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The NAIOP Research Foundation helps build better communities through practical research and education. The Foundation's research projects, educational programs and outreach activities have a united purpose: to support developers, owners and others involved in commercial real estate in meeting and exceeding the needs and expectations of our communities, now and in the future.

Distinguished Fellow Spotlight

Mark Stapp

Mark Stapp

Mark Stapp is the Executive Director of the Master of Real Estate Development Program and the Fred E. Taylor Professor of Real Estate in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. He serves as a faculty associate in the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at ASU. An active member of the Phoenix development community, Mark has been a part of various business enterprises and development projects for over 34 years. He currently serves as co-chair of the Academic Research Committee of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), is a member of ICSC’s North American Research Task Force and the Editorial Board of the Homburg-Oxford University Press. Mark is also the Managing Member of Pyramid Community Developers, LLC, an investment and development firm of projects throughout the United States, and provider of asset management and design consultation services. He holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies from William Patterson University and is a graduate of the Stanford University Executive and Professional Education program in the Graduate School of Business.

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Research Reports

The New Borderless Marketplace: Repositioning Retail and Warehouse Properties for TomorrowSubmitted By: Curtis Spencer, IMS Worldwide

This whitepaper addresses trends and strategies needed and how the retail experience will change over the next five years.

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Meet all of the Foundation's Governors

The Foundation's Governors support the Foundation's work through their contributions and sharing their expertise.

Robert CutlipRobert G. Cutlip
Peter CocozielloPeter J. Cocoziello
Ronald RayevichRonald L. Rayevich
Hugh LittleHugh D. Little
Ann Evans EstabrookAnne Evans Estabrook
Jon PetersonJon Peterson
Jonathan TrattJonathan Tratt
Steve BronnerSteve Bronner
David GockelDavid Gockel
Stephen CrosbyStephen A. Crosby
Susan GrahamSusan H.S. Graham
Richard CannonRichard Cannon
Christopher HaleyChristopher Haley
Alan KahnAlan B. Kahn
Mark FornesMark Fornes
George LivingstonGeorge D. Livingston
Roger ChristiansonRoger Christianson
Jean KaneJean Kane
Ralph HeinsRalph Heins
Ronald PizzutiRonald A. Pizzuti
William MitchellWilliam A. Mitchell
Ronnie DuncanRonnie E. Duncan
William HuntWilliam E. Hunt
Gene ReillyGene Reilly
Dwight TaylorDwight S. Taylor
Robb MerrittRobb Merritt
Jack SchultzJohn "Jack" Schultz
Paul CiminelliPaul F. Ciminelli
Joseph TaylorJoseph S. Taylor
Terry StilesTerry Stiles
Mike MullenMichael Mullen
Daniel DeMarcoDaniel DeMarco
Frank WuestFrank Wuest
Douglas HoweDouglas O. Howe
Alex KlatskinAlex Klatskin
Richard WoodruffRichard L. Woodruff
Damien MadsenDamien F. Madsen
Thomas SenkbeilThomas D. Senkbeil
Lawrence PobudaLawrence A. Pobuda
James IrvingJames M. "Marty" Irving
Gerard SweeneyGerard Sweeney
Collin BarrCollin Barr

Foundation News

US Based Manufacturing What Industries Will Grow and Where

A study by the NAIOP Research Foundation concludes that the reshoring trend of manufacturing industries to the United States yields stabilization of jobs, but not net growth. Some industries will add jobs as others shed them, resulting in no change to the total number of manufacturing jobs but halting a decades-long trend of losing more jobs than added.

NAIOP Research Foundation Announces Appointment of Steve Bronner, Parmenter Realty Partners, as Governor

The NAIOP Research Foundation announced today the appointment of Steve Bronner one of the Foundation’s 42 Governors.

NAIOP Research Foundation Announces Appointment of Jean Kane, Welsh & Colliers, as Governor

The NAIOP Research Foundation announced today the appointment of Jean Kane as one of the Foundation’s 42 Governors.