Veri | Waterman Associates, Inc. is an award-winning Rhode Island-based firm specializing in landscape architecture, urban design, multi-disciplinary site planning and permitting. The office is the result of a merger of Veri & Associates of Providence, an award winning landscape architecture and urban design studio, with Waterman Design Associates of Westborough, Mass., a leading Central Mass.-based multi-disciplinary firm. Combined, the two merged offices have over 50 years of experience in the design and construction of the built environment. We offer services for a broad range of project types, including urban and rural parks, streetscapes, educational, institutional and industrial campuses, athletic facilities, open space planning, and historic landscape restoration.
Now what? As the year comes to a close, the state of retail is always in the news. The answers vary greatly depending on who in the various related industries you ask, each offering a unique lens on the challenges and opportunities ahead.
This may seem self-serving, and I’ll be the first to admit it. But unlike some of the artificial intelligence tools now reshaping our industry, I am fully aware of my own bias. So, hear me out. The rise of AI in commercial real estate is not a distant threat or a speculative headline.