On a jealousy-inducing, sunny fall day in Beverly Hills, dark shadows were nonetheless cast on the current development environment in Los Angeles and Southern California as a whole. At Commercial Observer’s “West Coast CRE Investment Forum” Oct. 30 at the SLS Beverly Hills Hotel, industry players painted a picture of limbo and uncertainty on the […]
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The Biden administration’s multibillion dollar industrial policy program also hopes to help troubled … [+] regions and cities. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Getty Images Spurring economic growth in America’s declining cities and regions has been a hard-to-achieve public policy goal. There’s hope that the Biden administration’s new industrial policies might boost growth where other efforts […]
PARMA, Ohio — Picket lines for automaker unions across Northeast Ohio are now packed up after General Motors reached an agreement with the United Auto Workers Monday. We don’t just report the initial story—we follow through to its conclusion. Read and watch our previous reporting on this story below and see more stories that we’ve […]
The COVID-19 pandemic gave us, among other evils, the bizarre spectacle of bipartisan calls for protectionist measures. In 2020, as the world reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic, shortages of key supplies quickly developed. Medical necessities such as personal protective equipment (PPE), inputs for various drugs, hand sanitizer, wipes, and even common household items like toilet […]
Laredo is the largest U.S. land port. More than 14,000 trucks per day cross the border at Laredo. I visited Laredo in October to see for myself. Jacob, one of our interns from the Reshoring Institute, came with me to assist with our research on cross-border commerce and the massive shift to nearshoring manufacturing. What […]
In a volatile and uncertain global marketplace, one U.S. commercial real estate sector has been a stalwart source of strength in recent years: industrial. With e-commerce sales continuing to climb, tenant leasing activity remains robust, which is allowing the sector to continue to see growth in rental rates and positive net absorption. In conjunction with […]
As you may or may not have known, October 6 was National Manufacturing Day, which seems like a reasonable trigger to take a look at the current state of US manufacturing. And I will just say your perspective changes depending on what questions you ask, and what data you reference. My unfortunate conclusion: US manufacturing […]
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought global manufacturing to a screeching halt. The disruption of production was the primary factor: A spiral of suppliers shutting down temporarily or permanently as employees and workers were called upon by business owners and government agencies to stay at home. This, in turn, led to a significant disruption in […]
US corporations are making more stuff in America. But fewer made-in-China product labels will likely also mean higher prices for Americans at the checkout line. That’s according to a new paper from JPMorgan, which explored how US efforts to reduce supply chain dependency on China could impact consumer prices in the years ahead. While these […]
BRUSSELS, Oct 24 (Reuters) – The European Commission on Tuesday launched some short-term measures to prevent medicine shortages this winter and the next as a stop-gap while a proposed pharmaceutical rules overhaul is hashed out by the EU’s key legislative arms. After the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing medicine shortages due to supply chain bottlenecks, the […]
