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Cold Storage’s Automation Curve is Just Beginning

September 15, 2026

Cold storage development is entering a modernization cycle, and the shift is about far more than square footage.

Why This Multifamily Investor Sees Opportunity in Uncertainty

September 15, 2026

Higher interest rates. Tighter capital markets. Slower development. For much of the multifamily sector, today’s environment has meant caution. But for Bob Hart, president and CEO of TruAmerica Multifamily, it’s meant something else: opportunity. On a recent episode of Inside CRE, Commercial Real Estate Development Association (CREDA) President and CEO Marc Selvitelli, CAE, sat down with Hart to unpack how his firm has continued acquiring and operating multifamily […]

Built Around the Operation: How Chick-fil-A Supply Approaches Real Estate

September 10, 2026

Most conversations in industrial real estate start with the building – where to site it, what it costs, how fast it can be delivered. A session at CREDA’s I.CON Cold Storage this week moderated by Eric Brown, president of ALTA Refrigeration, took the opposite approach, asking what the operation itself demands before the building is considered. Brown was joined by […]

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Persistence, Precision and Partnership: Lessons from Two Cold Storage Deal Structures

September 2, 2026

When it comes to structuring complex industrial leases, there is rarely a single playbook. That was the core message from a session at I.CON Cold Storage this week moderated by David Sours, cold storage expert and senior vice president at CBRE, who walked through two different deal types with Kevin Kelly, senior vice president at CBRE, and Zachary Romano, chief operating officer and partner at RL Cold. The two examples – a second-generation leasing case […]

From Empty Shell to USDA-compliant Cold Chain

September 2, 2026

Attendees at the I.CON Cold Storage conference this week toured a facility that illustrates one of the sector’s more compelling challenges: converting a decades-old bulk storage shell into a fully operational, USDA-compliant food processing plant. The Alston Construction team led the tour of the 63,500-square-foot Halperns’ Steak and Seafood facility in Arlington, Texas, and Todd Williams, general manager for Halperns’ Texas, walked attendees through the frigid rooms filled with everything […]

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Why the Industrial Leasing Process is Ripe for Disruption

August 25, 2026

Industrial real estate has changed dramatically over the past two decades – but the leasing process behind it hasn’t kept pace. That’s the central theme James Holbrook, founder of Payson Smith Holbrook and executive chairman of Warehub, explored on the latest episode of Inside CRE with host Marc Selvitelli, CAE, CREDA’s president and CEO. After more than 20 years in industrial leasing, Holbrook has seen the same friction […]

Adaptive Reuse Lessons from a Successful Office-to-retail Redevelopment

July 29, 2026

As office vacancy remains elevated in many markets, developers across the country are asking the same question: How can obsolete office buildings be successfully repositioned for new uses?

From Overlooked to In-demand: The Rise of Industrial Outdoor Storage

June 18, 2026

In a recent episode of NAIOP’s Inside CRE podcast, NAIOP President and CEO Marc Selvitelli, CAE, spoke with Leo Addimando, managing partner and cofounder of Alterra Property Group, about the evolution of Industrial Outdoor Storage from an under-the-radar property type into one of commercial real estate's fastest-growing sectors.

Opportunity Zones 2.0: Changes, Challenges and Opportunities Ahead

June 18, 2026

As the “opportunity zones (OZ)" program enters a new phase, investors, developers and advisors are preparing for what many are calling “opportunity zones 2.0.” In a recent episode of NAIOP’s Inside CRE podcast, Angel Rice and Dave Sobochan of Cohen & Co., one of the top tax and accounting firms in the U.S., discussed how the program is evolving, where uncertainty remains, and what the transition means for commercial real estate.

Newmark’s Chad Lavender: CRE Recovery Gains Ground Across Sectors

May 15, 2026

In a recent conversation with NAIOP President and CEO Marc Selvitelli on the Inside CRE Podcast, Chad Lavender, president of capital markets for North America at Newmark, outlined a commercial real estate environment defined by improving liquidity, narrowing bid-ask spreads, and renewed investor confidence across nearly every major asset class. “It’s a constructive market,” Lavender […]

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Brielle Scott

Cold Storage’s Automation Curve is Just Beginning

Why This Multifamily Investor Sees Opportunity in Uncertainty

Built Around the Operation: How Chick-fil-A Supply Approaches Real Estate

Persistence, Precision and Partnership: Lessons from Two Cold Storage Deal Structures

From Empty Shell to USDA-compliant Cold Chain

Why the Industrial Leasing Process is Ripe for Disruption

Adaptive Reuse Lessons from a Successful Office-to-retail Redevelopment

From Overlooked to In-demand: The Rise of Industrial Outdoor Storage

Opportunity Zones 2.0: Changes, Challenges and Opportunities Ahead

Newmark’s Chad Lavender: CRE Recovery Gains Ground Across Sectors

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