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Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/ Sam Altman has reportedly called a “code red” as the AI race accelerates—and that momentum is beginning to show up in commercial real estate. In EP17, we look at Boston’s potential budget pressure as commercial values are projected to decline, then dive into JLL’s 2025 Global...

Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/ Michael Burry’s infamous fund has gone dark after placing a massive short bet against Nvidia and AI—mirroring his original Big Short strategy. Is he blowing up the next bubble? This week, we track the ripples across commercial real estate, where the office market recovery is...

Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/ Nvidia just became the first company in history to hit a $5 trillion valuation — bigger than Germany’s economy, 25 Disneys, or 50 Nikes (we did the math… kind of). It’s the clearest sign yet that the AI boom is reshaping everything from Wall Street to warehouse walls — and ma...

Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/   Blockchain is finally making its way into commercial real estate. Deloitte claims $4 trillion worth of property could be tokenized by 2035 — a bold forecast that has everyone from brokers to blockchain believers talking. Whether it’s a revolution or just another consulting...

Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/ STRATA is in the books — and wow, what a day. Together with our partners at MIT, we packed a room in Cambridge with some of the smartest people we’ve ever met to talk about what’s next for cities, tech, and real estate.   In this episode, we look back at what went down: Travi...

Last day! 🎟️ RSVP for Strata (Oct 16, MIT Kendall Square): https://www.hqo.com/strata-summit-waitlist/ Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/   The AI boom is building the physical world — massive data centers, chip factories, and new energy grids — at a speed that feels unreal. Venture capital keeps pouring fuel...

🎟️ RSVP for Strata (Oct 16, MIT Kendall Square): https://www.hqo.com/strata-summit-waitlist/ Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/ AI data centers are the new gold rush, billionaires are measuring towers, and Hollywood just cast its first actress who doesn’t technically exist.    Welcome to the future — it’s weir...

Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/ 🎟️ RSVP for Strata (Oct 16, MIT Kendall Square): https://www.hqo.com/strata-summit-waitlist/   In this episode, we get serious… or at least our version of serious.   We dive into multi-billion-dollar funds, cities panicking because their tax base depends on half-empty office...

Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/ 🎟️ RSVP for Strata (Oct 16, MIT Kendall Square): https://www.hqo.com/strata-summit-waitlist/ Fresh off Vegas (yes, wallets lighter, oxygen in casinos still free), we’re back with Episode 9 and it’s a wild one. The Fed’s cutting rates again, Boston wants 700-foot towers in the...

Brookfield’s $1T Bet: AI Factories, Real Estate & Driverless Cars | ep. 8 Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/ 🎟️ RSVP for Strata (Oct 16, MIT Kendall Square): https://www.hqo.com/strata-summit-waitlist/ One of the biggest names in commercial real estate, Brookfield, just held their Investor Day — and we bre...

Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: ⁠ ⁠ ⁠https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/⁠ This week on The Quantum City Initiative, we hit record before the coffee kicked in - and somehow ended up with one of our most fired-up episodes yet. From slow trains and half-empty casinos to bosses managing entire soccer teams worth of employees, we connect the dots...

Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/ In this episode of The Quantum City Initiative, we unpack one of the busiest weeks in CRE and capital markets—Q2 earnings from the brokerage giants, Fed uncertainty, REIT fundamentals, and why the old “Class A vs. Class B” system no longer makes sense. We dig into what’s driv...

Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/   In this episode of The Quantum City Initiative, we break down the first net negative quarter for industrial real estate since 2009, why Cushman & Wakefield thinks downtown office should shrink from 70% to 42% (and why that’s probably wrong), and how Silicon Valley giant...

Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/ In this episode of The Quantum City Initiative, we break down why the $17 fast-casual bowl is suddenly a liability, what BlackRock’s $100B crypto bet means for cities and capital markets, and how return-to-office mandates are being enforced in ways that feel… well, dystopian....

Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/ In this episode of The Quantum City Initiative, we track the collision of AI, commercial real estate, and the macro forces shaping both. From California’s stalled projects to Manhattan’s rental boom, we break down the “tale of two cities” playing out in real time.   We dig in...

Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/ In this episode of The Quantum City Initiative, we dig into the signals (and noise) around AI, data centers, industrial real estate, and whether the long-dead office market is actually showing signs of life. We talk about what AI is doing to energy infrastructure, why edge co...

Powered by HqO - Learn more and join the Quantum City Initiative here: ⁠https://www.hqo.com/the-future-of-cities-begins-now/⁠   We’re back!    It’s been a minute since we’ve been behind a mic. A lot has changed. In cities, in tech, in how we live and work. And honestly? We felt like it was time to get back in the conversation.   In this first episode of Quantum City Initiative, we talk about why w...

Welcome to The Quantum City Pod, the show where cities meet supercomputing. Hosted by Greg Gomer and Chase Garbarino, co-founders of HqO, we explore the boldest ideas and real-world breakthroughs at the intersection of AI, urban innovation, real estate, and public policy. Cities have always been civilization’s greatest supercomputers, concentrating talent, accelerating innovation, and scaling huma...