#371 - Jack Fraker - President, Global Head of Industrial & Logistics @ Newmark - Macro Overview of Industrial Real Estate
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Jack Fraker is President and Global Head of Industrial & Logistics Capital Markets for Newmark. He is responsible for driving Newmark’s industrial & logistics business, primarily capital markets but also leasing.
Jack has personally completed over 1,800 industrial & logistics capital markets transactions totaling 1.5 billion square feet | $85 billion in more than 60 U.S. cities, Mexico, Europe, Japan, and South America. He has also advised on approximately 12,000 acres of development sites and over 300 office/industrial leasing assignments. As a partner with other firms prior to Newmark, Jack was cumulatively involved in over 3.3 billion square feet | $220 billion in various projects.
We discuss:
- The global state of Industrial real estate
- Development, leasing, and sales trends
- The Future of Industrial in Texas and Mexico
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(00:00:00 ) - Intro
(00:04:21 ) - Nokia ’94-’00
(00:11:20 ) - “Inventing” investment sales in the industrial world
(00:17:20 ) - How is industrial positioned globally?
(00:20:56 ) - How is America viewed globally regarding industrial?
(00:23:37 ) - Is it harder to close deals with foreign investors vs. domestic ones?
(00:25:39 ) - What have you experienced in the market in the last 2 years?
(00:32:52 ) - What does a good spec developer look like and what does a bad one look like?
(00:38:28 ) - The pressure of AI on rents
(00:39:54 ) - Mexico
(00:41:57 ) - What does the future of Industrial look like for Texas?
(00:44:38 - Development, leasing, sales, and TI
(00:50:36 ) - What data do you pay attention to most when thinking about the industry?
(00:53:19 ) - Retail-to-industrial
(00:54:25 ) - Technology trends
(00:57:51 ) - How do multi-billion dollar deals get done?
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