Real Estate Tech 3.0 — Opportunities and Disruptions in COVID Reality Inaugural Episode, Harvard Real Estate Review (HRER) Podcast Series PropTech has been the buzzword in the real estate industry for the past few years. People are…

Iryna Papalamava, MBA ’18, Harvard Business School As old business models fail and new ones emerge in a time of rapid innovation, investing in PropTech (property technology) presents a challenge and an opportunity for investors in real-estate enterprises. The amount of capital flowing towards PropTech is higher than ever, but…

Featuring Commentary by Richard Peiser — Georgios Avramides, MDes Real Estate and the Built Environment ’18, Duly Lee, MDes Real Estate and the Built Environment ’18, John Lee, MDes Real Estate and the Built Environment ’18, Emily Marsh, Master of Urban Planning ’18, Alex Rawding, Master of Urban Planning ‘18 The Plimpton Poorvu Design Prize is…

Featuring Commentary by Alexander Mirza — Alaa Raafat & Carlotta Weller, Harvard MDes Real Estate and the Built Environment ’18 Since it was founded in 2008, Airbnb, Inc. has become one of the most successful pioneers of the sharing economy, transforming the travel industry around the world. By helping more than 200 million guests find individual…

Featuring Commentary by Fred Cooper — Masamichi Ueta, Harvard GSD MDes Real Estate and the Built Environment ‘18 In 1993, the local government of Shanghai envisioned the development of three ‘super-tall’ towers in Pudong — an urban district located at the east of the Huangpu River. The government wanted to attract international investment, and the proposed…

Featuring Commentary by Katherine Swenson — Caroline Lauer, Harvard GSD Masters in Urban Planning ’18 In a world in which natural disasters have become commonplace, it is crucial to pursue rapid, efficient, and just forms of disaster recovery and land redevelopment. …

Featuring Commentary by Stefano Andreani — Stanislas Chaillou, Harvard GSD M.Arch ‘19 Commercial buildings are not exempt from the rules of supply and demand. Tenant volatility, daily traffic fluctuations, and business seasonality are a few of the factors that contribute to uneven utilization cycles of commercial spaces. In contrast to these irregular rhythms of use, the…

By Kristen Hunter, M.Des Real Estate and Project Management ‘10 To enhance the decision-making and project management utility of Life Cycle Cost Analysis both in the institutional and private sectors, a multi-faceted sensitivity analysis protocol is proposed. …

Commentary by Daniel Shoag By Thomas Leighton, M.Des Real Estate and Built Environment ‘13 Introduction Municipalities and public-minded organizations face a challenge in designing effective interventions to improve conditions in disadvantaged communities. Disadvantaged communities are subject to a set of dynamic conditions that, in the absence of intervention, generally lead to…