During this insightful panel discussion, the most active buyers and sellers shaping the market will share strategies for investing at this point in the cycle, their forecasts for the industrial sector, what they’re seeing in aggregation strategies, and predict pricing and investor demand for the balance of the year.

In this session, speakers will share how they overcome regulatory and technical challenges to transform malls and catalyze growth in the surrounding areas.

With growing e-commerce demand, industrial/warehouse space demand has followed, but the workforce numbers needed to operate these facilities has lagged behind. Factors like availability of mass transit, changing immigration policies, and cost of living differentials all have an impact on availability of labor, and many companies are feeling the squeeze.

While companies are finding ways to shorten delivery times, the process for customers to return or exchange items has proven more of a challenge. So what are the most cost-effective approaches for integrating reverse logistics into the supply chain?

After two days of learning and networking at a conference, you may have a serious case of brain-drain. You’ve met new people, been exposed to interesting new ideas, and it’s hard to fully absorb it all. In this final session of I.CON East, we have a solution: let us do the hard work for you.

Get a big-picture look at the state of the U.S. economy now and what to expect through 2020 with Joshua Harris, Ph.D., Vice President of Strategy, Skanska USA Commercial Development.

In this session, speakers will take a look at the big picture of building multistory industrial, including demand-drivers, design challenges, cost financing, lender pools, exit strategies, setting rents, educating tenants, CAM costs, fire protection laws and more.

Looking ahead, our experts discuss where there are the next opportunities to invest, what an effective strategy looks like, and how to compete with large-scale institutional investors.

According to CBRE, the growth of online grocery sales could create demand for up to 100 million square feet of industrial cold storage space over the next five years. How will that affect the logistics supply chain, and how are cold storage properties valued?

At this session, speakers will share projects where institutional investors were integral. Also up for discussion: Does the proprietary owner still have a place?