Real Estate Applications for GIS: a Review of Existing Conditions & Future Opportunities
Winter 1998/1999, Vol 23, No 4 Abstract: During the past 10 years, many real estate analysts have purchased Geographic Information Systems (GIS), often spending tens of thousands of dollars for the fastest personal computers and software packages. This manuscript will examine GIS contributions to real estate analysis, discuss several existing applications for this technology that can… Read more
CRE Perspective: The Technology Revolution & Its Effects on Real Estate
Winter 1998/1999, Vol 23, No 4
CRE Perspective: Where Do We Go From Here?
Winter 1998/1999, Vol 23, No 4
You Say You Want a Revolution? Technology Turns Out to Be a Plus for Real Estate Demand
Winter 1998/1999, Vol 23, No 4 Abstract: Futurists have assumed that technology will be unfriendly to the real estate industry, with such phenomena as the paperless office, telecommuting, and electronic commerce negatively affecting the demand for commercial space. This manuscript examines some of the statistics and economic principles, and comes to a contrary conclusion. The author… Read more
Governments Selectively Privatizing Real Estate Management
Fall 1998, Vol 23, No 3 Abstract: Outsourcing of services has become a way of life in the private sector. But to what extent has the public sector decided to outsource or privatize real estate functions? Have the results of outsourcing been satisfactory? To answer these questions and more, American City and County and MBIA &… Read more
Forging a New Partnership: the Real Estate Professional and the Not-For-Profit World
Fall 1998, Vol 23, No 3 Abstract: At the end of 1993, there were more than a million not-for-profit organizations, all of which have one thing in common: each would welcome increased income even while finding it increasingly difficult to garner a larger share of the public's dollars. One method is to foster real estate gifts as an additional revenue stream. This article discusses ways to successfully bridge the gap between the not-for-profit... Read More