Power has become the new ‘location’ in real estate

For generations, the gospel of commercial real estate was simple: location, location, location. That calculus is over. Today, the need for access to reliable heavy power has upended the age-old real estate imperative. The new mantra, embraced by site selectors and developers from coast to coast, is location, power, location. To discuss the topic, Ed Del Beccaro, executive vice president and San Francisco Bay Area manager for TRI Commercial Real Estate Services, joins the program. (10/2026)