Back to the future: loss of power
At a time when the nation was facing a severe energy crisis, this 323,000 sq. ft. structure was a beacon of light illuminating the future. Using an air-type collector system, it had a total...
Think happy thoughts at work
Instead, she got a big dose of something new: happiness coaching. Keynote speaker Shawn Achor—a former Harvard University researcher and former co-teacher of one of the university's most popular courses, Positive Psychology—extolled 90 listening...
Innovating in humanity
You'll find one of the best illustrations of 21st century business innovation inside not a Silicon Valley corporate campus but rather a Ritz-Carlton hotel, where a guest might return to her room to discover...
Pod vision
Within the Web 2.0 tool kit are dynamic website features. Web 2 differs from its predecessor in that, although still ill-defined by technologists, it changes based on the users' content requests and is largely...
Age of Aquarius, 2.0: smart drugs in the workplace
This scenario may not be hypothetical for long. The unauthorized use of prescription drugs such as the ADHD medications Adderall and Ritalin and the narcolepsy drug Modafinil is now common among American university students....
The 4 percent
He said the move “would serve as a national model,” according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
While the L.A. move could prompt other U.S. cities and states to follow suit, and push...
Green machine
He would rather operate his apartment business in the Midwest markets, where there is a controlled amount of supply and flat to small population and employment growth, than in over-supplied markets with more robust...
Multifamily adapts to social distancing with an array of virtual amenities
Across the United States, schools and businesses have shut down in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. But instead of hunkering down on the couch and binge-watching sitcoms, many Americans are...
Ready for launch
"We think it's a great time to grow these enterprises," said UDR CEO Tom Toomey of the expansion in the apartment industry. "You can't sit there and look at the wall of demand that...
Where have all the apartments gone?
Long time ago. When will they ever learn?
The way government regulates and taxes business and transactions directly shapes investment.
Good regulation addresses market failures that hinder productive investment. It reconciles the interests of firms with...
