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3 March 2014

Cube Cities CSV Loader Now Available For Testing

Drop data from Excel directly into Google Earth
With the Cube Cites CSV Loader users can drop a spreadsheet of real estate information directly into Google Earth and see the data visually in 3D. Try the Cube Cities CSV Loader here: http://www.cubecities.com/sandbox/csvLoader/

CSV Template Fields:
A: Cube Building ID
B: Building Name (can be excluded)
C: Floor Number
D: Available Space in square feet (don't use commas!)
E: Annual Operating Costs per square foot
F: Space Type (HL= Head Lead, SL=Sub Lease)
G: Date Available
H: Suite Name
I: Description Field
J: URL Path to Floorplan image file

Instructions:
1. Download the CSV template from the link above.

2. Find the Cube Cites building ID from the search box in the CSV Loader web page for all records in column A.

3. Populate the remaining fields with real estate listing details.

4. Save as CSV format from Excel

5. Drop file onto the Earth Map

The Cube Cities CSV Loader currently works only with the Chrome and Firefox web browsers.

Here's a video of the CSV Loader in action:



27 February 2014

Finding Green Buildings in Canada

The Cube Lease website now shows users energy efficiency designations for buildings in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto using our patented visualization technology. Here's a look at this imagery now available only on the Cube Lease website:

Green Buildings in Vancouver
Green Buildings in Calgary

Green Buildings in Toronto

Here's a video that shows how to select the green building data and navigate around the selected city:



Visit Cube Lease to explore the green buildings in these cities. Free signup is required to see green building data.

25 February 2014

Cube Cities @ SAIT



Cube Cities is an industry representative for curriculum review at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). This morning SAIT hosted a market research panel to engage industry with program instructors and SAIT curriculum managers. Courses reviewed today were: Web Developer and Object Oriented Software Developer.

It was very interesting to listen to the challenges facing educators in keeping the curriculum relevant in today's changing marketplace. A good number of very frank questions were asked. Also an interesting opportunity to meet SAIT administration and listen to the questions posed to and from industry on the state of business software technology. Outstanding community built around SAIT. In fact, SAIT was the first post-secondary institute to involve industry in curriculum review when it began the program in March 2011.

Here are links to the Web Developer and OOSD courses at SAIT.

Cube Cities Inc. hires graduates from SAIT programs.

23 February 2014

Visualizing Google Search Results

Cube Cities can ask Google where all the law firms in Lower Manhattan are located and return a 3D visual search result. What's seen is an example of every law firm and the floors they occupy.

Google Search Results for "law firms" in Cube Cities
Cube Cities can look up a building name or address on Google and display a 3D visualization of every floor in the subject building. Here is an example of the Bankers Hall office complex in Calgary, Canada.

Google Search Results for "Bankers Hall" in Cube Cities
Anyone can request access to our Google Search visualizations by signing up on this website or emailing us here.



7 February 2014

Go Inside Office & Retail Space On Cube Lease With Google Business Photos

Cube Lease now accepts Google Business Photos as a media source when new space is added. This gives users the ability to go inside and explore office and retail spaces. With our visualization platform, Cube Lease highlights the exact location of the space being explored.

Here's a link to some example space on Cube Lease: http://goo.gl/trftFN

Interior space photos can be made private on the Cube Lease website and are stored securely by Google.

For a quote call Cube Lease at 1-800-261-1973. We will arrange commercial space photography through Google's Business Photos program. It's the fastest and most economical method of accurately marketing commercial space.

Learn more about Google Business Photos here.

Go inside office space downtown Los Angeles
Example Experience

5 February 2014

Cube Cities Granted Patent in Canada for Visualization Technology


Cube Cities has been issued a patent in Canada for our innovative software technology. Our visualization system for buildings is also patent-pending in the United States, Europe and other countries. 

The Cube Cities patent details our highly efficient method of illustrating building information within a GIS system to better understand industry data.

Downtown Toronto Visualized by Floor




2 January 2014

Drag and Drop Real Estate Data Into Google Earth

Here's a look at our new CSV loader to quickly present available space, tenant locations or rent rolls in Google Earth.

Click here to learn more about how to use the Cube Cities CSV Loader. It's the fastest way to present space options in 3D.



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11 December 2013

Altus InSite's Toronto Office Market

Cube Cities and Altus InSite produce 3D visualizations of Canadian office markets. Here's a look at the available space downtown Toronto as of December 11th 2013.

Available Space Options in the Downtown Toronto Office Market from Altus InSite
Here's a video tour of the downtown Toronto office market:



Visit Altus InSite to learn more about 3D visualizations of available commercial space using Cube Cities technology.

28 October 2013

Video Tour of Future Apple Headquarters

Apple Campus 2 from above in Cupertino, CA
Apple received planning approval from the City of Cupertino on October 15th to proceed with the Apple Campus 2 project. The Development Permit allows for the demolition of approximately 2.7 m sqft of existing commercial buildings. It allows for the construction of 3.42 m sqft of office, research, and development buildings; 120,000 sqft (1,000 seat) corporate auditorium, 100,000 sqft corporate fitness center, 25,000 sqft of Valet Parking Reception and 92,000 sqft of utility plants; and associated parking facilities and ancillary buildings.

Here's a visualization of the Development Permit and the buildings that will be removed to make way for the new headquarters.



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Apple Campus 2, NE Entrance near East Homestead Road, Cupertino, CA








24 October 2013

Rent Rolls in Google Earth

Cube Cities can instantly convert a property rent roll from Excel to a 3D visualization in Google Earth. Below is a screenshot of what this looks like with sample data from a building in downtown Toronto:
Rent Roll Colourized by Lease Expiry
Here's a movie of what this interface looks like when navigating through downtown Toronto in Cube Cities:


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