26
Apr
2017
Rethink Everything: How Self-Driving Cars Will Change Your Business
Posted On April 26, 2017  By Kathryn Hamilton  And has 1 Comment

If you’re not planning for how autonomous vehicles are going to impact your business, now’s the time. Disruption and transformation of cities will be enormous. It’s not going to happen immediately – the disruption comes as driverless cars are on the road at the same time […]

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17
Apr
2017
Eight New Ideas for the High-rise of the Future
Posted On April 17, 2017  By Jonathan Ward  And has 2 Comments

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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24
Mar
2017
Idle Capacity is the Foundation of the Sharing Economy
Posted On March 24, 2017  By Rich Tucker  And has 1 Comment

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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09
Mar
2017
Cybersecurity and Data Privacy in CRE: 10 Steps to Manage and Mitigate Risk (Part 2)
Posted On March 9, 2017  By Alex Pearce  And has 1 Comment

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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02
Mar
2017
Cybersecurity and Data Privacy in CRE: 10 Steps to Manage and Mitigate Risk (Part 1)
Posted On March 2, 2017  By Alex Pearce  And has 1 Comment

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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01
Mar
2017
Drone Delivery One Step Closer for UPS
Posted On March 1, 2017  By Kathryn Hamilton  And has No Comment

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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14
Feb
2017
Longer Commutes Make for Unhappier Employees
Posted On February 14, 2017  By Rachel Karitis  And has No Comment

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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20
Dec
2016
Building Healthier Workplaces
Posted On December 20, 2016  By Julie D. Stern  And has 1 Comment

“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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15
Dec
2016
Turning Foot Traffic into Power
Posted On December 15, 2016  By Brielle Scott  And has 2 Comments

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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12
Dec
2016
Who Pays for Free Parking?
Posted On December 12, 2016  By Rachel Karitis  And has No Comment

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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