18Research pieces indexed
Latest Aug 13, 2026

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Altus Group's second-quarter 2026 survey of CRE borrowers and lenders indicates a shift in market relief sources for commercial real estate debt.

NAIOP research quantifies the economic growth generated by commercial real estate development and construction across office, industrial, warehouse, and retail sectors at state and national levels in the United States.

NAIOP Research Foundation created an index comparing development approvals processes across jurisdictions to help developers evaluate regulatory timelines and local governments benchmark against peers.

Research brief analyzing historical trends in port activity, logistics employment, and industrial market metrics (vacancies, rents, absorption) adjacent to U.S. seaports, with regression analysis.

Analysis of capital investment strategies and their potential to generate competitive advantages in commercial real estate, drawing from trade publication coverage and industry interviews.

NAIOP Research Foundation projects negative absorption through early 2021, followed by net positive absorption from Q2 2021 to Q3 2022 that will exceed recession-period losses.

U.S. office market absorbed 21.6 million square feet in Q4 2021 and Q1 2022, with vacancy rates rising for the 10th consecutive quarter.

NAIOP Research Foundation examines three e-commerce distribution trends: conversion of shopping centers to distribution centers, adding distribution uses to existing retail buildings, and mixed-use properties combining industrial and retail.

Office net absorption remained negative in 2021 at -5.2 million square feet in Q3, improving from -34.8 million square feet at the end of the prior period, with gradual movement toward positive absorption.

NAIOP Research Foundation report evaluating risks and opportunities in office building conversions to life science, medical, and multifamily uses, based on market data review and developer interviews.

NAIOP Research Foundation report examining current and future trends in building and logistics technologies and their implications for industrial real estate development.

NAIOP forecasts U.S. office market absorption to decline into negative territory through Q2 2021 amid economic turmoil, rising unemployment, and uncertainty over future work arrangements.

Research brief identifying best practices for office and industrial landlords to triage tenant requests and offer accommodations during COVID-19, drawn from broker interviews, building owner input, and NAIOP survey data.

Research examining the origins, methodologies, and uses of market tier and ranking systems for evaluating and prioritizing U.S. metropolitan regions for commercial real estate investment.

NAIOP survey and developer interviews examine small-scale development patterns and challenges in tertiary markets including Western Michigan and Southwest Missouri.

NAIOP Research Foundation commissioned analysis of emerging construction technologies and their implications for the construction and real estate development industries, drawing from interviews with researchers and practitioners.

NAIOP Research Foundation released the Development Approvals Index, a systematic method to evaluate and compare approvals processes across different jurisdictions objectively.

NAIOP Research Foundation report by Sicola, Warren, and Weiner presents a two-dimensional methodology for evaluating and comparing commercial real estate markets, building on prior work on market tier and ranking systems.
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