Research Outline

Smart City Developers

Goals

Identify real estate companies that are working on smart cities in the United States. The information will be used to develop new businesses that are relevant to smart cities for a real estate company.

Early Findings

SMART CITY: REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS


BLEUTECH PARK PROPERTIES
RELATED COMPANIES AND OXFORD PROPERTIES
  • Related Companies and Oxford Properties are the developers of Hudson Yards in New York City.
  • The smart city has a size of 28 acres that "span west from 10th Avenue to 12th Avenue and the Hudson River, and north from 30th Street to 34th Street."
  • The Hudson Yard includes a park, a subway line extension, office towers, 5,000 living spaces, 14 acres of public sections, a public school, and an operational rail yard.
  • The smart city is a "real-life urban laboratory for connected living, and its future, deep-pocketed residents will be its well-kept lab rats."
  • The city will be built with using a "plug-and-play" strategy in order to keep all the relevant technology components updated as the initiative gears for its 2024 completion timeline.