Industrial Insights
by Justin Smith
Decoding the Logistics Managers Index | Dr. Zac Rogers
About this podcast
Industrial Insights is a podcast that highlights the market dynamics, high level strategies, and in the trenches tactics for tenants and owners of industrial real estate. Each episode is designed to take hard fought wisdom from practitioners and break it down into insights that can drive better commercial real estate decision making. The host, Justin Smith, shares his experiences from 16 years in the business and brings in industry experts to discuss critical aspects of successful industrial projects.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 100 episodes
- Decoding the Logistics Managers Index | Dr. Zac Rogers · 45 minWhy has Warehousing Prices never dropped below 50.0 in the entire 10-year history of the Logistics Managers' Index, and why does a record 20-point inventory forecast split point…
- Inside Amazon's 3,000-Site Network, AWD 3PL Push & 12-Year Automation ROI | Marc Wulfraat · 47 minWhat happens when the world's largest e-commerce fulfillment network rebounds to 85 million square feet a year, turns into a soup-to-nuts third-party logistics provider, and…
- The Mayor of CRE: Twin Cities Industrial, Entitlements & Building Wealth | Duane Poppe, SIOR · 39 minHow does serving 17 years in municipal government, including seven terms as Mayor of Osseo, Minnesota, change the way an industrial broker approaches entitlements, water…
- From Hall of Fame College QB to Principal at 30: Scaling an Industrial Brokerage Team · 31 minWhat is driving metro Atlanta past 900 million square feet of industrial inventory while data centers bid up to 10x traditional industrial land prices? Willie Candler, Principal…
- Boise: One of the West's Top Growth Markets (I-84, Micron & Highway 16) | Nick Provenzano, SIOR · 36 minWhat happens when a Western market stays open in 2020, draws a wave of California migration in 2021, and sees construction and land costs reset the industrial rent floor? Nick…
- Models in Hours, Not Weeks | Prasad Mahajan, Optilogic · 41 minWhere a warehouse goes is a supply chain decision before it is a real estate decision. Prasad Mahajan, Senior Director of Customer Engagement at Optilogic, joins Justin Smith on…
- Before the Robots | Parth Pethani, Prologis · 40 minA flat floor, a big power number and a signed purchase order do not tell you whether a warehouse is ready for automation. Parth Pethani of Prologis is back on Industrial…
- Raising the Roof on Industrial Buildings | Marty Shiff, Rooflifters · 38 minWhen does an older industrial building deserve another look? Marty Shiff, President / CEO of Rooflifters, joins Justin Smith to pick up their 2019 conversation. We talk about…
- Jeff Janda on Chicago Industrial, Client Trust, and Building Lee · 41 minJeff Janda, SIOR, Principal at Lee & Associates of Illinois, joins Justin Smith, SIOR, on Industrial Insights to discuss Chicago industrial real estate and the relationships that…
- Patrick Van Hull on Supply Chains, Better Decisions, and Lifelong Learning · 38 minWhat does a company's delivery promise mean for the warehouse it needs? Patrick Van Hull and I discuss inventory, distribution, and the operating decisions behind industrial real…
- When More Freight Doesn't Mean More Warehouse Demand—with Craig Fuller · 17 minMore freight does not automatically mean more warehouse space. Craig Fuller, founder and CEO of FreightWaves, joins Justin Smith to explain why large importers can handle more…
- AI, Industrial Leases and What's Actually Negotiable with Jeff Love · 47 minClients are running leases through AI before they call their attorney. They are finding issues and asking more questions. Are they getting better deals? Jeff Love, a partner at…
- Industrial Condo Conversions · 56 minRobert W. Guthrie, CEO of Guthrie Development, returns to Industrial Insights with Justin Smith to walk through industrial condo conversions in Orange County. We discuss Anaheim…
- What Manufacturers Should Fix Before They Expand | Lisa Anderson · 51 min · Episode 168Before expanding, manufacturers should examine the constraints inside the current operation: production planning, inventory and storage, ERP data and manual workarounds, power…
- Inside the NorCal Industrial Growth Engine | Craig Hagglund · 43 min · Episode 167Craig Hagglund, SIOR, has worked the I-880 corridor since 1989. He helped open Lee & Associates' first Northern California office in Pleasanton in 1993, then opened the Oakland…
- Growing a Top Performing Industrial Brokerage Team in New Jersey | Troy Wisse · 48 min · Episode 166Troy Wisse, Partner at Lee & Associates - WBE, joins Justin Smith to discuss growing an industrial brokerage team in Northern New Jersey, developing the next generation of…
- Flow, Fragility & The New Industrial Real Estate w/ Rob Handfield | Industrial Insights #165 · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 165Dr. Rob Handfield, Bank of America University Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at North Carolina State University and Executive Director of the Supply Chain…
- Power, Land and Timing with Bill Shopoff | Industrial Insights #164 · 42 min · Episode 164Justin Smith sits down with Bill Shopoff, President and CEO of Shopoff Realty Investments, to discuss land entitlement, master-planned development, and industrial market cycles…
- The Long View: Jack Cline on L.A. Industrial | Industrial Insights #163 · 45 min · Episode 163I sat down with Jack Cline, President of Lee & Associates Downtown Los Angeles, to talk about the buildings he holds, the market he knows and the brokerage business he is still…







