Macerich | Mall Portfolio: Complete Mall System Technology Makeup
The IBcon Smart Building Best Practice Showcase is an annual event held at the Realcomm | IBcon conference where real estate leaders present their most innovative, technology driven commercial and corporate real estate projects. These projects demonstrate leading-edge technologies and vision for intelligent and adaptive design that is transforming the next generation of IT-enabled real estate. The Weekly News Briefing will feature a unique Showcase project each week.
Macerich is shaping the future of retail real estate as an owner, operator and developer of top retail and mixed-use destinations in major U.S. markets,
with significant presence in the Pacific Rim, Arizona, Chicago, New York and Washington, DC. Its portfolio includes 56 million square feet of real estate consisting primarily of interests in 52 regional shopping centers. Macerich is an industry leader in environmental sustainability and has a strong history in using advanced technologies to enhance operations and user experience in the retail sector. Back in 2015, the company created a best practice center where integrated smart technologies could be tested and built upon. Since then, they continue to push the limits on AI-enabled, scalable tech to improve and expand on that vision.
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