Jeffrey Spivak

Jeffrey Spivak, a senior market analyst in suburban Kansas City, Missouri, is an award-winning writer specializing in real estate development, infrastructure, and demographic trends.

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Infrastructure
Toll Roads: The Route to Redevelopment?
Tolls pave the way for road construction when other financing is unavailable. But toll roads will not drive development in an otherwise undesirable market.
October 29, 2013
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Infrastructure
All Aboard: Rail-Centric Construction Gets Back on Track
With train travel regaining popularity and high-speed passenger rail projects or improvements under construction in California, Michigan, and the Northeast Corridor, another era of railroad station construction is dawning. Nearly every station project includes intercity train service, and rail hubs once again are seen as magnets for real estate activity and opportunity.
July 15, 2013
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Resilience and Sustainability
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Industry Sectors
The Maturation of the Green Building Industry
With the recent postponement of LEED 2012 and the growing ranks of green building-evaluation mechanisms, real estate professionals face decisions about which third-party program to prioritize.
June 20, 2012
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Industry Voices
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Innovation Districts & Corridors
LEED Backlash
The dominance of LEED—the world’s most popular green building brand—is facing two threats: governments are limiting its application as a policy benchmark and are pursuing other green building standards.
February 22, 2012
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Design and Planning
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Industry Sectors
Increasing Home Sales in Master-Planned Communities
Top-selling master-planned communities continue to be those that adapt to the ever-shifting real estate environment.
February 14, 2012
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Development and Construction
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Innovation Districts & Corridors
Top 10 States for Low Business Taxes and Regulations
According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, states that are now the most business-friendly are inland locales, ranging from Kentucky and Tennessee in the east, westward to Wyoming and Utah.
January 5, 2012
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Office
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Economy, Market & Trends
Top 10 Commercial Real Estate Trends for 2012
Despite some downward-trending market indicators, the forecast for the commercial real estate sector is decidedly more mixed for the coming year, depending on the market sector, according to Deloitte.
December 16, 2011
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Infrastructure
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Economy, Market & Trends
Top Ten Metros with Bad Bridges
Bridges are often cited as the poster child for America’s crumbling infrastructure—but bridge conditions are actually improving nationwide, thanks to a federal and state commitment to the problem.
December 14, 2011
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Mixed-Use
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Resilience and Sustainability
Top 10 Global Cities with Lowest Greenhouse Gas Emissions
This year, the C40 Climate Leadership Group—a network of global cities dedicated to climate change leadership—collaborated with the U.K.’s Carbon Disclosure Project to survey major cities on their greenhouse gas emissions. They learned that well-known places like London, New York, and Tokyo produced higher levels of emissions per capita than cities in South America, Asia, and Africa.
November 17, 2011
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Economy, Market & Trends
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Retail/Entertainment
Malls Making a Comeback
For years, observers have predicted the death of the enclosed regional mall. How ironic, then, that today the regional mall is not just surviving but thriving compared with its shopping center competitors. Read how large mall owners have been actively investing in their properties in recent years, adding new attractions and luring new major tenants, in an effort to stay relevant in the 21st century.
October 26, 2011
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