Friday , 28 March 2014
3INVESTONLINE: The Facility Management Industry in Nigeria is still nascent, though viable. In the past five years, one brand that has come to redefine the principle and practice of Facility Management in Nigeria is Alpha Mead Facility Management Services. Alpha Mead has not only evolved as a cynosure of Facility Management practice in Nigeria; it has attracted a new breed of... Read more »
Cherokee Studios, Los AngelesBrooks + ScarpaThis apartment/office complex is built on the site of the old Cherokee recording studios in Los Angeles, which once hosted the likes of David Bowie and Warren Zevon but is now home to one of the greenest buildings in the U.S. The design uses passive cooling that takes advantage of the Southern California climate, and... Read more »
They tower into the skies in tinted glasses, brandishing the plainness of the sun; they transcended from the conventional ambience of ‘five star’ to a contemporary majestic wonderment labelled ‘seven start’; they sprawl in spaces, swell in style and cut-edge with services – the hospitality industry is metaphoric a cash cow. This cash cow status may understandably explain the souring... Read more »
In developed climes Real Estate plays more that the role of shelter. It is a virile economic instrument contributing in no small measure to the Gross Domestic Output. In Nigeria, the story is different; Real Estate contributes a paltry 3.5% to the total output of the economy. The foot-dragging of the sector to mature and take its place in economic... Read more »