Suburbs still win the self-storage race, but a surprising group of metros is heading downtown. Self-storage development continued on a mostly suburban path over the past decade (2016 to 2025), with 59% of all new construction delivered during that period, amounting to 261 million square feet, located outside city centers. Although urban self-storage is attractive, […]
The voting is over in this year’s midterm congressional elections, and this time, many of the polls saying Republicans were on track to suffer heavy losses proved to be more accurate than they have been. Not all the counting is over, but it is clear that Democrats have regained the majority in both the House […]
Peter Zeihan’s keynote at the CREDA Conference in Denver sparked plenty of questions. On the latest episode of Inside CRE, CREDA President and CEO Marc Selvitelli, CAE, invited the geopolitical strategist back to pick up where he left off. Why is globalization ending now? Zeihan points to three forces. First, the global trading system was […]
By Matthew Maunder This is part two of a two-part series. Read part one on how AI is reshaping CRE’s traditional talent pyramid by increasing productivity and changing staffing needs, forcing firms to reconsider how they develop junior professionals and build a pipeline of future leaders. AI changes what becomes valuable. When analysis becomes abundant, the […]
Commercial real estate has spent much of the AI conversation asking the same question: which jobs will the technology replace? That may be the wrong question. The more consequential issue for CRE firms could be what happens to the talent model itself. For decades, much of the industry has developed people through a familiar progression. […]
On Oct. 28, CREDA Global will host an invitational summit on state and local public policy issues that affect commercial real estate development. Like the policy summits CREDA Global has hosted across the United States and Canada before, this year’s Midwest Public Policy Summit will bring together five experts in different policy areas. They will […]
The outcome of the 2026 election will have a significant impact on the public policies affecting commercial real estate investment and development. While voters may focus primarily on the candidates for federal and state offices at the top of the ticket, they should not overlook several down-ticket statewide ballot initiatives. Ballotpedia estimates that there will […]
Theo Epstein built championship teams in two of baseball’s most demanding markets, ending long title droughts with the Boston Red Sox in 2004 and the Chicago Cubs in 2016. In a keynote conversation with CREDA President and CEO Marc Selvitelli, CAE, at the CREDA Conference in Denver, the Fenway Sports Group senior advisor and former […]
Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from an individual productivity tool to an enterprise-level strategy for real estate and construction companies. But as adoption accelerates, the question is shifting from what AI can do to how companies can deploy it effectively, measure its value and ensure it supports the work that matters most. Will Mitchell, CEO […]
Yes, a sports venue can launch a district, but only great placemaking, strong market fundamentals and year-round activation will make a sports-anchored development succeed. Those were among the insights shared by panelists discussing the new playbook for sports-anchored development at the CREDA Conference in Denver. Moderator Yvette Roman, founder and owner of Denver-based Ellipsis Construction, […]
