Smart City The World’s Most Ambitious Skyscraper is a Real Estate Mess The promises behind this vertical metropolis, pointedly called “The Line,” are just...
Smart City The Blessing (and Curse) of Mega-Factories on Real Estate and Economic Development There’s not much happening in Stanton, Tennessee, or at least that’s been...
Smart City What are Digital Twins? A Pair of Computer Modeling Experts Explain A digital twin is a virtual representation of a real system –...
June 1, 2022 The Unfulfilled Promise of the World’s Most Expensive Bus Terminal Over time, things crack. Some cracks are expected, an unavoidable consequence of... Read More
May 18, 2022 America’s Finest City Was Built by America’s Nicest City Builder We all have a certain prototype in mind when it comes to... Read More
Smart City There is a New Developer in Town, the Community Recent headlines about the challenges of real estate development revolve around rising...
Smart City Wastewater Monitoring Took Off During the COVID-19 Pandemic – and Here’s How it Could Help Head Off Future Outbreaks A community’s sewage holds clues about its COVID-19 burden. Over the course...
SEC Proposes Far-Reaching Climate Disclosure Rules for Companies Here’s where the rules may be vulnerable to legal challenges
Subscribers Only Breaking America’s Parking Addiction If there is one term that encompasses the tech revolution we have seen in the past three decades, it is disruption. Read More
Real Estate Battle for Parking Unites Developers and Affordable Housing Activists Last November, Boston’s Zoning Board of Appeals made a decision that brought...
February 27, 2022 The Dirty Reality of Automotive Real Estate Suffice to say it’s been a wild ride for the automotive industry... Read More
February 9, 2022 How Parking Is Being Turned Into a Building Asset, Not a Burden No one looks forward to parking. Discovering parking that is affordable, available,... Read More
March 3, 2022 COVID Worsened the Digital Divide, Leaders in One Smart City are Fixing That What defines a smart city? Is it a chrome utopia straight out... Read More
March 1, 2022 Affordable Housing – in Pandemic Times, What Works and What Doesn’t? Two years of pandemic disruptions have put a spotlight on shortcomings in... Read More
February 23, 2022 First Solar Canal Project Is a Win for Water, Energy, Air and Climate in California Mounting evidence suggests the western United States is now in its worst... Read More
February 10, 2022 Location Data Is Changing How We Understand Real Estate This piece is the first of a three-part series. The second part... Read More
February 9, 2022 Disasters Can Wipe Out Affordable Housing Forever Unless Communities Plan Ahead – That Loss Hurts The Economy The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to Colorado in... Read More
February 1, 2022 New Flood Maps Show US Damage Rising 26% In Next 30 Years Due to Climate Change Alone, and the Inequity Is Stark Climate change is raising flood risks in neighborhoods across the U.S. much... Read More
Developers Circle Abandoned Banks for Resi, Flex-Office Conversions Banks have closed 4,500+ since 2020, creating opportunities for adaptive reuse