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  • New hotel and homesharing hybrid creates investment vehicle for Airbnb

    CURBED

    A pair of new developments in downtown Austin and Miami hopes to create a new hybrid hotel and condo model that allows owners to buy into a large property specifically designed for renting out on Airbnb. Built and designed for homesharing, and branded Natiivo, these high-rises will feature fully furnished residential units with 24-hour concierges and high-end amenities such as co-working spaces, spa-inspired fitness centers, and rooftop pool decks….

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  • Too Much Of A Good Thing: Landlords Say Coworking Is Best In Moderation

    BISNOW

    Coworking has become the darling of the office industry, with providers eagerly leasing up blocks of space during the industry’s rampant expansion. But there remains a lot of hesitation as to their future from both office landlords and investors, panelists at Bisnow’s Atlanta State of the Market said last week.

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  • Commercial Property Joins Tech Revolution as Spending Soars

    WSJ

    For years, real-estate technology startups watched from the fringes as big banks and venture-capital firms lavished attention on financial-technology firms. Now “proptech” has joined the party. Startups are raising more cash than ever while landlords are adopting a range of new software and hardware that is changing the way they do business. New capital sources including some of the world’s biggest banks are taking notice. “We feel like we’ve hit that tipping point a couple of months ago…

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  • Ahead of We Company IPO, investors willing to sell shares at discount from higher valuations

    THE REAL DEAL

    In the lead up to We Company’s IPO, some institutional investors were willing to trade their stock in the company at deep discounts to the $47 billion valuation set by Masayoshi Son and announced earlier his year. Son’s Japanese conglomerate SoftBank announced a large investment in the We Company in January that included $1 billion to buy out current investors. But that money was intended to buy investors out at a valuation of $20 billion – not the $47 billion the company was valued at follow…

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  • 2,000 Cameras Will Be Watching How You Drive in New York City

    NEW YORK TIMES

    Cameras have stood guard outside New York City schools for years to keep children safe from speeding cars. City officials say they have led to fewer injuries and crashes. Now the city is sharply expanding the use of such cameras to nearly every neighborhood. It’s part of a far-reaching effort to enforce speed limits, including on busy streets with no schools and at times when classes are out — at night, on holidays and during summer vacation….

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  • How Tech is Improving the CRE Owner and Tenant Relationship

    GLOBEST

    NEW YORK CITY—Historically, the tenant-landlord relationship has been fairly transactional: the tenant occupies a space and pays the landlord rent to use it, in a deal that often lasts years or even decades. With more and more companies growing rapidly and offering employees flexible work arrangements, tenants expect more from their landlords. Commercial property owners are now adopting a more tenant-centric mindset to stay competitive.

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  • Why companies are crowdsourcing office decisions

    JLL

    Many U.S. companies, facing fierce competition for skilled workers, have been finding that office amenities that were once all the rage — like free snacks, ping pong and beer taps — don’t always cut it. Some employers are using a new strategy for rethinking their offices as a recruitment tool — asking current employees what they want. That’s how a Microsoft office in Boston got a top-to-bottom makeover that included team rooms instead of a full-on open office plan — and freestyle soda machine…

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  • CREtech Announces Final List of Industry Speakers for October 16 and 17th NYC Conference

    CREtech

    The World’s Most Influential Commercial Real Estate Tech Conference Is Coming To Brooklyn Next Week New York, NY (October 11, 2019) — CREtech (cretech.com), the leading event, content and connectivity platform for the commercial real estate technology industry has announced its final list of confirmed speakers for their flagship NYC conference.  The 2019 CREtech NYC Conference will be held next week on October 16th and 17th at Dock 72 in Brooklyn and will be the largest commercial real estate t…

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  • Simon Property Group Buys Share Of Esports Company, Plans Arenas In Malls

    BISNOW

    The largest mall owner in the U.S. continues to push the boundaries of what malls can contain. On Monday, Simon Property Group announced the forming of a new partnership with esports promotion and arena operator Allied Esports, Esports Insider reports. Together, the two companies will build venues for esports competitions in as-yet-unnamed malls in Simon’s portfolio.

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  • Putting proptech to the UX test

    THE REAL DEAL

    The lobby of the Coral Gables theater is jammed with dozens of real estate techies. Some of them are the brains behind South Florida-based startup companies searching for capital and clients. The rest are brokers, developers, real estate investment managers and other industry executives looking to get in on the ground floor of the next big real estate software application. More than 400 attendees showed up for the May 14 Future of Real Estate Tech Summit, an all-day conference that featured a co…

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