Our previous week’s CREview, noted; Where it [impact of AI] ends up, we don’t know. What we do know, is the last round of “automation technology” slowly and steadily reduced the use of office space from 15 m2 per person in the mid-1990’s to 10 m2 per...
Read More
There are many reports, views, and predictions about AI and its impact. The recently released Brookings Institute report, Generative AI, the American worker, and the future of work, starts by noting: “To date, most of the discussion around ChatGPT and similar technologies has stayed away from work and...
Read More
Flying overseas this week for the annual TCN Worldwide conference, this time in Calgary Alberta, to discuss the state of the CRE business, markets and where is it all heading. A brief stopover in Seattle on the way has us thinking back to our first visit...
Read More
Carbon emissions are the focus of most sustainability strategies and as we dive deeper into our ESG initiative, CREcycle, we have come across innovative projects to achieve net-zero. Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT), at the Port of Long Beach in Los Angeles, is targeting net-zero...
Read More
We are not technology experts by any stretch of the imagination and do not purport to be. However, since subscribing to one of the original “CREtech” newsletters (PikeNet) in the 90’s we have been fascinated by how technology will impact CRE, and more importantly, the impact...
Read More
There is a common global theme that the CRE industry is slow to adopt new technologies. We have even said it ourselves based on what others keep saying. But is it really the case in Australia? The landlord sector (supply) is huge and focused on CRE 100%...
Read More
Last week we attended Spaceful’s event at the Museum of Contemporary Art; Unlimited: an Exploration of Future Workplace Innovation. It was a great event from every perspective, the venue, the vibe of the space, the hosts, the Exhibition Centre for exhibitors, the guest speaker, the...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More