Topic
Real estate
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First step on Volpe parcel planned for 2019
Building and landscape designs for new federal building are now complete.
February 5, 2019 -
Zhengzhou: China's living laboratory for urbanization
A new MIT program in the planned Chinese city offers opportunities for observation and collaboration.
December 6, 2018 -
Boeing will be Kendall Square Initiative’s first major tenant
New research presence will serve to advance innovation in the aerospace industry and shape East Campus gateway.
August 1, 2018 -
The city is her lab
Siqi Zheng studies the economics of China’s urban explosion.
July 3, 2018 -
Dennis Frenchman named head of the MIT Center for Real Estate
Architect and urban designer brings to the role decades of global expertise on the transformation of cities
July 2, 2018 -
China Venture Workshop announces first cohort
Ten teams will collaborate with local partners, pilot solutions to urban challenges.
May 31, 2018 -
Measuring the economy with location data
Startup’s platform crunches anonymized smartphone GPS data to understand how people shop, work, and live.
March 27, 2018 -
New connector helps faculty, student startups launch in China
The new connector helps faculty, students, and alumni launch startups in China.
February 14, 2018 -
Turning real estate data into decision-making tools
New Real Estate Price Dynamics Research Platform from the MIT Center for Real Estate offers predictive power to investors.
December 22, 2017 -
MIT’s One Broadway Building to be the future home of Brothers Marketplace
Announcement delivers on a key commitment by the Institute to the Cambridge community.
December 14, 2017 -
Collaborating to cut emissions in the property sector
Bangkok-based property developer MQDC is joining the MIT Energy Initiative’s Low-Carbon Energy Center for Electric Power Systems Research.
December 5, 2017 -
MIT launches China Future City Lab
New urban studies program to spur research and innovation in China.
November 20, 2017 -
Cambridge City Council approves MIT’s Volpe zoning petition
The 14-acre underutilized parcel in Kendall Square is set to be reimagined as a vibrant community.
October 23, 2017 -
MIT and Tsinghua University sign urban innovation agreement
Future City Innovation Connector to support projects addressing rapid growth of Chinese cities.
September 19, 2017 -
3 Questions: Brent Ryan on Hurricane Harvey’s implications for U.S. cities
Stranded in Houston by hurricane floodwaters, an MIT associate professor sees firsthand how design and policy decisions affected the storm’s impact.
September 1, 2017 -
MIT files rezoning petition for Volpe site
Submittal of mixed-use proposal launches public hearing process.
June 21, 2017 -
Building to better weather the storm
New dashboard developed by the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub helps builders calculate the breakeven cost of hazard mitigation in hurricane-prone areas.
June 13, 2017 -
3Q: Siqi Zheng on air quality and urban development in China
Author of “Blue Skies over Beijing” links Chinese air quality and urban development.
May 19, 2017 -
3 Questions: How urbanization and revolutionary innovation are shaping global real estate
The Center for Real Estate’s Albert Saiz talks about worldwide trends affecting housing, commercial real estate, and investment in the built environment.
May 3, 2017 -
MIT signs agreement to redevelop Volpe Center
Institute will build new federal building, mixed-use development on the 14-acre parcel in Kendall Square.
January 18, 2017