{"id":21730,"date":"2023-02-16T13:38:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T13:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/?p=21730"},"modified":"2023-02-16T13:38:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T13:38:43","slug":"the-future-of-cities-extreme-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/the-future-of-cities-extreme-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Cities: \u2018Extreme Automation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How will commercial real estate needs change in the next five to 10 years? How has the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the change? And what\u2019s the implication for cities? Those questions were top of mind as the National Association of REALTORS\u00ae\u2019 inaugural C5 Summit(link is external)<\/a>, a commercial real estate conference, kicked off Monday in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cities have a bright future, said Greg Lindsay, a senior fellow and director of applied research at the New Cities Foundation(link is external)<\/a> and Monday\u2019s opening speaker, but the way residents live and work will undergo a radical transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People take for granted that in the not-too-distant future, we\u2019ll all be accepting deliveries from and riding around in autonomous vehicles. But what about autonomous buildings, which are essentially machines where goods, services, and amenities automatically come to you? That\u2019s the future that Lindsay asked C5 attendees to think about. Research shows \u201cAmericans are ready for extreme automation,\u201d Lindsay said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To meet the demand, planners and developers are deconstructing spaces and rethinking them to combine housing, retail, industrial, office, and recreation. The vision for autonomous buildings includes these ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n