Liberty Property VP Named NAIOP Chairman

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN-David Jellison, a vice president in the Minnesota office of Liberty Property Trust, has been named national chairman of the National Association ofIndustrial and Office Properties. Jellison plans to visit from 25 to 30 local chapters in the next year, as well as lead the fight on such critical local development issues as smart growth initiatives.

“Smart growth is a huge issue — Colorado and Arizona both defeated initiatives that would have severely restricted growth,” Jellison says. “It’s like terrorism — it seems to be popping up all over the place.”

Last year, NAIOP helped seed efforts to fight these initiatives in both Colorado and Arizona, and will serve as a resource for other states that face such efforts. Jellison will likely talk on that topic as he visits local chapters.