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Daylight Hour 2016
For the third year in a row, Arrowstreet will be participating in Daylight Hour. This Friday, June 17, we’ll turn off the artificial lights and work with natural daylight. The global campaign is organized by Building Energy Exchange and encourages the public to be cognizant of energy use. An office will significantly increase its energy efficiency by utilizing sunlight, especially when…
#ArrowstreetTravels
Arrowstreet’s diverse staff come from across the country, and around the world. We all have different schedules, but stories, photos, and inspiration from our travels through New England, the USA, and across the globe are shared a little more frequently in the summer months. See where we go, what we see, and what inspires us by following us on Instagram, and by checking…
Designing Environmental Advocacy
As Advocacy Chair of the USGBC Massachusetts, it was a pleasure to host in partnership with AIA Massachusetts, a roundtable discussion with a dozen sustainable and environmental focused organizations from the Commonwealth. We had an exciting group of people who advocate for solutions to climate change, education, health, etc…The purpose of the roundtable was to discuss advocacy goals around the…
Economical Design and Boston’s Housing Gap
If you live in the greater Boston area, you’re aware of Boston’s current housing crunch and just how expensive it is to live here; according to a report from real estate data firm Reis, Inc., the average rent in Greater Boston topped $2,000 in 2015. Development and construction in desirable, urban areas is expensive, and as a result, it is often…
Retail & the City (and the suburbs, too)
Once upon a time, people lived in the same places where they worked and shopped. Like my grandparents, who lived over the butcher shop in Irvington, New Jersey. Their community was tied together by local retailers. Then, someone decided that it would better and cleaner and less bothersome to separate where we lived from where we worked, and from where…
ULI: Developing for a Driverless World
Join us on June 7th as we sponsor ULI’s “Developing for a Driverless World” panel, which will explore how autonomous vehicles are impacting the built environment, and how developers can anticipate these changes. The esteemed panel includes Don Briggs of Federal Realty and Kris Carter of the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics. To read more about the topic, check out Amy Korte’s interview with…
Meet the Architect Giving Manhattan’s Retail Stores a Refreshing Look
This week the New York Post profiled Bob Lowe and his work with brokers and retail owners in New York. Bob creates detailed renderings that show prospective tenants the possibilities for a storefront. In the fast paced world of Fifth Avenue retail, allowing a tenant to see exactly what their branded space could look like at a specific location is a valuable…
Location, Location, Location
That’s the old punchline about real estate, but it’s especially true for retail. No matter how much we buy online, and no matter how many of us move back to the city, location and access remain paramount. Successful retailers, both urban and suburban, have always understood (and had) location. We are facing a future in which how things are delivered…
Where Is Retail Going Anyway?
Some say it’s going away. Some say it’s online. Others say it’s changing so fast that it’s impossible to know. While the role retail plays is changing, it remains a critical component of both the real estate industry and our public places. Even if it’s more convenient to buy certain things online, the social act of going downtown (or to…
Find Us at ICSC ReCon
ICSC’s ReCon is here, and the Arrowstreet team is ready for another year at the premiere global retail convention. This year’s looks to be better than ever, and the week promises a lineup of interesting speakers, fast-paced networking, and more exhibitors than ever. Hope to see you among the thousands in attendance starting May 22nd!