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Industrial Development Goes Vertical

By: Jay Todisco

A prototype design demonstrates the viability of multistory distribution centers in land-constrained North American submarkets.

Winter 2017/2018 Issue

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The Perot Family's New Corporate Headquarters: A Powerful Collaboration Between Architecture and Landscape

By: Dave Goldberg, Annie Rummelhoff and Dakota Keene

The new headquarters for the Perot family businesses represents both the family legacy and an investment in the well-being of their employees.

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Northgate Distribution Center

By: Taylor Cole

The largest speculative distribution center in southern Nevada is turning North Las Vegas into an e-commerce mecca.

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CRE Tech Adoption Speeds Up

By: Ron Derven and Margarita Foster

Commercial real estate has been a slow adopter of new technology, but that’s about to change.

Must-Read Articles

Construction Costs Outlook

By: Ken Simonson
Labor and materials concerns loom large.

The First Modern Multistory Logistics Building in North America

By: Dan Letter
Prologis Georgetown Crossroads, a three-story, 590,000-square-foot logistics building, is now under construction in the heart of Seattle’s transportation network.

Legal Agreements for Mixed-use Projects

By: Paul N. Dubrasich
Anyone considering developing a mixed-use project should be aware of these key legal, design and management considerations.

Health Care Tenants Inject New Life into Ailing Shopping Malls

By: Eric Johnson
As health care providers seek to improve customer service by offering convenient access closer to where their patients live and work, they are discovering a hidden resource: the regional mall.

Real Estate Diversification via Structured Investments

By: Gabriel Pozo
Structured investments can enable real estate investors to move into a new market while limiting risks.

Six Innovative Concepts for Moving Freight

By: Robert T. Dunphy
Some of these innovations may change how freight is moved in the future.

RELATED RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Industrial Space Demand Forecast, Third Quarter 2025

By: Hany Guirguis, Ph.D., Manhattan University and Joshua Harris, Ph.D., CRE, CAIA, Fordham University
Given this continued uncertainty and persistently high interest rates, the current NAIOP Industrial Space Demand Forecast projects that net absorption will be nearly flat over the second half of 2025 (2.8 million square feet).

Economic Impacts of Commercial Real Estate in Canada, 2025 Edition

By: Altus Group
The NAIOP Research Foundation commissioned this report to examine the economic benefits of commercial construction across four distinct CRE asset classes, namely industrial, retail and hospitality, office, and institutional multifamily housing during 2024. The report also describes the benefits of commercial brokerage, property management and landlord operations.

The NAIOP Market Monitor

By: Maria Sicola, Elle Saling and Charles Warren
The NAIOP Market Monitor provides insights into shifting market conditions and capital flows across the United States. The report’s findings can help investors and developers identify regional trends and identify markets that align with their risk and return objectives or warrant further examination. The 2025 NAIOP Market Monitor identifies a resurgence of sales activity in office markets that likely reflects investors acting on the stabilization in overall demand for office space.

PERSPECTIVES

CEO on Leadership: Jordan Lott, President and Founder, Lake Washington Partners

By: Ron Derven
The president of this Issaquah, Washington-based real estate management and development firm offers his perspective on being a developer.

It's All Up to You

By: Jonathan Tratt
As I conclude my time as chairman, I offer my appreciation for the honor of leading this organization.

Developing Leaders on the Future of CRE

By: Marie Ruff
NAIOP’s 2017 Developing Leaders Award recipients offer their insights.

Sound Bites From NAIOP’s National Research Directors Meeting and CRE.Converge


Sound Bites From NAIOP’s National Research Directors Meeting in Herndon, Virginia, and CRE.Converge 2017 in Chicago:

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES

A Second Set of Leading Indicators for the Future

By: Kathleen Farrell
CRE should focus on indicators that may foretell technology’s impact on the industry.

Artful Landscape Design for Stormwater Management

By: Brian L. Reetz and Emilie C. Carter
Stormwater management features became an asset for a mixed-use project in Columbia, Maryland.

New & Noteworthy Projects


An assortment of brief facts and figures about new and noteworthy development projects.

Ten Industrial Trends to Watch

By: Ron Derven, contributing editor, and Margarita Foster, editor-in-chief, Development
Industry experts discuss trends that will impact industrial facilities in 2018 and beyond.

A Real Estate Developer's Sustainable Headquarters

By: Mohamed Abaza
The Duffie Companies’ new headquarters incorporates innovative HVAC systems, lighting controls, a green roof and more, targeting LEED Platinum certification.

Mixed-use Design: Making the Mixes Work

By: Eric Brown and Rob Hagan
Why do some mixed-use developments get the mixture so right, while others struggle?

Air Resources Board Targets California's Industrial Properties

By: Toby Burke
California’s Air Resources Board is considering an indirect source rule that would hold building owners and/or tenants responsible for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from trucks and other mobile sources that service their facilities.

ARCHIVED ISSUES

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SummerArchiveImage Summer 2025 Issue

Development’s summer 2025 issue explores experiential retail and the brick-and-mortar resurgence. Also featured: a modern warehouse campus in Toronto that honors its manufacturing heritage; a coalition of Oregon real estate organizations working to revitalize downtown Portland; and the creative capital stack strategy behind a mixed-use project in West Baltimore.
Spring25ArchiveImage Spring 2025 Issue

The spring 2025 issue offers insights about where the office market might be heading over the coming year, explores the complexities of mission critical development, and provides detailed looks at two transformative mixed-use projects: The Bowl at Ballantyne in Charlotte and Baltimore Peninsula in Maryland.
Cover1ArchiveImage Winter 2024/2025 Issue

Development magazine’s winter issue delves into the evolving uses of artificial intelligence in the commercial real estate industry, from lease management and building operations to portfolio assessment and data analysis.  
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