Winter 2024/2025

Construction Workforce Challenges Persist

By: Ken Simonson

Occupations requiring specialized training or prior experience are particularly hard to fill.

Rethinking Traffic Congestion in the Pandemic’s Wake

The long-term effects on urban transportation remain unknown, but trends are emerging.

Don’t Expect AI to Revolutionize Real Estate Capital Markets

A relative lack of data and connectivity in the industry makes it difficult to leverage
technologies like predictive and generative AI.

The Hidden Tax Benefits in Teardown Properties and Renovation Projects

Deconstructing rather than demolishing buildings can present both financial and environmental advantages.

Ten Challenges Facing Commercial Real Estate in 2025

Many of the issues confronting industry stakeholders in the new year are interrelated.

Tracking Conversions to Multifamily

Recent data suggest office buildings are becoming more attractive conversion targets.

The Role of Nearshoring and Onshoring in Redefining the Built Environment

As manufacturing operations return to North America, the need grows for commercial real estate that supports localized producation and distribution.

Research Directors Exchange Views on AI, Interest Rates and Market Trends

The NAIOP Research Foundation gathered research directors and Distinguished Fellows for a discussion of the factors influencing commercial real estate’s outlook.

A Different Approach to Mixed Use

An industrial-anchored redevelopment involving retail, multifamily and hospitality uses is bringing new life to a former “dead mall” site in New Jersey.

AI’s Growing Impact on Commercial Real Estate

The industry is still in the early stages of realizing AI’s potential while also wrestling with its downsides.

What Does it Mean? NAIOP Releases Glossary of Commercial Real Estate Terms

Search Terms in the Online Glossary

BUSINESS TRENDS ARTICLES FROM PAST ISSUES

Diving Deeper Into Construction Spending

Divergent trends emerge when users get below the surface of topline figures for different project types.

Beware the Silver Tsunami: Preparing Your Company to Survive the Boomer Bust

A lack of clear succession planning could mean the end of the line for some private real estate firms.

Designing and Delivering AI for Experiential Uses

Water features incorporating the latest technology show promise for increasing visits to retail centers and capturing important data in the process.

Developing Reverse Logistics Supply Chains From the Ground Up

Report identifies best practices in reverse logistics facility location and design.

Construction Costs Cool Down — but for How Long?

While materials costs have largely moderated, labor expenses continue to rise.

Parking and the Return to Office

The demand for parking in downtowns remains hard to predict.

Improving Talent Management in CRE

Report identifies best practices in recruitment, training and retention.

The New Realities of CRE Investing

Savvy investors will be open to adapting their old game plans and exploring new sectors as the industry anticipates renewed activity.

Advanced Manufacturing’s Rapid Growth: Finding the Right Real Estate

How one startup in northeast Ohio overcame the lack of move-in-ready space.

Contractors Upbeat About Infrastructure but not Commercial Projects

Survey results also identify ongoing — though slightly improved — challenges with the supply chain.

Forging the Future of North American Manufacturing

Report examines how reshoring and nearshoring are reshaping industrial real estate.

Transforming a Textile Mill Into a Vibrant Mixed-use Community

The Judson Mill District honors Greenville, South Carolina’s rich textile manufacturing history as it weaves a new plan for the future.

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ARCHIVED ISSUES

Fall 2024 Issue

Development magazine’s Fall issue profiles Crescent Communities, a pioneer in the creation of high-quality communities in Sun Belt markets and NAIOP’s 2024 Developer of the Year. Other feature articles explore 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 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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