Do Or Die: Cities Face Falling Behind If They Don't Implement Digital Infrastructure
Smart technology is changing how cities are run, how residents live and how businesses attract employees. For the last decade, cities have been building high-speed internet and using digital technology to expand city services.
Cities implementing these changes will improve the lives of residents, be more attractive to employers, increase real estate values and stand out within the international marketplace.
“Smart cities are much more livable, safer and vibrant and have more economic opportunities…
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Peninsula Office And Life Science Spaces Are Changing To Meet Tenant Demands
Rapid job growth in the Bay Area has put a strain on existing life science stock and developers cannot build space fast enough. To stay competitive, developers are adding amenity-rich campuses not seen in life science campuses of decades past.…
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Unprecedented Enrollment And Demand For Luxe Accommodations Stimulate Student Housing
The student housing asset class had its strongest year on record in 2016, receiving an influx of $10B worth of investment capital, shattering 2015's record $5.8B. The unprecedented dollar volume can be attributed in part to the increasing desire among…
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Apartment Project Proposed Near San Leandro Tech Campus
A budding office development in San Leandro could become part of a larger mixed-use transit-oriented community. Westlake Urban, which is building the 775K SF San Leandro Tech Campus next to BART, proposed a seven-story building with 197 market-rate apartments and ground-floor…
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High-Rise Apartment Fires Raise Concerns About Sprinkler Systems, Escape Routes
On July 14, residents of Honolulu's Marco Polo Apartments fled a lethal fire around 2 p.m. that left three dead and 16 people injured. This is one of several apartment fires that have occurred in the U.S. and London this year alone, leaving residents dead, injured or displaced from existing apartments, new apartments burned to the ground before residents could ever move in and local officials wondering whether these properties were adequately built to withstand large fires.
One common concern for local officials has been the lack of sprinkler systems built into older properties. On a national basis, most commercial buildings were not required to have automatic fire sprinklers before the 1980s, and attempting to retrofit buildings…
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Winter Is Coming: The Epic Real Estate Behind HBO's 'Game Of Thrones'
“You think it matters who sits on the Iron Throne?”
So says Jeor Mormont to "Game of Thrones" favorite Jon Snow in Season 1. In real estate terms, he is dead wrong. As we begin the seventh season of one of the most popular dramas in television history, it is easy to forget that the battle for the Iron Throne is not actually playing out in Westeros, but in real, concrete locations here on Earth.
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