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  • VTS and Hightower Announce Strategic Merger

    VTS

      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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  • What’s Technology Doing to Commercial Real Estate?

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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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  • 13 Emerging Real Estate Startups to Keep an Eye On

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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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  • Six Top Trends in Smart Home Technology

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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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  • Blogging and social media are the new networking

    Michael Beckerman

    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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  • Click and Print: The Future of Commercial and Residential Construction

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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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  • Partnerships Makes Blockchain for Real Estate a Reality

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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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  • What Trump’s Election Means for the Real Estate Industry

    CRETECH

    In a historic victory, America elected its first real estate developer the next President of the United States. The anticipation is rising to see what measures Donald Trump will be able to enact regarding real estate with a Republican-led congress. No one knows for certain how the election results will play out, but based on Trump’s campaign, this is what could be in store for the real estate industry over the next four years.Commercial Real EstateRebuilding America’s crumbling infrastructure wa…

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  • What Trump`s Election Means for the Real Estate Industry

    Real Estate Tech News

    In a historic victory, America elected its first real estate developer the next President of the United States. The anticipation is rising to see what measures Donald Trump will be able to enact regarding real estate with a Republican-led congress. No one knows for certain how the election results will play out, but based on Trump`s campaign, this is what could be in store for the real estate industry over the next four years. Commercial Real Estate Rebuilding America`s crumbling infrastructu…

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  • Mike’s Weekly Picks: My 14 Favorite RE Tech Reads…

    Michael Beckerman

    Here are my favorite Real Estate Tech reads from this past week. Happy reading! 7 tech tips for real estate agents from a true expertBlog – Miami Agent MagazineAndrew Dorn, a vice president with Move, Inc., spoke at this week’s Xplode real estate technology conference in Chicago, and he showed why he’s one of the company’s most public-facing executives. …

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