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Power, AI and Risk: What’s Next for Industrial Real Estate in the West

  • March 4, 2026
Industrial real estate across the Western U.S. is entering a new phase shaped by technology, infrastructure constraints and evolving supply chain strategies. While the sector remains fundamentally strong, the drivers of demand – and the challenges of delivering new space – are shifting.
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Unified advocacy

Building Influence: Winning Policy Fights Through Unified Advocacy

  • March 4, 2026
If you work in commercial real estate in California, you know that successful advocacy in this environment takes more than tracking legislation. It takes organized chapters and steady relationships that open doors when it matters. That was the clear throughline of a recent advocacy session at NAIOP’s I.CON West in Los Angeles.
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California warehouses

California Enacts Major Reforms to Environmental Review Process and Building Codes

  • August 20, 2025
For decades now, California has earned a reputation as one of the hardest states for developers to build in. High costs, long permitting timelines and a harsh regulatory environment have stopped many projects before they can even start. However, earlier this summer, the California State Legislature passed major reforms to one of the laws most responsible for restricting development: the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA.
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Power

Navigating Current Power Challenges and Future Demands

  • March 28, 2025
It’s an exciting time in the commercial real estate industry with overall data center growth showing a greater demand for power capacity, crypto, mining and automation, according to David Hickey, global managing director with Hickey & Associates. Hickey moderated a panel on the critical need for power in industrial development at NAIOP’s I.CON West conference this week in Los Angeles.
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California Assembly Bill 98 and the Implications for Infill Development

  • March 28, 2025
Recent legislation in California expands design and siting requirements for logistics facilities and restricts truck routes to and from such facilities. A session at I.CON West this week in Los Angeles addressed the impact of this anti-warehouse legislation on industrial infill development in California . Audience members heard from several panelists about the requirements of the law and its effects on a number of areas ranging from design changes required in projects, impact on land values, implications for the entitlement and permit process, and the road ahead for advocacy efforts to make needed changes in the law.
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Western U.S. development - California

Western U.S. Industrial Market Outlook: What Lies Ahead?

  • March 27, 2025
Population migration continues to benefit industrial markets in the Sunbelt and Mountain West. What does this portend for the Western U.S. industrial market in terms of capital flow? What macroeconomic factors could impact this sector, and what other challenges and opportunities are on the horizon? All good questions, but the bywords of the moment are “wait and see.”
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Southern California industrial tour

SoCal’s Unique Approach to Industrial

  • March 27, 2025
There are over 2 billion square feet of industrial real estate in the greater Southern California area, with several aspects that are unique to this dense, almost exclusively infill market. At I.CON West this week, a tour allowed attendees to explore several notable industrial projects in the market, including a newly delivered data center, state-of-the-art trailer yard and the largest port-based EV charging depot in the country.
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Warehouse loading bay

State Legislatures Debate Anti-warehouse Legislation Similar to California’s AB 98

  • February 19, 2025
Logistics and warehouse facilities play a critical role in goods movement and the supply chain for meeting the needs of consumers, governments and businesses across North America. The essential role that these facilities play, as well as their economic contributions and job creation, must be taken into consideration in policy debates that could affect their viability.  
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