Yesterday Bisnow hosted the Philadelphia Industrial Logistics Update and the discussions were extremely telling. The panel on key considerations for maximizing returns sparked some major thought bubbles across the room. Value creation in the sector was at the...
Every warehouse has its intricacies. As a landlord designing a shell for unknown tenants, how do you best accommodate specific uses while a fit-out scope isn’t yet defined? With several of the design/build projects currently being executed by Old Forge, these thoughts...
In the suburban Philadelphia market, there is a trend never before known occurring: industrial asset rents are coming exceptionally close to office rates. During a BisNow event yesterday, some of the Mid-Atlantic market’s top industrial real estate players walked...
A tilt-up construction company Old Forge works with gave us the opportunity to witness the “lift” process in person (video below). I was surprised with the countless value-adds of opting into a tilt-up building, but before I delve into that – here’s some basics for...
Lessons learned in industrial worker health brings a valuable historical perspective as AEC firms improve functional design. Tragedies bringing widespread attention to dangerous conditions for factory workers in 1911 have a reinvigorated focus to industrial workers of...
