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Carlo Ratti co-launches Real Estate IQON

aasarchitecture

Newly-established real estate investment firm IQON, founded by industry veteran Giovanni Gregoratti and MIT professor Carlo Ratti, has finalized its first deal with the acquisition of Vodafone’s global headquarters in the UK. The office complex will be transformed into a business and innovation campus.

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Zaha Hadid Architects skyscraper nears completion on world's most expensive site

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The Henderson skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects is nearing completion The site at 2 Murray Road was reportedly the world's most expensive plot when it was purchased by developer Henderson Land in 2017, coming in at £764,000 per square metre. The photography is by Jennifer Hahn.

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Real estate developers are stupid

Brandon Donnelly

link] — Big Ben Myers (@benmyers29) March 5, 2023 The assertion he is responding to is basically this: “developers are stupid because they tend to hold onto land during downturns, instead of building through them.” It also makes new sites difficult to underwrite. It has nothing to do with their intelligence.

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Your next role could be to support the future of New York City’s publicly-owned architecture

Archinect

Following last week’s look at an opening for a Project Manager at site design group , we are using our first Job Highlights series of 2023 to explore an open position on Archinect Jobs for an Architect at the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS).

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Our 15 Favorite Stories of 2023

Dwell

From the Italian alps to the Kardashian-Jenner real estate industrial complex, here’s where we happily journeyed this year. Photo by Kalen Goodluck See the full story on Dwell.com: Our 15 Favorite Stories of 2023 Related stories: These Are Dwell’s Most Popular Homes of 2023 Ready for a Fresh Coat of Paint?

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Homes.com Is Flexing a Whopping $1 Billion Budget to Get You Off of Redfin and Zillow

Dwell

The CoStar brand spent a portion of that on star-studded Super Bowl ads in a major bid for supremacy among home listing sites. Not because he once joined the cast in 2009, but because he’s the spokesperson for Apartments.com , owned by real estate company CoStar Group , which has purchased ample ad space on Peacock.

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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization

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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization Solidifying a decarbonization plan via an “asset drawdown strategy” that carefully considers both capital and operating costs represents a game-changing opportunity for existing properties to compete with new projects. Illinois electricity generation by sources, January 2023.

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