Category: Research

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Industrial Market Numbers Aren’t Telling the True Story

  • September 2, 2025
A recent Wall St. Journal article reported that the U.S. industrial real estate sector has struggled for the past three years, reaching an 11-year high of 7.6% nationally – causing owners, investors and developers to take pause. But the numbers don’t always tell the full story. In fact, many U.S. industrial real estate markets are reverting to their historically healthy levels of supply and demand.
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Embodied carbon construction

The Carbon Behind the Curtain

  • August 25, 2025
Discover how to unlock the hidden carbon footprint of building materials with Environmental Product Declarations. It’s one of the most valuable tools we have in understanding embodied carbon, but in a world saturated with sustainability acronyms, it’s easy to get lost. Learn more about the metrics that matter and how to use this tool for sustainable development.
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Warehouse construction

From Slowdown to Shovel-ready: Recent Tax Bill a Catalyst for U.S. Industrial Growth

  • August 19, 2025
The recent passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 introduced new provisions allowing 100% rapid depreciation not only of equipment, but also of production and manufacturing facilities. This is a notable expansion beyond the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which limited this benefit to equipment alone. By broadening the scope of eligible assets, the legislation aims to catalyze domestic production, reshape supply chain dynamics, and significantly reduce effective corporate tax rates. As a result, it is expected to spark a wave of industrial development across the country.
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Toronto

How CRE is Transforming Toronto’s Skyline and Economy

  • August 14, 2025
The commercial real estate industry’s construction spending and ongoing operations in Toronto are a significant driver of the economy, generating $17.1 billion CAD in economic activity in 2024, according to a new report released by the NAIOP Research Foundation and authored by Altus Group. It’s no surprise, then, that city serves as the perfect host to commercial real estate leaders attending CRE.Converge next month for unparalleled networking and valuable industry insights.
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The Fundamentals of Embodied Carbon

  • August 4, 2025
Walk into any design meeting today and you’ll likely hear the word decarbonization. Among many strategies, it’s become a key focus in the building industry’s response to climate change. But what does it actually mean for the spaces we build? More importantly, how do we turn broad climate goals into specific, measurable actions, especially when much of a building’s emissions are released before the lights are ever turned on?
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Columbus, Ohio

Midwest Momentum: How Columbus is Redefining Industrial Growth

  • July 25, 2025
On the list of industrial investment markets receiving widespread media coverage, many names are familiar: Nashville, Tennessee; Boise, Idaho; and the high-growth Sun Belt cities. There’s another real estate market experiencing exceptional growth that might be flying under your radar: Columbus, Ohio. The city will host NAIOP's I.CON Central industrial conference this November.
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AI construction

AI’s Role in Capital Projects: Transforming Development and Construction

  • July 22, 2025
Commercial real estate professionals – developers, investors, contractors, site selectors and service providers – are beginning to harness AI’s potential to enhance decision-making, improve project outcomes and mitigate risk. Those that strategically integrate AI into capital project planning and execution will gain a significant competitive advantage.
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Capitol Hill

From Deductions to Depreciation: Real Estate Tax Impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

  • July 16, 2025
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Read a summary of the provisions that impact the commercial real estate industry as well as commentary on some issues that NAIOP's government affairs team overcame in the process by David Sobochan, Market Leader, Real Estate and Construction Partner for Cohen & Co, who is a member of NAIOP’s national Tax & Finance Government Affairs advisory committee.
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