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Parag Khanna

Why Regionalization and Resilience Will Define the Next Era of CRE Investment

  • September 10, 2025
At CRE.Converge in Toronto this week, global strategist Parag Khanna, founder and CEO of AlphaGeo, painted a bold picture of how shifting geopolitics, climate pressures and technological change are reshaping the commercial real estate landscape across North America and beyond. His central theme: Investors must look beyond risk and lean into resilience to identify the markets best positioned for long-term growth.
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Maintaining Asset Value in an Era of Climate Change and Risk

Maintaining Asset Value in an Era of Climate Change and Risk

  • September 10, 2025
Weather and climate disasters result in catastrophic insurance losses, from wildfires to floods, winter storms and tornadoes. They’re increasing in frequency, with so-called 100-year floods now happening several times in a decade. In a CRE.Converge panel this week in Toronto, four climate and sustainability experts gathered to discuss how commercial real estate assets are impacted in an era of climate change.
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Industrial design

People-first Design: The Future of Industrial Real Estate

  • June 5, 2025
At the I.CON East conference in Jersey City, New Jersey this week, Eric Booth, AIA, president at Desmone; Bradley Frankhouser, regional vice president at Desmone; and Scott Wolkowitz, partner at The AM Group; demonstrated how focusing on amenities, sustainability and adaptive reuse – with a consideration for the people working in these spaces – is proving successful for industrial customers and owners.
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Construction site with workers

2025 U.S. Real Estate Outlook: Navigating Change, Capitalizing on Opportunity

  • January 29, 2025
In 2025, the U.S. real estate sector stands at a pivotal crossroads, with the new year promising a mix of opportunities and challenges. While recent years have brought turbulence, from rising insurance costs to fluctuating interest rates and persistent labor challenges, 2025 offers glimmers of hope alongside continuing complexities.
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Mexico shipping crate

Examining Manufacturing’s Impact in US/Mexico Industrial Markets

  • July 1, 2024
NAIOP Research Foundation Governors, Visionaries and Distinguished Fellows met this spring in Minneapolis to discuss nearshoring/reshoring and possible research topics for future exploration. A panel discussion moderated by Garry Weiss, vice president and national director of business development and strategic initiatives, ARCO/Murray, examined how a rapid expansion in manufacturing capacity is affecting industrial real estate markets in the U.S. and Mexico.
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Daniel Mallory and Jean Kane

Adopt or Adapt: Learning from Amazon’s Real Estate Approach

  • October 19, 2023
At NAIOP’s CRE.Converge this week in Seattle, Amazon Vice President for Worldwide Real Estate Daniel Mallory sat down for an in-depth chat with Jean Kane, former CEO of Colliers International-Minneapolis St. Paul and the incoming chair of the NAIOP Research Foundation. Kane asked Mallory about his perspectives on everything from the company’s sustainability efforts to today’s market challenges to future workforces and beyond.
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Mixed-use building

How to Justify an Additional $25 per sq ft for Office Conversions

  • April 10, 2023
America faces a multipronged real estate crisis. We have a stubborn residential housing shortage, high office vacancy rates, and flight from many downtown hubs that is killing off businesses servicing those areas. Converting office towers into housing could solve multiple problems at once.
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2023 forecast

What Will 2023 Bring for CRE?

  • December 27, 2022
As the calendar turns to 2023, what’s ahead for the commercial real estate field? We talked to several NAIOP Distinguished Fellows and Research Foundation Governors to get their forecasts for the next 12 months.
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