Jul
12
Posted on July 12, 2017
Written by Alvaro J. Ribeiro
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Jul
11
Posted on July 11, 2017
Design firm Gensler says now is a time of “profound change in how design supports work in all its varied forms,” as the industry sees demand for new real estate products that are “a reflection of new and more collaborative ways of working.”
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Jul
07
Posted July 7, 2017
Written by Marie Ruff
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Jun
28
Posted on June 27, 2017
Commercial real estate is at the crossroads of major global changes. A variety of factors are impacting the industry, from moderate macroeconomic growth and space utilization shifts to changing interest rates and record pricing. Global economies have experienced noticeable slowdowns over the past couple of years, leading many central banks to resort to easing monetary policies, which put interest rates at or near zero. The United States economy, while also moderate, has maintained an upwards growth trajectory, which has cast it as a comparative bright spot in the gloomy global economic landscape.
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Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement Releases Results of Customer Satisfaction Survey
Category: Industry
Jun
26
Posted on June 26, 2017
During Tuesday's meeting of the Building Development Commission (BDC), Ed Gagnon, a consultant with Customer Service Solutions, Inc. provided a presentation detailing the results of a recently conducted customer satisfaction survey. Responses indicated those surveyed were generally more pleased than they had been during a similar survey conducted in 2014. However, the top areas of concern (ability to reach the right person, timeliness of permit request process, and timeliness of inspections) are the same as they were three years ago and appear to be more significant concerns. For a summary of the results, please click the following link:
LUESA Customer Service Survey 2017
Jun
15
Posted June 15, 2017
The NAIOP Research Foundation has released a new glossary titled "Commercial Real Estate Terms and Definitions." It contains more than 220 terms relating to development, investment, leasing, office, industrial, retail and more.
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Jun
09
Posted June 9, 2017
The Federal Reserve Board is indicating that it intends to increase interest rates twice more this year. But a new report from Real Capital Markets indicates that the expected rate hikes are not causing potential investors to move their purchases up.
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Uber Moves to Shake Up Trucking
Category: Industry
Jun
08
Posted June 8, 2017
First Uber changed the taxicab industry – now it wants to enter the trucking business. The company is launching a new app that is supposed to make it easier for truckers to find cargo.
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Jun
07
Posted June 7, 2017
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May
30
Posted May 30, 2017
The NAIOP Office Space Demand Forecast (released semiannually in Q2 and Q4) gives an efficient, accurate forecast of future and current conditions in the U.S. office real estate market for use by NAIOP members and the real estate community.
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Data Center Leasing Activity Outlook
Category: Industry
May
23
Posted May 23, 2017
By: Kelly McBride, Jeff Groh, and Allen Tucker
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May
23
Posted May 23, 2017
Landlords and tenants have a shared interest in designing office environments that foster collaboration and innovation, with the goal of attracting talented workers and enhancing their job satisfaction, well-being and productivity.
CRE’s Technology Generation Gap
Category: Industry
May
23
Posted May 23, 2017
Not surprisingly, what people think about technology seems to depend on when they were born.
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Sentiment Index: Growing Optimism for U.S. Commercial Real Estate Market Over Next 12 Months
Category: Industry
May
18
Posted May 18, 2017
NAIOP has released the latest Sentiment Index based on a survey of member developers, owners and investors on whether their 12-month outlook for commercial real estate development is positive, neutral or negative.
The Spring 2016 Index is 0.56. The overall composite Index has increased for the first time in two years. The current survey indicates that there is more optimism in the CRE market than there was six months ago.
- The March 2017 Index reversed a consistent two-year downward trend.
- The two largest positive changes in the survey were much greater confidence in employment and in occupancy rates.
- However, respondents were much more concerned about the costs of construction materials and labor and about first-year cap rates than they were six months earlier.
View graphs and observations for each of the 10 questions about jobs, the space markets, construction costs and the capital markets.
View the Report
To share your feedback or inquire about participating in the next Sentiment Index survey (Fall 2017), contact [email protected].
May
10
Posted May 10, 2017
Production line employees in the United States have been watching for years as their jobs are replaced by robots. Lawyers may be next.
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Redeveloping Newspaper Headquarters
Category: Industry
May
10
Posted May 10, 2017
By: Patricia Raicht