sector continues to stand strong despite rising inflation and interest rates.

A Fresh Look at Solar for Warehouses and Commercial Buildings

By: Shaun Keegan
Rooftop community solar can position commercial real estate owners as ESG leaders while generating revenue and strengthening community relations.

RELATED RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Recruiting, Training and Retaining Talent in the Real Estate Development Industry

By: Mariya Letdin, Ph.D., Dustin C. Read, Ph.D., J.D. and Spenser Robinson, DBA
The NAIOP Research Foundation commissioned this report to examine best practices in recruitment, training and retention for commercial real estate development firms. The study draws on interviews and focus groups with developers, interviews with executive recruiters, and a survey of NAIOP members.

Office Space Demand Forecast, Second Quarter 2024

By: Hany Guirguis, Ph.D., Manhattan College and Joshua Harris, Ph.D., CRE, CAIA, Fordham University
The office market performed worse in the first quarter of 2024 than previously forecast, with national office net absorption totaling a negative 13.4 million square feet. Office utilization has remained relatively flat since the beginning of the year as evidenced by building-access records. A reversal in optimism about the economy in late 2023 may have led firms to pause or scale back expansion plans. Elevated interest rates are constraining corporate earnings and firms’ ability to expand their operations, which appears likely to continue, at least in the near term. Given these trends and the possibility of a recession in 2024, net office space absorption over the last three quarters of 2024 is expected to be negative 11.8 million square feet. Moving forward, the forecast projects that net absorption will increase slightly in 2025 and will total approximately negative 4.5 million square feet.

Commercial Real Estate Terms and Definitions

By: Spenser Robinson, DBA
For the 2024 edition of Commercial Real Estate Terms and Definitions, the author reviewed secondary sources and sought input from members of the national research directors group as well as other CRE practitioners to identify terms that needed to be added or amended to match current use.

PERSPECTIVES

Worth Repeating

By: Trey Barrineau
Sound bites from NAIOP’s I.CON East, held June 8-9 in Jersey City, New Jersey.

What's on the Horizon for NAIOP and the Industry?

By: Jeff Milanaik
As the economy continues to shift, you can look to this informative publication as a bellwether on what your fellow commercial real estate practitioners are experiencing today, as well as their expectations for what’s to come.
 

Six Students Receive NAIOP Diversity Student Scholarships

By: Trey Barrineau
The scholarships go to graduate and undergraduate students from backgrounds traditionally under-represented in the commercial real estate industry.

From the Editor: New Leadership at NAIOP

By: Jennifer LeFurgy
Strategies for returning to the office are top of mind in the commercial real estate industry these days.

NAIOP's Visionaries: Leadership Across the Generational Spectrum

By: Mike Riopel
The association’s program for rising leaders in commercial real estate offers an outstanding career development opportunity.

Chapter Profile: NAIOP Arizona

By: Trey Barrineau
A booming population and a robust economy make for a strong CRE market in the Phoenix area.

CEO on Leadership: Laura Hines-Pierce

By: Ron Derven
The leader of Houston-based Hines talks about leadership, the current challenges in the industry and becoming co-CEO of a global real estate investment, development and management firm.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES

Supreme Court Decision Upends Regulatory Framework

By: Aquiles Suarez
A landmark case involving the EPA could have far-reaching effects on how agencies make and enforce rules.

Autonomous Trucking Holds Promise

By: Trey Barrineau
It could drastically reduce costs and boost efficiency across the supply chain.

Examining the Convergence of Retail and Industrial Real Estate

By: Shawn Moura, Ph.D.
Competition over the last mile is leading retailers and developers to adopt new strategies.

A Community-Minded Approach to Industrial Developments

By: Matt Mulick, Erin Hathaway
Economic growth is vital to communities, but it’s important to consider other factors as well.

New & Noteworthy

By: Trey Barrineau
An assortment of brief facts and figures about new and noteworthy development projects.

Worth Repeating

By: Trey Barrineau
Sound bites from NAIOP’s I.CON East, held June 8-9 in Jersey City, New Jersey.

ARCHIVED ISSUES

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Spring Spring 2024 Issue

This issue includes a cover story on the Judson Mill District, a mixed-use textile mill revitalization project in Greenville, South Carolina. Other feature articles shine a spotlight on two innovative redevelopment projects that are converting closed auto assembly sites into new uses; the first locally grown, locally sourced mass timber building in the Southeast (Atlanta); and Marquette University’s Summer CRE High School Immersion Program.
Winter20232024Archive Winter 2023/2024 Issue

The winter 2023/2024 issue of Development magazine includes the boom in data center real estate development, economist’s take on what’s working and what’s not working in commercial real estate, a perspective on how artificial intelligence may reshape real estate, and a report on the outlook for capital markets, office, retail and industrial real estate.  
Cover Fall 2023 Issue

The fall 2023 issue of Development magazine features a cover story on NAIOP’s Developer of the Year, VanTrust Real Estate. Other articles include a look at a logistics prototype for dense urban areas, a conversation with author and demographer Joel Kotkin and the challenging renovation of a Seattle landmark.