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Publications

The NAIOP Bookstore contains numerous publications on office topics, including those highlighted below.

Developing, Leasing and Managing Healthcare Real Estate: This text offers insight into the unique opportunities and challenges offered by medical office buildings and healthcare facilities.
Professional Real Estate Development: This publication explains the nuts and bolts of real estate development. The authors show you practical methods for developing land, residential, office, industrial and retail projects.
How to Calculate the Economic Contribution of Office, Industrial, and Retail Real Estate to the Local Community: This project spearheaded by Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D., is a helpful tool to demonstrate to public officials, the local media and citizens the overwhelmingly positive contributions that commercial real estate makes to a community. Worksheets and step-by-step instructions for calculating economic impact, as well as sources for the necessary data, are included in the package. This tool can be used to show the contribution of an individual project, or expanded to show the effect of all commercial real estate.
Contribution of Office, Industrial and Retail Development and Construction on the U.S. Economy: The value of commercial buildings is much more than the sum of their construction outlays or their assessed valuation. Commercial real estate development, construction and operations create a ripple effect in the economy. This contribution consists of annual direct spending for new development and construction and annual expenditures to operate existing buildings. Additional important economic benefits � the ripple effect - are also derived from the respending of the salary and wages supported by direct construction and operating outlays and purchases of construction-related materials and services from vendors. The combination of these direct and indirect (and induced) outlays constitutes the total output or contribution to the national economy. The objective of this research project is to calculate the contribution of office, industrial and retail commercial buildings to the national and respective state economies, and to provide a document that commercial real estate can use to explain the economic and fiscal importance of commercial buildings to local, state and national audiences. By Stephen Fuller, George Mason University.
Green Office Buildings: Extremely practical, this how-to book gives you the information to cost-effectively develop an environmentally sustainable office building. Learn about the business case for green buildings, and the nuts and bolts of site planning, design, sustainable construction, facilities management, financing and leasing, government policies, and trends. Includes lots of successful examples and fifteen detailed case studies of high performance green office projects in the United States, Europe, and Africa.
Preparing Projects for Site Construction: Somewhere between the seams, within the cracks and crevices of developing real estate lies a body of knowledge scribed through hard knocks, frustration, and sweet success. For those involved in developing raw property or contemplating site construction, this book provides a mountain of salient information on how to more effectively setup projects from conception through design.
Dimensions of Parking: Learn best practices for how to plan, design, finance, build and operate a parking facility, including the impact of SUVs and light trucks and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Shared Parking: This book contains information to accurately estimate parking requirements, a chapter on management, and case studies that describe how shared parking has been implemented.
Meeting the Needs of 21st Century Tenants Webinar CD: The 21st Century workforce is changing the demand for office space, both in terms of size and usage requirements. It is not yet known the significance of the change that will be caused by this independent, diverse and globally distributed group of people. However, for owners and developers to plan for this workforce, they must first understand the dynamics of the new tenants. You'll learn about the characteristics of the new workforce and their impact on corporate real estate. This CD contains the audio and PowerPoint presentation from the Webinar given on October 12, 2006. Presented by: Julie Benezet, managing member, Business Growth Consulting, LLC, and former director of global real estate, Amazon.com.
Marketing and Leasing Webinar CD: Learn innovative and profitable ideas for marketing and leasing commercial properties, including leasing strategies, tenant access and finish negotiations, allowance, influence on lease terms and selection of management. You'll learn tips to retain tenants and weigh the difference in performing lease renewals versus new tenants cost analysis. Gain the competitive edge in your marketing and leasing efforts! This CD contains the audio and PowerPoint presentation from the Webinar given on January 25, 2007. Presented by: Michael Pelt, president, MDH Partners.
Real Estate Briefings: Designed to give you a comprehensive look at the industry's hot topics quickly, inexpensively and in a quick-read format, each Briefing delivers a packet of photocopied materials on a specific topic, an extensive collection including articles from top trade magazine, comprehensive case studies and presentation excerpts from NAIOP conferences.
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The NAIOP Research Foundation

Click here for current and ongoing research funded by the NAIOP Research Foundation.

Legislative Issues Affecting Office Development

Government Affairs Issues: Tax, environment, insurance and other issues monitored by NAIOP.

National Forums

Networking and peer exchange groups organized by interest (Office Development I and II).

Meetings and Education

Be sure to check the online Calendar of Events for information on specific conference sessions, as well as local NAIOP Chapter events in your area.

Fundamentals of Commercial Real Estate Development
This seminar is designed for both the neophyte developer as well as the experienced professional who needs to fill in some basics on one or more of the following areas: feasibility analysis, construction management, financing, marketing and leasing, financial cash flow analysis, valuation. Attendees will learn about assembling a design and construction team and how to negotiate the build-to-suit. They will hear about the latest trends in office design and about bubble concerns.
Future dates TBA.

Industry Links

Got an industry question? The Industry Links categories provide a wide variety of industry information sources, from financing sources to online real estate trade publications to up-to-the-minute market reports. Whatever your question, the Industry Links can usually provide an answer.