Granite Properties: Creating Spaces Where People Thrive

By: Ron Derven

This Dallas-based developer, investor and management firm has grown to $3 billion in assets by delivering mixed-use facilities with innovative wellness programs and top amenities.

Fall 2022 Issue

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From Salt Storage Facility to Concert Venue

By: Anthony Paletta

An adaptive-reuse project in Chicago transforms an iconic industrial building into an entertainment destination.

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The Activity-Focused Office: A Fresh Way to Work

By: Pablo J. Quintana

The post-pandemic office will look significantly different from its predecessor.

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How One Company is Welcoming a New Era of Work

By: Shane Connell

In New Jersey, a 1980s-era suburban office park undergoing a $400 million revitalization offers lessons on contemporary work environments that encourage socialization and collaboration.

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Must-Read Articles

Contractors Share the Pain of Rising Costs

By: Ken Simonson
Higher prices for materials and services are being passed on to developers.

Ballston Quarter: A 1950s-Era Mall Turned Inside Out

By: Patrick Finucan, Sam Bennett and David Kitchens
A major retail center in the DC suburbs removes the roof to reinvent itself.

C-PACE Financing Finds Solid Footing in the Capital Stack

By: Mansoor Ghori
This rapidly growing alternative funding method can help developers meet a wide range of goals.

ASTM Adopts a New Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Standard

By: Sedina L. Banks
What does it mean for commercial real estate transactions?

Risky Business: Protecting a Smart Building from Cyber Exposure

By: Dru Douglas
Insurance coverage will be increasingly difficult to acquire if information technology security systems and protocols aren’t in place.

Key Elements for Creating a Technologically Equipped Hybrid Office

By: Jason Lund
High-quality digital connectivity is a crucial element for bringing workers back.

Few Signs of Trouble on the Industrial Front

By: Ermengarde Jabir, Ph.D.
The sector continues to stand strong despite rising inflation and interest rates.

A Fresh Look at Solar for Warehouses and Commercial Buildings

By: Shaun Keegan
Rooftop community solar can position commercial real estate owners as ESG leaders while generating revenue and strengthening community relations.

RELATED RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Industrial Space Demand Forecast, Third Quarter 2026

By: Hany Guirguis, Ph.D., Manhattan University and Joshua Harris, Ph.D., Fordham University
The Commercial Real Estate Development Association Industrial Space Demand Forecast projects 150.1 million square feet of net absorption across the U.S. in the second half of 2026 and 245.1 million square feet of absorption in 2027.

Debt Market Survey, Second Quarter 2026

By: Omar Eltorai
Data from Altus Group’ssecond-quarter 2026 survey of commercial real estate (CRE) borrowers and lenders point to a market where the source of relief has shifted.

Debt Market Survey, Second Quarter 2026

By: Omar Eltorai, Senior Director of Research, Altus Group
A Market Leaning Back Toward Fixed-Rate Loans Data from Altus Group’s second-quarter 2026 survey of commercial real estate (CRE) borrowers and lenders point to a market where the source of relief has shifted.

PERSPECTIVES

Worth Repeating

By: Trey Barrineau
Sound bites from NAIOP’s I.CON East, held June 8-9 in Jersey City, New Jersey.

What's on the Horizon for NAIOP and the Industry?

By: Jeff Milanaik
As the economy continues to shift, you can look to this informative publication as a bellwether on what your fellow commercial real estate practitioners are experiencing today, as well as their expectations for what’s to come.
 

Six Students Receive NAIOP Diversity Student Scholarships

By: Trey Barrineau
The scholarships go to graduate and undergraduate students from backgrounds traditionally under-represented in the commercial real estate industry.

From the Editor: New Leadership at NAIOP

By: Jennifer LeFurgy
Strategies for returning to the office are top of mind in the commercial real estate industry these days.

NAIOP's Visionaries: Leadership Across the Generational Spectrum

By: Mike Riopel
The association’s program for rising leaders in commercial real estate offers an outstanding career development opportunity.

Chapter Profile: NAIOP Arizona

By: Trey Barrineau
A booming population and a robust economy make for a strong CRE market in the Phoenix area.

CEO on Leadership: Laura Hines-Pierce

By: Ron Derven
The leader of Houston-based Hines talks about leadership, the current challenges in the industry and becoming co-CEO of a global real estate investment, development and management firm.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES

Supreme Court Decision Upends Regulatory Framework

By: Aquiles Suarez
A landmark case involving the EPA could have far-reaching effects on how agencies make and enforce rules.

Autonomous Trucking Holds Promise

By: Trey Barrineau
It could drastically reduce costs and boost efficiency across the supply chain.

Examining the Convergence of Retail and Industrial Real Estate

By: Shawn Moura, Ph.D.
Competition over the last mile is leading retailers and developers to adopt new strategies.

A Community-Minded Approach to Industrial Developments

By: Matt Mulick, Erin Hathaway
Economic growth is vital to communities, but it’s important to consider other factors as well.

New & Noteworthy

By: Trey Barrineau
An assortment of brief facts and figures about new and noteworthy development projects.

Worth Repeating

By: Trey Barrineau
Sound bites from NAIOP’s I.CON East, held June 8-9 in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Development’s summer issue discusses how secondary and gateway cities currently stack up in the eyes of investors. Also featured: what’s driving a CRE renaissance in the Rust Belt; how purpose-built medical is adding health to the live-work-play model; and the feasibility of redeveloping brownfields into sites for data centers.  
Spring 2026

Development’s spring issue examines shifting priorities in industrial real estate, including power, automation and regional supply chain strategies. Also featured: the growing attraction of industrial outdoor storage; the complexities of developing a university-anchored innovation district; and a CRE company’s pursuit of decarbonization across its bicoastal portfolio.
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In Development’s winter 2025/2026 issue, find out why power availability has become a top constraint for commercial real estate development and what stakeholders are doing in response. Also featured: the ongoing transformation of Philadelphia’s Navy Yard; the office market’s selective rebound; 25 years of the NAIOP Research Foundation; and how research directors view the trends shaping the industry in Canada and the U.S.
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