What’s old is new again. Amazon brings that adage to life as it opens … gulp, a bookstore? That’s right, the online giant blurs the lines between e-commerce and retail once again by opening its first-ever physical bookstore. Amazon Books, Fortune says, is located in the […]
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Delivery giant FedEx is expanding its real estate footprint with an eye on expediting delivery to its customers – especially as it gears up for the holiday package crush. FedEx says it expects record volumes in the coming months, predicting that shipments from Black Friday through […]
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Florida is the only state in the country that currently applies a business rent tax to every company, big or small, that rents commercial space in the state. Given its harmful impact to the state’s economy, NAIOP of Florida is leading the charge to have this burdensome […]
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Besides lighting your way, what else can your neighborhood streetlight do? If you’re fortunate enough to live in a smart city, the answer could extend well beyond lighting your way at night and automatically switching off during the daytime. The turning on or off of streetlights […]
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Move over, cupcakes and cronuts. The hottest trend in refreshments isn’t a sweet, but craft brews and microbreweries that are opening doors in cities and suburbs across the U.S. Growth in craft beer has skyrocketed: The American craft beer market is $19.6 billion – that’s up […]
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Manhattan’s iconic Times Square is nearing the end of a multiyear redevelopment that is transforming the brightest and busiest intersection in the world. With up to 400,000 pedestrians passing through it daily – that’s more than 146 million people a year – plus the crowd that […]
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Texas is the hottest market for retail development, followed by shopping meccas of California and New York, says a top 10 list in “Economic Impacts of Commercial Real Estate, 2015 Edition,” published by the NAIOP Research Foundation. The list rates the top states by construction value, […]
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Not one to be left behind in the drone game, Google announced this week that it too is launching delivery by drone – and going so far as to pinpoint a launch date of 2017. Tech Times reports that the lead of Google’s “Project Wing” delivery […]
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For the past year, industry interests have decried the administration’s water rule as a federal power grab affecting millions of acres of water around the country. While the assertion may be a stretch, the realities of which types of water bodies will receive federal protection is […]
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The holiday shopping season could sparkle in a new way this year as major retailers such as Walmart increasingly invest in geolocation and other digital technology to offer a personalized, responsive shopping experience – that also drives up sales. Whether you are searching high and low […]
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