Seventy percent of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. This is a dramatic change over one and a half generations, and it will require us to rethink how we build our cities. At the same time, many tech companies — Amazon, Tencent, Google, […]
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Idle capacity is all around us. Cars often sit unused in driveways or parking lots for hours each day, and a typical office, even if it’s occupied and busy during the business day, normally sits empty after hours, some two-thirds of the day. Tapping into this […]
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CRE firms are more vulnerable than ever to cybersecurity and privacy threats that can arise from their handling of sensitive personal and financial information and their use of sophisticated building management systems. Those threats can pose substantial legal and financial risks to the organization. Part one […]
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Cybersecurity and data privacy have not traditionally been high on the list of concerns for commercial real estate firms. Key developments in CRE, advances in technology, and a continuing proliferation of cyber threats, however, are changing that. Data breaches like those experienced by Essex Property Trust […]
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Having your online order literally dropped on your doorstep took another step toward reality as UPS shares the news of successful package delivery via a drone launched from atop a UPS vehicle. Call it multitasking at its best: the drone autonomously delivers a package and then […]
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How important is employee happiness to their employers? Not surprisingly, very important – job satisfaction leads to higher productivity, increased profits and lower turnover. The bottom line: keeping employees happy is essential for a company’s overall success. There are a lot of factors that go into […]
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“Workplaces that enhance employee health and well-being also enhance productivity—and employers’ financial bottom lines,” began Ed Klimek’s article, “Building for Wellness,” in the summer 2016 issue of Development magazine. Klimek described how the concept of “wellness” today is where “sustainability” was 15 years ago. But new […]
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Call it a step in the right direction: The steady stream of pedestrian commuters in Washington, D.C.’s Dupont Circle area are now able to generate enough electricity to keep the lights on at a nearby park. This is because the tangram-style geometric pattern walkers see embedded […]
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There’s no such thing as a free lunch. There’s also no such thing as free parking – a concept made famous in the urban planning world by UCLA scholar Donald Shoup, author of “The High Cost of Free Parking.” Commercial real estate developers are likely familiar […]
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How will the autonomous and driverless cars of tomorrow impact commercial real estate? NAIOP Distinguished Fellow David Dale-Johnson, Ph.D., addressed that question in the fall 2016 issue of Development magazine. But the tomorrow he envisions — one in which unneeded parking structures and parking lots could […]
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