Is Your Real Estate Job Safe From Robotics And Automation?
Many of these technologies, though still nascent, have already hit the market.
In Las Vegas, a new cannabis dispensary superstore has big plans for entertaining future customers using robotics tech. Forget pre-conceived notions of dancers or Elvis characters — Planet 13 is…
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New Owners For AT&T's Global HQ
Dundon Capital Partners and Woods Capital has purchased One AT&T Plaza, the 966K SF global HQ of AT&T.
The 37-story Class-A office tower is in Downtown Dallas at 208 South Akard St. and is fully leased to the telecommunications giant.…
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Developers And Investors Told To Sweat The Small Stuff On Opportunity Zones
When it comes to the country's new Opportunity Zones program, it is almost as if people need to hurry up and wait.
Passed as part of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act in December, the federal program gives investors a tax break in exchange for investments in underserved communities.
The idea is to lure development to low-income areas — around 8,700 communities were selected by governors across the country as possible opportunity zones. The state of New York suggested 514 census tracts to become zones, including parts of the five boroughs, Long Island and rural areas of the state.
But while New York's zones were nominated in late April, the U.S. Treasury has yet to release the regulations, meaning developers and investors are still contending with gray areas, even though the zones are legally in effect.
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More Data In More Places: The Global Outlook For Data Centers Is Strong
The market for data centers is expanding worldwide, just as it is in the United States, and for similar reasons. The world is using more data than ever, and needs places to put it.
There are opportunities worldwide for U.S. data center developers and operators, but transnational deals require special care — namely, it is best to hire local talent, the speakers said. International growth needs to be carefully considered.
"Don't go global just for the…
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The Caribbean Is Complicated: Incentives Lure Developers, But You Need To Be Cautious
When China Construction America Senior Vice President Daniel Liu stepped off the stage following Bisnow's Caribbean Hospitality Investment Summit last week, attendees swarmed around him waving business cards.
“He's throwing money around,” said one attendee eager to make a connection.
“We are the new kid on the block, but we are the big kid,” Lu had said onstage during the event, describing his company, which is America-based, but a subsidiary of state-owned Chinese State Construction Engineering Corp.
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