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Chris Thornberg

Examining Political Narratives and Economic Realities

  • March 27, 2025
“The first thing I have to talk about today is what we think is happening in our economy,” began Chris Thornberg, Ph.D., founder of Beacon Economics and keynote speaker at I.CON West this week in Los Angeles. “The other thing I'm going to talk about is what's actually happening in the economy today. That is to say, our objective statistical reality. The world I see in the data on a day-to-day basis.”
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The Fed’s Policy Shift and What It Means for the Commercial Real Estate Outlook

The Fed’s Policy Shift and What It Means for the Commercial Real Estate Outlook

  • March 3, 2025
It’s been more than two months since the Federal Reserve (Fed) cut interest rates by 25 basis points (bps), but the market optimism around monetary policy has shifted significantly since then. This move was widely anticipated by most; however, the market reaction was complicated and confused by other follow-up statements. Commercial real estate (CRE) investors want to understand how shifting monetary policies will affect the CRE environment. The answer may not be so cut and dry.
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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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CRE Outlook for 2025: Cautiously Optimistic

  • January 6, 2025
The fortunes of the commercial real estate sector should be somewhere between status quo and modestly improved over the next year, with housing, industrial, data center and advanced manufacturing among the most dynamic asset classes, according to a cross-section of developers and investors who sit on NAIOP’s board of directors.
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Navigating a niche sector

Defining Cold Storage: Asset Classes, Opportunities, Challenges and Forecasts

  • October 7, 2024
“There is terrific opportunity [in cold storage], but you must have the right partners in equity, debt, development and construction,” said Josh Lewis, chief operating officer, RL Cold, during a panel discussion at NAIOP's I.CON Cold Storage. “It’s always risky, but the right partners make all the difference.”
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The Impact of the Federal Reserve Rate Cuts on Commercial Real Estate Markets

  • September 26, 2024
Citing progress on inflation and the balance of risks, last week the Federal Reserve announced rate cuts of 0.5%, to 4.75% to 5%. Can we expect additional cuts from the Federal Reserve and when, and how would these cuts impact commercial real estate markets? A NAIOP Distinguished Fellow shares his perspective.
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Water, Tech, Manufacturing and Risk: What’s Impacting the CRE Markets Today

  • May 10, 2024
CBRE’s Spencer Levy took to the stage at NAIOP’s National Forums Symposium this week in Minneapolis to share his candid outlook on today’s economy, emerging markets and opportunities, and the vulnerability of real estate as it continues to evolve and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Peeling Back the Onion of Capital Markets and Cold Storage Development

  • September 13, 2023
“Less than 2% of industrial space today is cold storage, and it probably needs to be at 15%. We’re not even in the first inning,” opened economist KC Conway in a keynote session at NAIOP’s I.CON Cold Storage. Using the analogy of peeling back an onion, Conway identified four cold storage and capital markets “layers” to “see what makes us sweat and what makes us cry.”
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