Getting Your Money’s Worth from Building Automation
Automated building systems today are highly sophisticated. Yet most building owners aren't getting the full range of benefits because they don't take time to maintain and customize the technology, says Marc Fisher, a Transwestern Commercial Services senior vice president. ...
Mall Media Makeover
Americans may channel-surf through the ads or TiVo them away at home, but when they see television ads in the mall, they eat it up. At least that’s what a joint venture between Simon Property Group and French marketing giant Publicis Groupe found in a trial of a new HDTV network for mall common areas. The two companies have created OnSpot Digital Network, a Chicago-based company to bring high definition ads, entertainment and other content to 2,000 big screens in 50 Simon malls by the end of this summer. ...
Hi-Tech Rent Calculators
In the fast-moving multi-family housing market, where local conditions seem to change every day, wouldn’t it be great to have a real-time pricing system, just like the airlines, which know exactly the probability of filling a given seat at a given price on a given day? In the past three years, two rental management programs--Lease Rent Optimizer and YieldStar Price Optimizer—have appeared, claiming to do just that. The Web-based applications chew up data on supply, demand, competitor prices, unit characteristics and other variables and then spit out rents daily. Apartment owner Archstone-Smith developed Lease Rent Optimizer and YieldStar was developed by Jeffrey Roper, president of apartment research firm M/PF YieldStar in Carrollton, Texas. ...
Double-Edged Recovery
The late 1990s tech boom left the national office market chock-full of tenants, but innovations achieved during that hasty expansion aren't yielding the...
Office Building Security Is Getting Quite Smart
When coordinated suicide bombings struck London's public transport system last July, closed circuit television (CCTV) footage enabled police to identify...
Let the Sunshine In
Two newly built office buildings in California are setting out to capture one of the state's most prized assets sunlight. While very different in appearance,...
Technology Gains Bittersweet for Evolving Real Estate Industry
If we were to add a sixth trend to our cover story this month, Forecast 2006, undoubtedly it would spotlight technological change and its impact on the...
Finding the Sweet Spot
Adecade ago, the field staff at Dunkin' Brands would find promising new locations for their Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin Robbins and Togo's stores by counting...
The Office Investment Gamble
Several office markets battered by the tech wreck that jolted Wall Street and led to a recession four years ago are still plagued by double-digit vacancies....
In This Star-Studded City, Mixed-Use Shines Brightly
Anyone seeking evidence of the runaway popularity of mixed-use development in Los Angeles need look no further than the $3 billion extravaganza downtown...
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