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The city Amazon picks for its second headquarters will change forever

CNN.com – Latest Financial News
10/27/2017

class="article-title speakable"> The city Amazon picks for its second headquarters will change forever by Kaya Yurieff and Julia Horowitz @CNNTech October 27, 2017: 9:14 AM ET NYC went orange in a bid for Amazon's next headquarters Cities across North America want the 50,000 jobs that come with Amazon's HQ2. But will it really make life for residents better? Amazon sent cities into a frenzy when it announced plans to build a second headquarters, expected to cost $5 billi…

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15 Firms Leading the Way on Energy Blockchain

GTM Smart Grid
10/27/2017

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Tech Data makes nine-figure real estate deal, buys Clearwater headquarters

Tampa Bay Business Journal – BizCurrents Blog
10/27/2017

Tampa Bay's largest public company bought seven properties nationwide.

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Tech Doubles Down On San Francisco Office Space In Q3

Bisnow – San Francisco Commercial Real Estate News
10/27/2017

This is becoming the year of the large tech lease. Dropbox just leased the largest amount of space in San Francisco’s history weeks after Facebook said it would take up all of 181 Fremont’s office space. This year is becoming the most active leasing year since 2014, when activity reached 9.8M SF, according to a report from Cushman & Wakefield. During Q3, leasing activity was 1.8M SF with year-to-date leasing activity reaching 5.6M SF. With tech companies pursuing blocks of 100K SF or more, c…

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Inside Opendoor’s self-guided home tour tech, Raspberry Pi

Phoenix Association of Realtors
10/27/2017

Installed in every Opendoor listing, Raspberry Pi communicates with the company’s servers and sensors placed about every home … Inman

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Coming to Master-Planned Communities: Data-Driven Marketing, Renters—and Flying Uber Rides

Urban Land Magazine
10/27/2017

Coming to Master-Planned Communities: Data-Driven Marketing, Renters—and Flying Uber Rides By Jeremy Harper October 26, 2017 Text Size: A A A Print Email Share Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Modular units, virtual reality, rental homes, data-driven marketing—and even autonomous flying passenger vehicles—will transform master-planned communities in the coming years, a group of developers and marketers said during a panel discussion at the 2017 ULI Fall Meeting in Los Angeles. The panel, moderated by R…

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Tech giants take matters into their own hands to fix housing, transit crisis

Silicon Valley Business Journal – Local San Jose News
10/26/2017

With Silicon Valley’s sky-rocketing housing costs and long commutes, tech companies are finding their own solutions.

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Bloomberg Baystate Business: Tech Earnings and Infrastructure

Bloomberg
10/26/2017

Bloomberg Boston Bureau Chief Tom Moroney and Radio News Anchors Peter Barnes and Pat Carroll are joined by top names from local business and finance to medicine and politics, along with Bloomberg reporters covering the latest stories in and around Boston. Today: Anne Mostue in for Pat Carroll with news, traffic, weather, and sports. Also on the show…Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jitendra Waral joins us from San Francisco to talk tech earnings, former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation…

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Amazon shares soar as earnings beat expectations

Seattle Post Intelligencer – Business News
10/26/2017

Photo: GRANT HINDSLEY, SEATTLEPI.COM Shares of Amazon soared Thursday after the online retailer posted earnings that far surpassed Wall Street expectations. Shares of Amazon soared Thursday after the online retailer posted… NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Amazon soared Thursday after the online retailer posted earnings that far surpassed Wall Street expectations. Related Stories 238 cities submitted bids for Amazon's 'HQ2' Report: How much would Amazon HQ2 drive up rents? The company …

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Boston has a ‘pretty good shot’ at landing HQ2, Starwood CEO says after deal with Amazon

Puget Sound Business Journal – Local Seattle News
10/26/2017

Boston's bid to land Amazon.com Inc.'s second headquarters has a good chance of succeeding, according to a billionaire real estate investor whose company recently signed a big lease with the tech giant in Seattle. "Boston has a pretty good shot at landing that given that it's as far away [in] technology and infrastructure and the educational base — and just the zeitgeist of the city," said Barry Sternlicht, CEO of Greenwich, Connecticut-based Starwood Capital Group, in a…

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