During a planned demonstration earlier this month, the bed could not be extended automatically because a “power surge” had disabled part of its motor, according to building managers. But the bed could still trundle manually, which is important in the case of a blackout, representatives of Steel Works said.

The voice-activation feature was also not working. Steven Shaw, a DeBartolo manager, later said this was because a Wi-Fi connection had not yet been set up.

For an Ori unit, renters would likely pay an extra $350 a month, in a building where studio rents currently start at about $1,900 a month, Mr. Shaw said, though final pricing had not yet been set.

But Mr. Shaw said he expected the unit to catch on with renters in the next four phases of the 35-acre Riverbend District. About 20 percent of the additional 2,700 apartments in the project will be the kind of studios with layouts well-suited for an Ori unit. “I think it will be well received by those who are making the transition from college to apartment life, who don’t really have any furniture yet, and are looking for value,” he said.

Ori is also available at the Eugene, an 844-unit rental from Brookfield Property Partners in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards. And it is being tested out in about a half dozen other cities, said Hasier Larrea, Ori’s founder and chief executive. Mr. Larrea added that units are priced to developers at about $10,000 a piece.

At 520 West 28th Street, a 39-unit condo on the High Line from the Related Companies, tech offerings include mechanized storage. (The condo was designed by Zaha Hadid, who died in 2016.) To put personal belongings in a storage unit, residents can bring their things to a spacious room in the basement, enter a code on a keypad, then wait a few minutes while the storage unit is transported to them. (Residents could also enter the code on their phones before they get downstairs.) A door swings open, and residents can step inside a retrieved unit, a shipping container-like bin that measures 7 feet high, 7 feet wide and up to 15 feet deep.