How to Uncover a “Staged” Automated Parking System Demonstration

I think we all know that it is possible to “stage” the demonstration of new parking technology so the system appears to be fully functional, when in fact it is still very far from that reality. To ensure you are making an educated evaluation, follow these suggestions to fully test a new system:

RoboticValet® system Chosen for Student Housing Project at University of Illinois.

Boomerang Systems, Inc., (OTCQB: BMER) the pioneer designer and manufacturer of fully-automated robotic parking systems, announced today that it has executed an agreement to provide 240 parking spaces using the revolutionary RoboticValet® Parking System, to be incorporated into a student housing project on East Green Street in Champaign, Illinois. 

Bond Financing Approved For WeHo Mid-City Robo-Garage

West Hollywood’s City Council unanimously approved sale of $20.5 million in bonds August 20th  to finance the robotic parking garage to be built behind the City Hall building at 8300 Santa Monica Blvd. at Sweetzer.

More Common Overseas, Automated Parking Garages are Popping Up in the US

There’s a new perk in high-end apartment buildings—fully robotic parking lots. No more careless valet dinging the Rolls at 1706 Rittenhouse, Philadelphia. Tenants pull their car onto a lift and the system takes it from there. When a tenant wants to leave, they swipe a special fob, and the system locates and retrieves their car. […]

Robotic Parking coming to American Cities- smaller footprint will help CRE Development

Robotic parking can reduce the footprint of a parking garage, cut pollution and traffic congestion, and make room for more commercial real estate (CRE) development, according to industry experts. “There is an explosion of innovation and creativity that has entered the parking industry in the last 10 or 15 years, robotic parking being one of […]

Construction to start on 1415 Park Ave. development with Robotic Parking Garage

With a multi-story parking garage at Park Avenue and 15th Street now reduced to rubble , Hoboken developer Bijou Properties is set to start construction on a 12-story development that includes apartments, a charter school and a robotic parking garage.

Automated Parking may be the answer to LA’s parking problems

The fully-automated parking garage could soon be the wave of the future for a city where there is a premium on parking spaces. City Councilman Paul Krekorian and City Controller Wendy Greuel were among several city officials on hand Wednesday [February 20, 2013] to celebrate the opening of AutoParkiT, the first automated parking system of […]

Why America Needs More Robotic Parking

More primitive elevator-style parking has been around since the mid–20th century, but advanced automatic garages are more like three-dimensional chessboards: hydraulic pallets and computerized shelving park up to 250 cars per hour, with 32 cars in motion at any time. As cities become denser, the cost of high-density parking begins to pencil out for developers […]

West Hollywood moves forward with plans for ‘robo-garage’ while opposition launches petition

West Hollywood City Council voted to go forward with the design phase of the automated parking garage planned for behind city hall at their July meeting.  The robo-garage, which the City Council first unanimously voted to build at its May 2, 2011 meeting, will offer a valet-like experience where people leave their cars and the […]

New medical office building includes fully automated parking system

A new 50,000-square foot medical office building has opened for business on the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center campus at 1223 16th St., Santa Monica.  According to UCLA Health System, the building features the West Coast’s first fully automated parking system, which automatically parks and retrieves visitors’ cars while they wait in a nearby parking lobby. […]