Tag: construction value

Finding Success with Mass Timber for Net-zero Construction

February 25, 2026

John Denbo

Graycor’s two-decade relationship with Amazon led to our construction firm taking on an unconventional and pioneering project — the company’s first net-zero-carbon delivery station, DII5 in Elkhart, Indiana. To achieve net-zero certification, the 39-acre site features mass timber construction as opposed to the traditional precast or tilt-up concrete and structural steel.

How Rising Construction Costs are Impacting Real Estate Development

December 5, 2023

Doug Faron

To achieve deadlines and stay within budget, developers must generate solutions to the industry dilemma of rising construction costs. Examine what’s driving construction spending, how these costs are impacting developers and solutions for maintaining development momentum.

How Supporting CRE Construction Could Drive the US Economic Recovery

February 22, 2021

Linda Strowbridge

Despite the severe economic downturn of 2020, the U.S. construction industry grew. Direct expenditures for building and nonbuilding construction climbed $51.7 billion to reach $1.4 billion for the year. Total jobs supported by construction grew by 400,000. And construction’s percentage of total U.S. GDP rose from 19.5% in 2019 to 21% in 2020. In the […]