LOS ANGELES—It may be a while before the full effect of the Panama Canal 's widening, which was completed in late June, is felt by both coasts' ports, the business world and the industrial real estate sector, Colliers International 's head of national industrial services Dwight Hotchkiss tells GlobeSt.com. Two recently published articles by the firm's director of national industrial research James Breeze posited on the possible effects of the Canal's expansion. One says several macro factors could hinder the full impact of the expansion, including the anti-globalization trends demonstrated by Brexit and the necessary infrastructure improvements to some of the East Coast ports that will need to be completed before they are operating at full capacity; another looks deeper at the factors behind those East Coast port are in expansions. infrastructure Bayonne Bridge LOS ANGELES—It may be a while before the full effect of the Panama Canal 's widening, which was completed in late June, is felt by both coasts' ports, the business world and the industrial real estate sector, Colliers International 's head of national industrial services Dwight Hotchkiss tells GlobeSt.com. Two recently published articles by the firm's director of national industrial research James Breeze posited on the possible effects of the Canal's expansion. One says several macro factors could hinder the full impact of the expansion, including the anti-globalization trends demonstrated by Brexit and the necessary infrastructure improvements to some of the East Coast ports that will need to be completed before they are operating at full capacity; another looks deeper at the factors behind those East Coast port are in expansions. infrastructure © 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
Carrie Rossenfeld
Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.
