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This research brief draws from a survey of NAIOP members and interviews with developers in tertiary markets such as Western Michigan and Southwest Missouri to examine these differences and their

Findings from the Development Approvals Index

Friday, April 29, 2022

The NAIOP Research Foundation released The Development Approvals Index: A New Tool to Evaluate Local Approvals Processes (the Index). The Index provides a systematic method to evaluate and compare

Industrial Space Demand Forecast, First Quarter 2018

Monday, February 26, 2018

Download the NAIOP Industrial Space Demand Forecast, First Quarter 2018 Report.------> Industrial Demand to Remain

Forging the Future: Manufacturing Growth and Its Effects on North American Industrial Markets

Thursday, February 1, 2024

The NAIOP Research Foundation commissioned this report to examine the trends behind reshoring and nearshoring and to evaluate how related investments in manufacturing are affecting North American

Economic Impacts of Commercial Real Estate in Canada, 2025 Edition

Thursday, August 7, 2025

The NAIOP Research Foundation commissioned this report to examine the economic benefits of commercial construction across four distinct CRE asset classes, namely industrial, retail and hospitality

Economic Impacts of Commercial Real Estate in Canada, 2022 Edition

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

The NAIOP Research Foundation commissioned this report to examine the economic benefits of commercial construction across four distinct CRE asset classes, namely industrial, retail and

Effect of Past Crises on US Downtown Office Property Income and Expenses

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Economic, real estate, oil and other crises can cause significant lack of confidence and recessions, which eventually affect office markets. This paper studies past crises and their effects on

Going Green: Tips, Tools and Examples from the Field

Sunday, March 1, 2009

This research report identified various green strategies that can be used to improve the sustainability of a building while still meeting return-on-investment objectives. Included in the report are

Exploring the New Sharing Economy

The “sharing economy” has been receiving a lot of buzz across popular media, academic and business circles, and local government as well as social enterprises. As the label suggests, the sharing

Financing Regional Infrastructure

Tuesday, January 1, 2002

This report examines infrastructure planning and financing on both a regional and local level. User charges and benefit capture methods are analyzed as well as cost of community services and growth

How One Company is Welcoming a New Era of Work

Friday, September 23, 2022

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.

Leveraging Diverse Teams to Build a Profitable Culture of Inclusion

Friday, March 19, 2021

Get past assumptions and act with intention to create the workplace of the future.

CMBS Coupon-Clipping: Tips for Commercial Mortgage Shopping

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Liquidity returns to the market as pandemic disruptions begin to subside.

CEO on Leadership: Jean V. Kane, Former CEO of Colliers International Minneapolis/St. Paul

Thursday, June 10, 2021

The former leader of Colliers International-Minneapolis/St. Paul and 2014 NAIOP National chair talks about how she took a locally owned real estate company and made it part of an