Realcomm Weekly Briefing: November 29th, 2024
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INDUSTRY | BUSINESS OBSERVER
Online retail giant Amazon will bring its latest technology to Fort Myers when it builds a new 650,000-square-foot robotics fulfillment center near The Forum, a master-planned community in Fort Myers. The facility will be built at 10631 State Road 82, on 189 acres — 143 of which the company just purchased for $66.5 million. The company’s new warehouse and distribution ...
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CYBER | FACILITATE
Lighting controls are integral to smart buildings, driving energy efficiency, enhancing comfort, and offering robust management features. However, the growing reliance on connectivity brings new risks. Recognising this, the UK Government has included lighting products in its cybersecurity regulations for the first time. The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) ...
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WIRELESS | MOBILE WORLD LIVE
PRESS RELEASE: China Unicom Research Institute, China Unicom Beijing, and Huawei have completed the pilot of LampSite X, the world’s first 5G-A digital indoor system (DIS) all-band full-bandwidth solution. Previous indoor distribution systems require dual headends to enable multi-band, high-bandwidth network deployment. In contrast, 5G-A LampSite X offers a highly ...
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RETAILTECH | PROPMODO
While brick-and-mortar retail is far from dead, the steady rise of online shopping has led to many traditional retailers developing countless new strategies in recent years. Convenience, endless choices, and personalized recommendations give e-commerce a significant edge over physical retail when it comes to attracting and retaining modern consumers.
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AI | JLL
As companies look for ways to cut their energy use across their real estate, evolving AI tools are playing a growing role in identifying opportunities for efficiencies and optimizing operations. At least 90% of buildings in the world’s most developed cities are over a decade old, often falling short of today’s energy standards. Improving energy efficiency could make the second-largest impact on reducing carbon emissions over the next decade.
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SMART BUILDINGS | THE STANDARD
KTR350 is a new commercial development in Kwun Tong whose striking appearance and innovative interiors brim of eco-friendliness and wellness. A stroll along the busy Kwun Tong Road brings you to an eye-catching building that stands out from the sea of soaring square offices. To some people, its cylindrical and elliptical façade resembles a stack of coins to bring good ...
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WIRELESS | COMPUTER WEEKLY
Aiming to address the ratcheting-up of pressure faced on mobile and distributed enterprises to simplify operations while accessing real-time, high-quality data for faster, more informed decision-making, making the demand for flexible and cost-effective connectivity surge, Cisco and NTT Data have expanded their business partnership to “transform” how global enterprises access ...
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INDUSTRY | COMMERCIAL PROPERTY EXECUTIVE
AI companies in the San Francisco Bay Area are taking a more cautious approach to office leasing than startups in previous cycles, according to Newmark’s latest report.These firms are delaying commitments while gradually expanding their footprints, to avoid significant swings in rapid expansions and subsequent downsizings. Since the beginning of 2023, AI companies accounted for ...
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WORKPLACE | JLL
A focus on innovation, talent, and cost-effectiveness is driving life sciences leaders to shake up traditional lab spaces. Nearly half of life sciences leaders surveyed by JLL in the latest Future of Work Survey cited innovation as their top real estate priority, surpassing the global average of 37% across industries. They also expect their labs and workplaces to help in lowering operational costs and recruiting top talent.
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INDUSTRY | YAHOO TECH
Texas may be the country’s oil and gas heartland, but it’s also the nation’s most dynamic market for clean energy. That’s made the state an epicenter for utility-scale wind, solar, and battery development - and, potentially, for “virtual power plants” that can turn homes and businesses into grid resources. Renew Home and NRG Energy announced their intention to create a 1-gigawatt ...
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