Spent a week in London a couple of weeks ago, same week as the Brexit vote. What a week! I was in meetings and presentations for about 3 of those days. One presentation that caught my attention was from the International Property Measurement Standards Coalition. Seems this group has got together to try and solve the age old issue of just […]
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The CT/Western MA chapter of SIOR (Society of Industrial and Office Realtors) recently released its 2015 year-end Market Survey and the results show a positive year in 2015 with the industrial sector showing strong growth. The survey also suggests a mixed opinion as it relates to 2016. Most members forecast a flat to decreasing year in […]
Interesting article in yesterday’s Springfield Republican – Lots of reasons why a company makes a decision to move from one state to another – Money and resources are a couple of them – In this case it appears both came in to play – Up to $125M from the State of MA and $25M from the […]
At the risk of stating the obvious, the State of Connecticut has had a rough couple of weeks… OK, maybe a rough couple of months (years?). I had the opportunity to listen to Ben Barnes, Secretary of the State of CT OPM, the other day. In the midst of the announcement of the closing of […]
The CT and Western MA chapter of SIOR recently released its semi-annual survey that predicts the strength (or lack thereof) of the industrial markets in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. By all accounts…things are looking up! One third of the members indicated an improving market throughout 2014 and 62% predict continued improvement in 2015. 65% predict a […]
Interesting article in GlobeSt.com this morning. The ongoing subject of Reshoring. While we might not be seeing it as much here in the northeast, we are seeing it big time throughout the country. Couple of interesting facts: In 1970 25% of all US workers were engaged in manufacturing. Today…just 8%. HOWEVER…the US STILL produces 21% of all manufactured goods […]