Mark Crawford, Staff Editor, Area Development (Q4 2020)
Allowing employees to continue to work remotely and possible moves to the less densely populated suburbs are among the factors that will affect corporate real estate in 2021.More
Future-proofing, building vertically, and mixed-use product integration are three trends that will shape the design of industrial assets for years to come.More
Darin Buelow, Principal and Global Location Strategy Leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP (Q2 2020)
We’ve uncovered five key opportunities for corporate real estate leaders to make the most of innovative strategies and technologies that will alter the workplace as we knew it.More
Michael Vetter, Senior Project Manager and Senior Associate, SSOE Group (Q2 2020)
In light of the COVID-19 crisis, Area Development asked SSOE Group’s Michael Vetter about what companies are doing to keep their operations up and running and their employees safe.More
David Bishop, Director, Service Operations, Johnson Controls (Q2 2020)
Whether your business’ facility has been completely shut down or minimally occupied, concerns about systems and security must be addressed to ensure a smooth reopening.More
Courtney Dunbar, Site Selection & Economic Development Leader, Burns & McDonnell (Q2 2020)
By gaining real data in the pre-capital planning stage, a business can achieve a solid basis for making critical operational and locational decisions.More
As the industrial landscape shifts, occupiers need to seek out opportune markets as well as evaluate the impact of labor costs in order to be successful.More
Bart Waldeck, CMO and Senior VP of Product Strategy, Tango Analytics (Q1 2020)
As businesses and the spaces they occupy continue to evolve, they must consider whether they are optimizing those spaces or whether changes can be made.More
Consolidation, the adoption of cloud services, edge computing and hybrid colocation are among the latest trends affecting the data center industry.More
Acronis, a Singapore-based global leader in cyber protection, recently opened its operations center — featuring a cutting-edge R&D office as well as its largest and fastest-growing data center — in Tempe, Arizona. Area Development asked Acronis’ CEO Serguei Beloussov about the latest issues in cyber protection and why the company chose Tempe for its facility.More
Steve Doak, Senior Estimator, Hoar Construction (Q4 2019)
Although sitework is expensive, most of the expense can be planned and accounted for if your contractor is on board early in the construction process.More
Pranav Tyagi, Founder, President & CEO, Tango (Q3 2019)
Thanks to vast amounts of available data and an evolved computational infrastructure, AI is fundamentally changing the way organizations plan and manage their real estate and facilities.More
Patrick Ryan, Executive Vice President, Linesight (Q2 2019)
Emerging and rapidly developing technologies — including improved BIM products and the IoT — are changing the construction landscape, both on and off the job site.More
With the rise in natural disasters over the past few years and as climate change continues to be a challenge, natural disaster resiliency is top of mind for commercial property executives.More
Robert G. Thornburgh , Executive Vice President & Partner, Kidder Mathews (Q4 2018)
The marriage of physical and digital technologies is having a transformative effect on real estate markets — from industrial and distribution to office.More
John Wharton, Director of Quality, Gresham, Smith and Partners (Q4 2018)
It’s important that clients new to working with an A/E firm understand their standard business processes in order to achieve a successful capital project.More
Jim Nannini, Vice President, Building Wide Systems Integration, Johnson Controls (Q3 2018)
Businesses that utilize technology to ensure their corporate headquarters are ready for the future will realize productivity, economic, and other gains.More
Dean Kaplan, President, The Kaplan Group (Q2 2018)
When moving or expanding, taking your time, doing your research, and thinking through your strategy can save you money and stress in the
long run.
More
Donald F. Smith, Jr., RIDC of Southwestern Pennsylvania (Q2 2018)
Companies in emerging industries need to feel they are working in partnership with the developers/landlords who are trying to attract them to their properties.More
Todd Smith, Chief Technology Officer, Data Center Solutions, Transwestern and C. Andrew Marcus, National Director, Data Center Solutions, Transwestern (Data Centers 2018)
Investors, operators, and end-users alike must identify true costs and investigate available options before committing to a new or existing strategy in the rapidly evolving data center industry.More
Scott Kupperman, Founder, Kupperman Location Solutions (2017 Food Processing)
When working with economic developers, food processing companies should look for an industry-specific value proposition supported with compelling data and local insight.More
Jennifer Taranto, Director of Sustainability, Structure Tone and Robert Leon, Senior Vice President, Structure Tone (Q4 2017)
A recent survey of the real estate and construction industry reveals that sustainability in the built environment continues to grow year after year, despite real or perceived added costs.More
Bob Geiger, Principal, Partner Engineering and Science (Q4 2017)
Property owners who properly assess, maintain, and upgrade their facilities so that they are resilient to natural disasters — and who have contingency plans in place — will save time and money, and protect the value of their asset, in the long run.More
Ben Conwell, Senior Managing Director and Practice Leader, eCommerce & Electronic Fulfillment Specialty Practice Group, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. (Q4 2017)
Reviving dead malls as warehouses is not as easy as it may seem; they’re more likely to become “lifestyle” destinations or mixed-use complexes.More
Although U.S. companies are facing less political pressure to continue their sustainability efforts, they will continue to do so in response to workforce and customer demands.More
Bill Luttrell, Director of Corporate Real Estate, Werner Enterprises, Inc. (Q4 2017)
For manufacturing and distribution…it’s logistics, logistics, logistics, which is revolutionizing the supply chain — including the location decision process.More
Walter Kemmsies, Ph.D., Managing Director, Economist and Chief Strategist, U.S. Ports, Airports and Global Infrastructure Group, JLL (Q4 2017)
Damage from recent hurricanes could have a ripple effect across U.S. seaports, underscoring the rising demand for more sophisticated industrial real estate and infrastructure.More
Michael Kruklinski, Head of Real Estate , Siemens Energy and Siemens USA (Q4 2017)
Area Development’s editor recently asked Michael Kruklinski about intelligent space management at Siemens and how office configuration can play a role in employee satisfaction and productivity.More
Brandon Tinianov, Vice President of Business Development, View, Inc. (Q3 2017)
Natural light in the workplace enhances “human energy,” which generates immense shared value for property owners. Given the stresses of modern manufacturing, this may be more critical than ever in the industrial workplace.More
Howard Ecker, President & CEO, Howard Ecker + Company (Q3 2017)
It’s time for CFOs to act to protect themselves from brokers who are working both ends of a real estate deal by securing a “No Conflict Assurance Statement” from their agents. More