Seeing What's Next - Trends Impacting Economic Development & Real Estate

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Seeing What’s Next: Trends Impacting Economic Development & Real Estate

Thursday, April 25, 20132:00pm-3:30pm EST

Presenters:Steve Grable, SIOR, Jones Lang LaSalle

Ted Abernathy, Executive Director, Southern Growth Policies Board

Hosted by:Dean Whittaker of Whittaker Associates, Inc.

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Steve Grable

SIORJones Lang LaSalle


Steve Grable, SIOR

Global Supply Chain “Threads” Interplay Between These Emerging Trends and What They Signify


More than real estate…

50.3%

21.8%

9.5% 7.8%4.3% 2.7% 2.2% 1.2%

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10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

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Transportation Inv entory Labor Customer Serv ice Rent Admin Supplies Other

Transportation, inventory and labor typically account for 80% of the operating costs

Real estate typically accounts for less than 5%

…Understanding the total operating cost picture is critical to maximizing value

Steve Grable, SIOR


Steve Grable, SIOR

U.S. Trade Routes


Steve Grable, SIOR

Global “Threads”

• Global Near Shoring

• U.S. Manufacturing

• Panama Canal Expansion

• Emerging Global Development in BRIC Countries

• Energy Shift to Natural Gas and Biomass


Steve Grable, SIOR

The Threads Signify…

• Job Creation

• Automation and Technical Training

• Emphasis on Speed, Flexibility, Reliability, and Efficiency

• Expansion of Logistics Clusters


Steve Grable, SIOR

Multi-Modal Logistics Clusters

Ships

Trains

Trucks

Airplanes


Ted Abernathy

Executive DirectorSouthern Growth Policies Board


I Have Nothing Profound the Say

…except, many of the things we used to know we knew, have changed

Think


Why is it Harder To Compete?

The economy changed The competition changed Locational factors changed The U.S. workforce has changed The talent demands changed Life cycles have changed Tools have changed Customer (talent & companies) demands/expectations changed Local leadership has changed The pace of change and everything else changed


Demographic Shifts

Specialization

Intensifying Competition

Corporate Integration

Technology (Speed)

The Omni Customer

Natural Resources

UrbanizationGlobal Interdependence

Complexity

Changing InstitutionsRadical Decentralization

Community Resilience

The Talent Bar

Growth Future

15 of the Trends Changing Our World


Coming Over the Horizon

1. Regionalism and clusters (places and companies tied together by geography)

2. Return-on-Investment (mania & metrics)3. Regulation 4. Return to rural worry5. Real workforce reform (maybe)6. Redefine priorities


Summary Global Supply Chain Threads

Global Near Shoring U.S. Manufacturing Panama Canal Expansion Emerging Global Development in BRIC Countries Energy Shift to Natural Gas and Biomass

Trends Changing Our World Urbanization Global Interdependence Growth Future Complexity Corporate Integration Radical Decentralization Etc.


Q&A

Questions?


Thank You!

Steve Grable [email protected]

Dean Whittaker [email protected]

Ted Abernathy [email protected]

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