Masonry is having a moment. Perhaps it’s a symptom of glass tower fatigue, perhaps it can be attributed to a desire for a building material that has warmth and texture. Or maybe it’s the hard pull of nostalgia. Around the city, in TriBeCa, Chelsea, Brooklyn and...
Apartment Developers Scout Adaptive Reuse Possibilities
It’s too soon for most developers to sign a contract to buy a failed hotel—but apartment developers are watching and waiting for prices to drop to buy other property types damaged by the economic crisis to redevelop into multifamily buildings. Even before the crisis,...
Traffic Is Returning Faster to Outlet Centers Than Malls; What Does that Mean for the Sector’s Future?
When states around the country essentially locked down to help curb the spread of COVID-19, outlet centers, like regional malls, were forced to temporarily shutter, which took its toll on the sector. “Outlets are one of the property types most impacted by COVID, with...
Curbside Pickup is Great for Everyone, but It’s a Headache for Malls
Curbside pickup has exploded in popularity over the past few months and retailers and mall operators are rushing to catch up. The service allows customers to place orders online with a store and then drive to the retailer’s location to pick up items at the curb or...
Academy of Warren’s New Building Will be an Academic and Athletic Showpiece
When Oronde Kearney became the Chief Academic Officer at Academy of Warren (AOW) three years ago, his first impression was simple: this is a wonderful school in a less-than-wonderful environment. Back before it was a school, the AOW building used to be a supermarket,...
Apartment Communities Optimize Services, Amenities for Life Under a Pandemic
Common areas remain silent at many apartment buildings—emptied out to avoid spreading the coronavirus. But residents still need services and amenities, especially as they spend more time on site than normal. That’s forcing innovation and adaptation on the part of...
Infection Control Measures for Airport Terminals
The airport “experience” of hurry up and wait leaves passengers often standing virtually on top of their fellow travelers in processing, security, and boarding queues, or at baggage carousels on their way out. And unless a person is sweating profusely or coughing...
Air Cleaners, Chemical and UV Treatments Among Tools to Safeguard Indoor Air Amid Pandemic
Designers, engineers, and commercial building owners have several ways to safeguard indoor air during the COVID-19 pandemic. Office buildings can slow the spread by spacing desks at least six feet apart and by implementing a few ventilation measures including...
Ghost Kitchens Grow As Eat-In Restaurants Close Their Doors
As restaurants across the United States close their doors in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, new delivery-only endeavors have an opportunity to gain market share. One segment of the restaurant industry that is thriving are ghost kitchens. These...
Companies Step Up Distribution Automation Under Pandemic Strains
A handful of warehouse robots helped American Eagle Outfitters Inc. cope with a flood of online orders during coronavirus lockdowns as consumers loaded digital shopping carts with hoodies, leggings and loungewear. Now the company is stepping up its use of automation....
‘The Big Short 2.0’: How Hedge Funds Profited Off the Pain of Malls
Catie McKee was nervous. It was last October, and the 31-year-old hedge fund analyst, who had been scrutinizing the mortgages on the nation’s malls, was convinced that some of those malls would default on their loans. She and her colleagues had even bet a substantial...
The Race to Make a Better Brand of Home Office
Like a lot of white-collar professionals, Brad Hargreaves has been working remotely since March. The founder and CEO of Common, the U.S.’s largest co-living company, Hargreaves found himself making his own co-living arrangement when the pandemic hit, relocating with...
Technology Will Play Big Role in ‘Distanced’ Office of the Future
Employers will rely on a fair amount of technology to bring workers back to the office in the COVID-19 age, office design experts say. Some of it will be to connect to offsite co-workers and clients, while other components will be used to reduce coronavirus...
Self Storage Sector Shows Signs of Resilience
The pandemic’s substantial effects continued to burden the U.S. economy and all the facets of commercial real estate, yet the self storage sector proved to be resilient in July. Although on a year-over-year basis, street-rate rents declined 2.6 percent for the average...
Big-Box Retailers’ Profits Surge as Pandemic Marches On
Walmart and Target reported record sales in the second quarter, driven by the convenience of one-stop shopping and their e-commerce operations. In the early days of the pandemic, when grocery stores in the United States ran low on staples like toilet paper, people...
Reconstruction Could be COVID-19’s Silver Lining
The spread of the coronavirus has had a devastating impact on the U.S. and worldwide economies. But that spread also created health and wellness scenarios for the built environment that lend themselves to reconstruction and renovation, say AEC firms. “I anticipate an...
Florida Becomes the Third State to Adopt Concrete Repair Code
Florida recently became the third state to adopt the American Concrete Institute’s latest code for repair of concrete structural elements in buildings. ACI 562-19 Code Requirements for the Assessment, Repair and Rehabilitation of Existing Concrete Structures will be...
How Has Shopping Changed Over the Past 100 Years? A Look at the Evolution of Retail
Remember what visiting the mall felt like? You contend for a parking spot, find the location of stores on the mall map, stroll from store to store, grab a sandwich at the food court, and then return home satisfied with bulging shopping bags. Now, things look a little...
COVID-19 and Campus Life: Where Do We Go From Here?
With campus cultures rooted in socialization, communal activities, and interdisciplinary collaborations, colleges and universities around the globe face big unknowns in the face of COVID-19 disruptions and recovery. What is known is that higher education in the era of...
5 Strategies for Creating Safer, Healthier Hotel Experiences
From retail-infused brands to Airbnb, the hospitality industry has seen its share of disruptors over the past several decades. These disruptions have been relatively gradual and allowed time for the savvy hotel brands to anticipate and react to change. The COVID-19...
COVID-19 Reboot Guide Offers Strategies for Reopening K-12 Schools
COVID-19 Campus Reboot Guide provides advice on how to optimize space to promote social distancing, methods to increase cleanliness, and how to repurpose larger spaces for instruction. The guide includes diagrams that describe how to revamp spaces to make them safer...
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