But there's one big flaw in this space-themed paradise: None of it is real.
From a low of 2m sq ft in mid-2000, available space there totalled 13m by mid-2003 (and that excludes space that some big Canary Wharf tenants want, and are entitled, to hand back).
After seeming to weather a turbulent decade in the music business, Nashville saw its fortunes fall this past year as big-box retailers drastically reduced shelf space for CDs.
The Pinewood project is a coup for Georgia and opens the state to major, big-budget films that need large studio space.
But for right now it's Atom, which is a big win for Intel in this space -- and in fact, Intel claims to have written half of Google TV's code.
It probably was a good idea to pressure the too-big-for-its-breeches social-media giant to make its paid space more effective, and it was a move that drew muttered agreement from many CMOs in other industries.
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Drew Jones, co-author of a book on co-working, thinks that there is scope to turn empty retail space in the suburbs of big cities into large co-working facilities.
While the definition is a bit fuzzy, Big Data is turning into a red-hot space.
We're not likely to ever see that, said Teal Group aerospace analyst Richard Aboulafia, because airlines are planning to fill the big space with seats, not duty-free shops.
Microscopic living space is nothing new for big-city residents.
Good news for those with more space: Big, digital, high-definition-ready TVs that also do a great job with DVDs keep getting cheaper and better.
Andrew Cheng, project scientist for the Eros probe NEAR-Shoemaker, said the big question facing commercial space ventures remains what it will cost to get their equipment off Earth.
Of course none of those guys are named LeBron James, Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh which was the goal these past two years as the team furiously cleared cap space in hopes of landing multiple big-time free agents.
SpaceX was quick to make the point that the ability to carry on despite an engine failure demonstrates a big advantage of multi-engined rockets like the Falcon (Space Shuttles and Saturn V moon rockets could both do something similar).
"For Europe it's a big, big event, and for international cooperation it's also a big event, " said Alain Fournier-Sicre of the European Space Agency.
If it is unable to either shift from the big-box retail format to smaller stores, or optimize store space by sub-leasing to other businesses, operating costs will not come down.
It will be interesting to see if he is right, and if Apple, who first made its name through the elegance of its space-based interfaces will make its next big move into ones based on time.
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It is also grappling with a big cost overrun on another of its top priorities - the James Webb Space Telescope - and for which the shortfall will have to be picked up by programmes across the agency, perhaps even human spaceflight.
Meanwhile, five big-rig trucks roar up to the back of the building in the space of just 15 minutes, as employees load them up with unmarked brown boxes.
Restaurant-grade appliances and plenty of counter space will make prepping the big meal a breeze.
How can this big, amply furnished front-engine berlinetta, with nearly 18 cubes of cargo space in the back (with bench seat folded), outpace a carbonized wraith of a car like the Enzo?
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Global Terminal, which straddles Bayonne-Jersey City border, to double wharf space so it can accommodate big container ships.
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"It's a big bet, with a risky landing method and no back-up, " said space analyst Howard McCurdy at American University.
Clearly online retailing requires a lot less retail property space compared to traditional brick-and-mortar format employed by big retail chains like Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target and Costco.
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So maybe it makes sense that as part of the YouTube initiative to create high-quality, ready-for-big-screen channels, Barnett cooked up the concept of a live show for that space.
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The harbourside has long been under-utilised as an event space, and temporarily changing that is the Very Big Screen on the Green (7 to 13 December).
Building turbines on land can be just as controversial, suitable locations for fixed-base shallow-water turbines are limited and a new generation of big turbines will need lots of space: only a couple can be placed in each square kilometre.
The German space agency (DLR), one of the "big two" in European space, is already pushing forward on a programme of scientific co-operation.
"We have never explored such a place beyond our own Earth, and the technology required is not too different from the successful US-European Cassini-Huygens mission, so it's a natural for the next big international collaboration in space, " commented the scientist, who worked on the 1990s Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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But after a while, the slings and arrows of being in the minority add up - parking, office space, and then there's the issue of having a big enough room to meet in.
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