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A new giant is emerging amongst the shopping center REITs. Regency Center Corp. and Equity One, Inc announced their pending merger following unanimous board approval. The new REIT would have a combined market capitalization above $15.6 billion with $500 million in new projects and redevelopments underway. Company shareholders now must approve the merger. “…
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A new giant is emerging amongst the shopping center REITs. Regency Center Corp. and Equity One, Inc announced their pending merger following unanimous board approval. The new REIT would have a combined market capitalization above $15.6 billion with $500 million in new projects and redevelopments underway. Company shareholders now must approve the merger. “This merger will be a transformative event for both companies,” said David Lukes, Equity One CEO, in a press release. “The alignment of …
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Photo Credit: Impact Hub Now your cable package includes co-working space–if you`re with Verizon. The telecommunications giant is jumping on the co-working craze with the opening of its first space at 140 West Street in Manhattan. Plans for more shared office spaces are in place for Boston, Washington D.C., and London. While Verizon sees its latest offering as a unique way to use extra office space it already owns and to engage in the tech community in a new way, by no means is it the on…
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Leading Commercial Real Estate Technology Companies Join Forces for Faster Industry Innovation with Combined 5 Billion Square Foot Portfolio New York, NY — November 29, 2016 — VTS and Hightower today announced the completion of a merger agreement under which the companies will come together to form the commercial real estate industry’s leading leasing and asset management platform. Under this agreement, VTS and Hightower will combine under VTS. The strongest features from VTS and Hightower…
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Guest Post by Shlomo Morgulis, Senior Account Executive at Beckerman PRFor years, the narrative about the commercial real estate industry’s relationship with technology was one of missed opportunity. While many business sectors quickly latched onto the technological revolution of the 1990s, commercial real estate professionals by and large maintained the status quo for their day-to-day operations, which on some level kept the industry from realizing the benefits of widespread technology ado…
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The real estate industry is witnessing an exciting explosion of technological innovation in everything from property management to back-end office solutions. The start-ups below are in various stages of development, but all are transforming the face of real estate tech.Stacksource The recent winner of the MIPIM Startup Competition “Transactions” category i…
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By EnergieAgentur.NRW [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) or CC BY-SA 3.0 de (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons Thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT), the idea of the smart home is a reality. Remote controlled access and thermostat adjustments are just the b…
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In the good old days, the best way to build your business was quite simple. You networked. It was the core strategy of any good networking professional. You went to an event, you connected with some folks, followed up with them, kept in touch with them and perhaps sent them info periodically (which made you look really smart). This is a great strategy that worked for a long time. And still does.Today, people think that LinkedIn is a the new way to network. I think it’s a social media play with a…
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Let’s take a moment to reflect on how far 3D printing has come. First innovated in 1984, today engineers are applying 3D printing on everything from medical devices to jet engines to houses. Yes, houses. Beijing-based Huashang Tengda printed a 4,305 square-foot house in just 45 days.3D printing has the potential to speed up the construction process while reducing waste and manual labor. The printing uses environmentally frie…
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Blockchain technology is poised to transform the real estate industry. Other nations have invested in the secure potential. Now the Cook County, Illinois Recorder of Deeds Office is pioneering its use in the United States through a partnership with startup Velox. The Office becomes the first government agency to experiment with blockchain`s potential for secure record keeping. “The Cook County Recorder of Deeds Office has been closely watching blockchain technology as the next-generation l…
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