Fall 2020 E-Newsletter

Letter from the Chair

Eva Stevens, chair of the NAIOP Research Foundation, shared how the Foundation pivoted quickly to provide insights and information needed for the ever-changing times we’re facing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Midyear Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on the U.S. Commercial Real Estate Development Industry

The NAIOP Research Foundation recently commissioned Steve Fuller, Ph.D., professor emeritus at George Mason University, to undertake a study of the mid-year economy and how its shocks may influence commercial real estate in the future.

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New Report: Recession Produces Headwinds for Industrial Real Estate

The new NAIOP Industrial Space Demand Forecast has been issued, and the data suggest U.S. industrial space net absorption may decline to negative levels during the next three quarters. However, "forecast uncertainty rises with economic uncertainty," as one of the forecast authors pointed out in a recent webinar.

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Meet a Governor: Lawrence Armstrong

“Those of us who have been around a while have experienced multiple cycles and navigated the ups and downs that come along with them,” said Armstrong, NAIOP’s 70th governor and chairman at Ware Malcomb.

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Viewpoint

We asked some of our Foundation Governors: “How has your organization effectively managed tenant demands during the pandemic? Did you implement any new approaches/strategies for doing so?”

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