Kyle Backer

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  • NAIOP renames itself CREDA to better reflect membership - Read Article

    NAIOP renames itself CREDA to better reflect membership

    2026-07-03T17:15:00-07:00

    On July 1, NAIOP announced a new name for the organization: the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, or CREDA. According to CREDA, the new moniker better communicates the broad scope of commercial real estate work members…

  • Phoenix industrial market ranks No. 7 in nation - Read Article

    Phoenix industrial market ranks No. 7 in nation

    2026-07-01T09:45:00-07:00

    On May 14, Marcus & Millichap published its 2026 U.S. Industrial Investment Midyear Outlook. The report details how the Phoenix market remains one of the highest-ranked industrial markets nationally in 2026 as the region’s business-friendly environment…

  • NAIOP’s Energy Economic Forecast addresses power problems - Read Article

    NAIOP’s Energy Economic Forecast addresses power problems

    2026-06-23T09:50:14-07:00

    On June 12, NAIOP Arizona gathered government dignitaries and the development community to hear how the state’s utilities are coping with ever increasing energy demands, how supply chain issues impede grid growth, the role natural gas plays in a diversified energy…

  • NAIOP will host Energy Economic Forecast on June 12 - Read Article

    NAIOP will host Energy Economic Forecast on June 12

    2026-06-11T11:15:53-07:00

    On Friday, June 12, NAIOP Arizona is hosting its Energy Economic Forecast at The Camby Hotel in Phoenix. NAIOP Arizona CEO Cheryl Lombard will moderate a discussion on Arizona’s evolving energy portfolio, how utilities…

  • How Silicon Desert is powering Phoenix industrial surge - Read Article

    How Silicon Desert is powering Phoenix industrial surge

    2026-06-11T09:10:00-07:00

    Greater Phoenix’s industrial sector has reigned as the king of commercial real estate throughout the first half of this decade. The region’s rising reputation as the epicenter of U.S. manufacturing’s…

  • Why APS COO Jacob Tetlow says grid growth is needed - Read Article

    Why APS COO Jacob Tetlow says grid growth is needed

    2026-05-15T18:40:00-07:00

    More than 25 years before Arizona reached statehood, the company that would eventually become APS began providing gas services to Phoenix, with the city’s first streetlamp lit in 1887. Not…

  • Why an IDA Ireland executive visited the Valley - Read Article

    Why an IDA Ireland executive visited the Valley

    2026-05-15T09:30:00-07:00

    According to U.S. Census Bureau data, Maricopa County is home to the second largest total population of people with Irish heritage in the nation, with more than 400,000 residents tracing their roots…

  • AZRE Forum will examine water, power and future growth - Read Article

    AZRE Forum will examine water, power and future growth

    2026-04-12T04:30:00-07:00

    Billions of investment dollars have poured into Arizona in recent years, fundamentally changing the state’s economic trajectory. But for this record-breaking streak to continue, the core infrastructure of growth must…

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