ATLANTA-The days of traditional manufacturing may be a thing of the past, but the industrial sector has reinvented itself and has good times ahead. So says K.C. Conway, chief economist at Colliers International, who tells GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVELY that the CRE segment is “the little engine that could.”
Conway will deliver a special presentation at the RealShare Industrial conference at the Viceroy in Miami on Nov. 12th. The fifth semi-annual “North American Ports Outlook” will confer awards on nine of the nation's cities and one organization for their industry innovations. Conway also plans to talk at the conference about how some surprising markets are well positioned to take advantage of the canal widening, why New York is in trouble on this front, and he'll reveal which port is a “surprise sleeper” as well as a significant change recently made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.
He'll also elaborate on the reasons behind his optimism. “Economic indicators for industrial are up and it has more than recovered from the financial crisis,” Conway says. “And ecommerce sales are now 10% of all discretionary spending; that's a record level.”
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Rayna Katz
Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
