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  • Starting a Brokerage? 5 Tech Tools Making It Easier

    CommissionTrac – Blog

    By Jordan Everts  Posted October 30, 2017  In Uncategorized Starting a Brokerage? 5 Tech Tools Making It Easier2017-10-302017-10-13https://commissiontrac.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ctlh.pngCommissionTrachttps://commissiontrac.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ctlh.png200px200px 0 0 Experienced or not, starting a new brokerage isn’t easy. Besides hiring the right people, you need to equip your staff with the right tools to ensure their success. Help your top talent produce results with tech that…

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  • Castle Lanterra incorporating energy, security, connected home upgrades to its multifamily props.

    Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Journal

    SUFFERN, NY — For Castle Lanterra Properties (CLP), adding “smart home” elements to its multifamily properties is a necessity in order to attract and retain tenants of all ages. The NY based, privately-owned real estate company sees the wealth of benefits smart technology offers ranging from enhancing the resident experience to improving operational efficiencies as integral to its investment strategy. “What began as a convenience that allowed homeowners to control their living environment via sm…

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  • Meet the RE Tech Founder: James Davis from Upad

    Geek Estate Blog

    In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the founder and CEO of Upad, James Davis. I had the chance to meet James in New York a couple weeks ago while attending the mipim summit. Without further ado… What do you do? I run Upad, the UK’s largest online letting agent and winner of Best Online Agent 2017. We provide landlords with the same services as a high-street agent but use technology to offer a quicker, more efficient solution at a fraction of the cost. We’re…

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  • Leading Change in the Digital Age – Part One: People Get Ready!

    Cushman & Wakefield Global Real Estate

    By Adam Stanley, Global CIO and Chief Digital Officer It’s no revelation that tech is moving at light speed, but all sectors including commercial real estate must track and manage the coming magnitude of change or find themselves paying the high price of ignorance. People in and outside of the commercial real estate world ask me all the time, what makes this period different. They know technology is hitting all aspects of our lives, but that’s basically old news, right? Well, sorry to say, but w…

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  • Three key trends propelling the payments and retail industries into the future

    Retail Dive

    Published Oct. 30, 2017 Share it post share tweet Sponsored Content By The retail industry is going through a major evolution. From e-commerce giants like Amazon to neighborhood mom and pop shops, retail is changing rapidly to fit the needs of today's consumers. While the landscape may seem bleak for retailers competing against the fast-paced, increasingly digital environment, modernizing payment systems may hold the key to how businesses not only survive, but thrive in this new era. To do …

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  • QTS to Expand NoVa Footprint With Two New Facilities

    Real Estate Investors HQ

    QTS Realty Trust started the development of a new data center campus in Ashburn, Va., on a 52-acre site. The two parcels were purchased separately for a total of $53 million. Over the coming months, the company plans to develop multiple facilities, ultimately delivering 140 megawatts of gross power over 700,000 square feet of raised floor space. QTS will build the new facility in multiple phases, with market demand as the primary pacing factor. Construction began on the first 24-acre lot in Ashb…

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  • The Long View: The dark side of real estate’s tech investment boom

    The Real Deal – New York

    When it comes to hobbies, New York’s real estate executives show strong herd instincts. Everyone plays golf, everyone has a boat, everyone spends summer weekends in the Hamptons. And in 2017, seemingly everyone invests in real estate tech startups. A few weeks ago, news broke that Brookfield Property Partners and Rudin Ventures, the tech investment arm of the Rudin family, led a $13 million Series B funding round for construction management tech platform Honest Buildings. Brookfield previously i…

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  • These Machines Will Park Your Car For You

    Bisnow – National Commercial Real Estate News

    The Hive and Star Tower are not, as their names might suggest, the secret bases of crime fighters Green Hornet and Green Arrow. These structures are packed with impressive technology, and they are saving developers money and square footage while cleaning up the streets. The Hive, in Oakland, California, and Star Tower, in Long Island City, New York, are two of CityLift Parking's fully automated parking systems coming online in the next two months. Bisnow previewed the tech’s inner workings,…

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  • 5 Tech Trends Businesses Should Be Studying

    Bisnow – National Commercial Real Estate News

    Technology is the great liberator of the modern company. Improved mobile computing, accessible data analytics and the growing Internet of Things have freed businesses from antiquated, time-consuming processes. Companies are faster, smarter and have elevated their platforms to a global, 24/7 stage. The price of progress is a rapidly evolving set of tools. Companies that are not adapting run the risk of becoming obsolete. From upgrading legacy systems to keep pace with changing demands to the grow…

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  • Samsung, WeWork Partner To Take On Apple’s Genius Bar

    Bisnow – New York Commercial Real Estate News

    Samsung and WeWork are teaming up to offer a new work-while-you-wait concept. The companies will be opening “care centers” in several WeWork offices across the U.S., including Detroit, Miami and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that will combine tech service tune-ups with WeWork's co-working concept, Fast Company reports. While the centers are similar to Apple’s Genius Bar, they will be taking a slightly different approach to customer service. Rather than encouraging people to browse products while …

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