NEW YORK CITY- Hudson Yards in Manhattan's West Chelseaneighborhood is considered not only one of the largest and newestcommercial developments to come online in recent years, but aninnovative and tech-driven hub for real estate developers to watchfor years to come. Attaining its holy grail status of tech beganwith the build-out of a simple foundation that'd allow easy pairingof different tech solutions for changing consumer needs, accordingto a CREtech New York 2019 panelcalled "An In-depth Look at the Tech Behind the Largest New UrbanDevelopment in the World."

At the start of any development, making sure there is a goodtechnology base plan is key. In tech, a foundation is referred toas Layer 1, consisting of different networking hardware andtransmission technologies, according to Kenneth Finnegan, CTO andmanaging director of technology for Related Hudson Yards.

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Mariah Brown

Mariah Brown is the New York Bureau Chief and Real Estate Reporter for GlobeSt.com, covering the New York Metro area, Northeast region and national real estate trends. She is responsible for producing multi-media content, including articles, podcasts and video. Before joining the GlobeSt team, she served as a New York Times fellow, reported for the Associated Press in New York and Philadelphia and several other New York City-based outlets.