Posted in the Winter 2019/2020 Issue by Shawn Moura, Ph.D.
In October, the NAIOP Research Foundation’s National Research Directors Meeting brought together NAIOP Distinguished Fellows and research directors from national real estate brokerage, data and investment firms at CRE. Converge 2019 in Los Angeles. Attendees discussed current Foundation research and trends in industrial and office development.
Market Tiers and Rankings: Clear as Mud?
Maria Sicola and Charles Warren of CityStream Solutions presented the initial findings of a white paper sponsored by the NAIOP Research Foundation that describes how the commercial real estate industry currently sorts metropolitan markets into tiers or rankings. Sicola and Warren-based their findings on interviews with industry researchers, consultants, and academics, plus published reports that utilize or examine market tiers and rankings.