A new energy cost solution is emerging, thanks to the Australian government.

This latest acquisition combines the public housing technology expertise of VisualHOMES with Yardi’s browser-based Yardi Voyager PHA solution for subsidized housing.

The partnership will allow Sperry Van Ness to offer property-specific online auction websites complete with property details, pictures and due diligence materials.

Becker + Becker, developer of the 700,000-square-foot mixed-use 360 State Street residential project in New Haven, Conn., has just broken new ground with the installation of a 400-kilowatt fuel cell at the $180 million development, marking the world’s first large-scale residential installation of a fuel cell.

The portfolio’s properties are located in San Francisco, El Segundo, Calif., Oakland, Calif., Chandler, Az., and Chantilly, Va.

The buildings are located on a single 4.2-acre parcel across the street from another Digital Realty campus.

Seeing is believing. That’s why Scott Yahraus created ConstructionPhotoDocs, an online system that documents each step of the building process.

PropertyShark marked the latest company purchase by Yardi Systems Inc., expanding the investment management and property management software provider into the real estate data realm.

Commercial brokerage firm Sperry Van Ness has begun using a mobile marketing platform known as Qonnect.mobi for its commercial property listings.

The data center real estate sector in areas across Latin America will grow by an average 61 percent by 2014, according to a recently released report by London-based international consulting firm BroadGroup.