When times are tough, everyone needs a little help. And times have indeed been tough on owners of commercial real estate for the past few years. With COVID changing how and where people work, the demand for office space has declined, leaving most cities with an oversupply of commercial office buildings.

Layton’s Matt Brower sat down with Kate Lyle, Director of Industrial Cold & Food at Ware Malcomb to discuss the future of cold storage.

The U.S. office market has faced volatility since the onset of the pandemic, but a new JLL report predicts stabilization is right around the corner.

In an industry that’s historically been slow to adopt new technologies, the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) fields present incredible opportunities for tech investors and developers alike. Determined to drive innovative change from within, Thornton Tomasetti, SHoP Architects, Syska Hennessy, and STO Building Group formed AEC Angels, a venture capital fund focused specifically on assessing, testing, funding, and accelerating promising AEC technologies.

A Seattle Amazon Fresh location has received a Zero Carbon Certification from the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), becoming the world’s first grocery store—and Amazon’s first building—to receive the certification. ILFI awarded the certification in September, and is currently evaluating four additional Amazon locations, which are on track to achieve this validation of their carbon-reduction efforts.