WASHINGTON, DC-If you missed last week’s NAIOP Development ’12 Conference here, there were 700 developers, owners and investors diving into the details of commercial real estate, now and into next year. Players in the industrial sector, in particular, are looking for new global territories, but are also very cognizant of the economic and political unease both here in the United States as well as around the world.

Prologis’ Jay Cornforth (video interview below) says his firm has made significant inroads on four continents—paying particular attention to Brazil, China, Japan and Toronto, Canada. Cornforth says nowadays, being nimble and entrepreneurial is the key to success.

In the meantime, Jones Lang LaSalle’s Joe Brennan (video interview below) with the firm’s Government Investor Services weighs in about the difficulty for the US federal government to make long-term commercial real estate decisions under the current political climate. Brennan says the pending presidential election should give everyone more clarity in the months to come.