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St. John Properties: Developing with a Long View

By: Ron Derven

Listening to clients and employees has resulted in consistently high occupancy rates for this Maryland-based CRE developer.

Fall 2018 Issue

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The Municipal Benefits of Urban Fulfillment Centers

By: Camille Galdes

City leaders should be more proactive in crafting municipal policies that capitalize on the e-commerce changes transforming commercial real estate and their tax bases.

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Boston Scientific's Global Customer Fulfillment Center

By: Paul Donhauser, CEM, CPMM, Boston Scientific, and Marc Margulies, FAIA, LEED AP, Margulies Perruzzi Architects

A global facilities master plan informs the company’s real estate decisions.

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The Value of Downtown Data Centers

By: Marc Gittleman, Rising Realty Partners

Buildings with direct fiber-optic internet connections will benefit from strong demand as information continues to be stored in the cloud and big data takes off.

Must-Read Articles

Real Estate Demand From Cybersecurity Firms

By: Kevin Imboden, John Redeker and Elisa Konik, Cushman \u0026 Wakefield
A growing industry creates a major capital opportunity.

Tenants Ponder: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

By: Spencer Levy, CBRE
To keep buildings hip, landlords are making capital expenditures earlier than budgeted.

Agree to Disagree: Resolving Property Disputes with a Partition Action

By: John Vukmanovic, Esq.
A written agreement in place from the outset can avoid most potential problems.

Designing Spaces to Create Great Experiences

By: Andy Cohen
A Gensler study quantifies that the right design can result in great experiences, which in turn are great for business.

How to Attract Institutional Capital Through the Development of Operating Guidelines

By: John Mackel, MAI, ASA, CCIM, Moss Adams LLP
Incorporating best practices for policies, strategies and procedures can make smaller developer-operators appealing to institutional investors.

Networked Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

By: Michael Jones, ChargePoint
The answers to five simple questions reveal the benefits of these systems for businesses.

RELATED RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Office Space Demand Forecast, Fourth Quarter 2023

By: Hany Guirguis, Ph.D., Manhattan College and Michael J. Seiler, DBA, College of William & Mary
The office market continues to face stiff headwinds as office utilization has remained relatively flat over the last year, as evidenced by mobile-phone location data and building-access records.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Commercial Real Estate: Best Practices and Common Challenges

By: Mirle Rabinowitz Bussell, Ph.D., Risa Itow and John Tavares
The NAIOP Research Foundation commissioned this report to identify best practices for promoting DEI within CRE firms. The study draws from existing studies on DEI, as well as interviews with a representative sample of practitioners at CRE firms that have pursued DEI initiatives.

Industrial Space Demand Forecast, Third Quarter 2023

By: Hany Guirguis, Ph.D., Manhattan College and Michael J. Seiler, DBA, College of William & Mary
Given current economic conditions and recent demand trends, the authors estimate that quarterly net absorption of industrial space will average 52.6 million square feet over the next two years. Read the full report from the NAIOP Research Foundation.

PERSPECTIVES

CEO on Leadership: Daniel J. Moore, President and CEO, Rockefeller Group

By: Ron Derven
The president of this New York City-headquartered real estate firm applies lessons learned in the military, business school and two decades in the industry.

Six Students Receive NAIOP Diversity Scholarships

By: Hannah Buckles
For the third year, NAIOP has awarded scholarships to graduate and undergraduate commercial real estate students from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in the industry.

Industrial Properties Continue to Sizzle

By: Jim Neyer
This year, NAIOP’s perennially successful industrial conference, I.CON, reached new heights when the event was officially sold out (with a waiting list).

Sound Bites from NAIOP’s I.CON: Industrial Conference

By: Various
Sound Bites from NAIOP’s I.CON: Industrial Conference, June, 2018, in Jersey City, New Jersey and National Forums Symposium, May, 2018, in New York City.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES

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Unified Commerce: The Future of Retail?

By: Julie D. Stern
Big data and integrated cloud-based retail platforms enable retailers to provide customers with seamless, secure, personalized shopping experiences, both in stores and via computers and mobile devices.

Retail Leasing: Minimizing Time, Cost and Risk

By: Ellen Sinreich, The Sinreich Group
In lease negotiations, urgency trumps precision, and the need to accommodate the other side trumps the desire to get it all.

Autonomous Trucking's Effect on Industrial Real Estate

By: Jon Pharris, CapRock Partners
The next game-changer will speed delivery times and improve use of warehouse space.

How to Future-Proof the Workplace

By: Janine Grossmann, Fellow ARIDO, LEED AP ID+C, Perkins+Will
Interior design driven by how employees use their space, rather than by general workplace trends, will produce more effective, productive workplaces.

Creditworthy Tenants Yield Financing Alternatives

By: Turkia Mullin, CBRE Capital Markets
Nonrecourse credit tenant financing can be used to fund build-to-suit projects involving properly structured long-term net leases with investment-grade tenants.

Invest in Opportunity: Invest in Rural America

By: Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wisc.)
Qualified Opportunity Zones will capitalize on rural America’s “can-do” attitude.

Cookie Cutter Environmental Diligence Doesn't Cut It Anymore

By: Tom Mounteer, Paul Hastings LLP
Environmental diligence must be customized for each property.

New & Noteworthy

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

Esports Arenas Have Entered the Game

By: Adam Ducker, RCLCO
Will professional video gaming be the next great urban entertainment real estate anchor?

ARCHIVED ISSUES

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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.
Cover Summer 2023 Issue

The summer 2023 issue of NAIOP’s Development magazine features a cover story on the evolution of office amenities. Other articles include an analysis of a document from 1989 that could help real estate professionals navigate the latest downturn, an on-the-ground report from the 2022 NAIOP-Drexel Summer Real Estate Program for rising high school juniors and seniors of color, and a look at the tenants in an innovative industrial building in Vancouver, Canada.
Cover Spring 2023 Issue

The spring 2023 issue of Development magazine features a cover story on industrial development in Mexico. Other articles include a look at the Novus Innovation Corridor in Arizona, a feature on how Buffalo, New York, engineered its latest comeback, and the NAIOP Research Foundation’s annual report.