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Tech-Driven Demand, Shifts In Trade Policy Boosting U.S. Industrial Sector

Business Facilities

The industrial real estate sector continues to benefit from many of the technology-driven shifts that are challenging the retail and office sectors, such as rising consumer dependence on e-commerce and mounting demand for data centers to support cloud computing, according to the latest U.S. Rents are forecasted to rise by an average of 3.5

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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Pro Builder

economy into its worst quarter since the Great Depression, with unprecedented declines in gross domestic product, employment, consumer confidence, retail spending, and just about every other metric. . . Erickson, who founded Grayhawk Homes in 1992, grew it into the largest volume builder in Columbus, Ga.,