It is no secret that the CRE industry has been known to be a laggard in adopting new technology. Not that long ago, the main reasons were the high cost of entry for both demand-side and supply-side. The result of this was users were locked into expensive...
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For many years we have tried to work out how we can make a bigger contribution to the E in ESG in the CRE industry. As a small entity, we do the right things, but we are only 2 people. We wanted to make a...
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The original serviced office operators were successful in providing small professionally run office “units” for customers, from small self-employed entities to global corporations. A common thing in the 1980’s was its use by global entities needing a small branch office or beachhead in a particular market. In those...
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After last week’s data centre presentation and inspection at NEXT DC we decided to get a global perspective on the booming data centre sector. We caught up with Heather Downey of Downey Digital based in Seattle. Heather is a real data centre specialist in the...
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The pathway to a more environmentally sustainable corporate and real estate world continues. New legislation across the globe is creating the next evolution in office buildings. In Australia, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Bill 2024 is in the House of Reps. Schedule...
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In this digital age, data is ubiquitous. But how does this data flow from one point to another? Over the past 10 years, we have been deeply involved in many data centres. It was a privilege to work with so many brilliant people in such...
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From the mid 1980’s to 2020, devices that changed the way we worked included faxes, emails, mobile phones, CPU’s, Wi-Fi, emails, and fibre. At the same time, advances in connectivity changed the speed with which something could be delivered and include the ethernet, Wi-Fi and...
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We recently highlighted Propella.ai’s isochrone – the 7-minute walk. This catchment area represents the likely maximum distance that workers will commonly walk from their office for most of their daily needs such as lunch, convenience items and personal services. Naturally, the shape, size, and topography...
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It was a busy week last week with Adelaide and Melbourne having back to back State of the CRE market panels. Adelaide was represented by Zandra McGee of CBRE and Rick Warner of JLL and the discussion focused on the Adelaide office market and the...
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Last stop on the national Corenet State of the CRE Market panel circuit was Melbourne represented by Jess van Raay of JLL and Cameron Douglas Perrine of CBRE. Melbourne CBD is a huge office market and only about one A Grade office building smaller than the...
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