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Aaron N. Gruen of Gruen Gruen + Associates shares his 2025 Economic and Real Estate Outlook with ED Now.

As part of our EDA Atlanta region grant, IEDC created a workforce housing strategies primer for a series of workshops developed in partnership with the Eastern Carolina Council, a nine-county regional economic development district in North Carolina. Learn about missing middle housing and availability, affordability, and funding solutions, and explore case studies from communities of all sizes.

Wells Fargo’s new 22-acre campus in Irving, Texas, represents a $455-million capital investment in the state’s economy and furthers Irving–Las Colinas—part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex—as a top choice for growth. Located on reclaimed land on the north shore of Lake Carolyn in Irving’s Las Colinas Urban Center, the transit-oriented development is the region’s second largest new-build office project and incorporates two 10-story, 400,000-square-foot buildings. The new campus will feature cutting-edge design and prioritizes Wells Fargo’s commitments to sustainability as the bank’s first net positive property, and to employee wellness with a fitness center, gardens, access to ...

IEDC’s 2023 Annual Conference will be held next month in Dallas. A few of our conference speakers shared some exciting economic development projects happening in the region.

IEDC’s 2023 Economic Future Forum will be held next month in Calgary. A few of our conference speakers and sponsors shared some economic development projects and initiatives happening in Alberta.

IEDC is accepting submissions through May 30 for the 2023 Excellence and Leadership in Economic Development Awards. The Excellence and Leadership in Economic Development Awards recognize the world’s best economic development programs, partnerships, and marketing materials, and the year’s most influential economic development leaders. These prestigious awards honor organizations and individuals for their efforts in creating positive change in urban, suburban, and rural communities. Receiving an award showcases your achievements and impact in the field, and winners are recognized at IEDC's Annual Conference. Please email [email protected] with any questions. Battle Creek (Mich.) Unlimited’s DoubleTree Hotel Renovation ...

Communities, developers, and real estate asset managers will continue to need to reimagine and reinvent shopping malls into mixed-use redevelopments. The availability of large amounts of land, building space, parking capacity, and typically superior access to roadway connections, provides the physical resources to transform malls from predominantly single-use spaces to a dramatically more varied mix of uses.

IEDC's Accredited Economic Development Organization (AEDO) program recognizes organizational excellence in the areas of internal and external operations, structures, and procedures. This series profiles newly accredited AEDOs, putting some of economic development's highest-performing organizations in the spotlight. This edition: City of Garden Grove (Calif.) Office of Economic Development.