California Company Aims to Cut Operating Costs
“Spend management,” a catchphrase for optimizing operating costs, has never been as crucial to the commercial real estate space as it is during these tempestuous economic times. ...
Regency Centers to Pilot Energy-Saving Technologies
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Regency Centers, a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) that owns and operates grocery-anchored and community shopping centers, has been selected to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Net-Zero Energy Commercial Building Initiative...
Microsoft’s Virtual Earth Grapples with Google Earth
Microsoft’s Virtual Earth is battling toe-to-toe with Google Earth for commercial real estate customers in the aerial view and mapping technology arena. ...
Q&A: Satellier Helps Modernize Indian Construction Projects
Ironically, for a country that serves as a back-shop for a lot of outsourced technology, India still lags when it comes to technological advancement, which in turn hampers the progress of construction projects. ...
Roundtree Visuals Uses Artwall to Convey its Message
Roundtree Visuals of Emeryville, Calif. has introduced a colorful Welcome Artwall as an information center for commercial real estate spaces. Integrating art with technology, its design can be used with any monitor, including a freestanding display. ...
Lift for Landlords
An essential pricing tool in the hotel, airline and rental car industries for years, revenue management software has yet to gain widespread acceptance...
Automated Garages Help Solve Urban Parking Needs
In cities across the country, as high-density residential, retail and office developments pop up to meet consumers’ demand for an urban lifestyle, developers have found parking in short supply, since available land is scarce and expensive....
OSCRE Helps Commercial Real Estate Industry Standardize Data
OSCRE, short for the Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate, likens itself to a car that requires a company to build it and savvy engineers to keep it running smoothly....
Halstead Launches Real Estate Development Web Site
Halstead Property Development Marketing based in New York has launched a real estate development Web site at http://www.halsteadpdm.com. ...
‘Hotel in a Box’ Helps Intercontinental Install New Technology as Industry Improves Systems Integration
Two of the world’s largest hotel chains hope to take some of the headaches out of high tech. ...
Q & A with Joseph Batdorf, Founder of J. Turner Research
Since its start-up five years ago, Houston-based J. Turner Research has evolved into one of the nation’s top marketing research firms catering to multifamily owners and operators....
Site Decision Systems Helps Companies Chart New Locations
A provider of real estate decision technology, Durham, N.C.-based x-span results, inc., has released Site Decision Systems TM version 2.0. ...
RealComm Sends a Message: Innovate, or Face Powerful Global Competitors
American commercial real estate and technology companies need to get leaner and more innovative to meet the challenges of global competition and rising oil prices....
Q&A with Anant Yardi, CEO of Yardi Systems
Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Yardi Systems founded in 1984 provides investment, asset and property management software for more than 15,000 businesses, corporations and government agencies around the world. ...
