CREtech and MIT Center for Real Estate Host Hugely Successful Event Featuring Leading Scientists and Innovators In Commercial Real Estate Tech Sector

CREtech and MIT Center for Real Estate Join Forces for Second Straight Year to Present Next-Gen CRE Tech Ideas and Trends New York, NY (April 11, 2019) — CREtech (cretech.com), the largest event, data and content platform covering the commercial real estate tech industry, returned to Boston on Wednesday, April 10 in partnership with MIT Center for Real Estate and NAIOP Massachusetts to host a groundbreaking event hosted at one of the greenest buildings in the U.S., PTC. Several hundred comme…

Amazon Go Faces Unlikely Challenge From Checkout-Free Startup

Grocers, alarmed at Amazon.com Inc.’s rapid growth in Europe, are considering fighting back with the help of a tiny Portuguese startup. Sensei, a 16-month-old technology company based in Lisbon that’s backed by Germany’s Metro AG and Portugal’s Sonae SGPS SA, is pitching its technology to European supermarkets as they race the e-commerce giant to open the region’s first checkoutless stores….

Insiders: New Jersey has only scratched the surface in co-working, flex office space sector

The country’s largest cluster of co-working and flexible office space is only just across the Hudson River, but the fast-growing industry is still largely absent from New Jersey. Experts say that is due to change — and it’s only a matter of time. Already, landlords in some of New Jersey’s largest mixed-use projects have incorporated co-working into their properties. The state is also home to several independent, lesser-known third-party flexible space providers, while WeWork and other larg…

Uber launches vouchers for businesses to give customers complimentary rides

Uber is launching a new program that makes it easier for businesses to give their customers free rides on the ride-hailing service. Called Uber Vouchers, the new initiative is designed to help any company “sponsor transportation,” according to Ronnie Gurion, global head at Uber for Business, in a blog post.

What Does Industrial’s Future Look Like?

Warehouses are getting smarter, and distribution channels are getting more efficient. As consumers demand faster delivery of goods, the industrial sector will play a huge role in making that happen and technology will be the driver. That is according to Jimmy Ullrich, director of Stan Johnson Co., who recently chatted with GlobeSt.com on demand for industrial product and what he future looks like for the sector.

Next For Uber: Disrupt Logistics Like It Did The Taxi Business?

After about two years of operation in the United States, Uber Freight is opening up shop in Europe, its aim there seemingly the same as here — to disrupt logistics in the same way it upended the taxi business. Instead of brokering rides for people, the Uber Freight app brokers rides for goods, allowing carriers and drivers to book a load with just a few taps of a button.

The rise of the robo garage

In 2006 Yair Goldberg was sure automated parking was about to take off. As an executive at Israeli industrial-automation firm Unitronics, he had just led its first project in the United States, a retrofit of a troubled robotic garage in Hoboken. The technology had gained notoriety for snafus including cars being dropped off platforms. But the kinks were being ironed out. The systems offered convenience to customers and let developers build garages that could accommodate twice as many parking sp…

What’s Happening in the PropTech Space

In this brief video from the recent Real Estate Capital Markets Conference hosted by Goodwin and Columbia Business School, experts discuss trends in PropTech, including the current state and predictions for where the space is headed. Zach Aarons, Co-Founder and Partner of MetaProp explains, “The beauty of PropTech is innovation is happening very quickly, but we’re still in the early days of it. No one who has yet to engage in 2019 should feel like they missed out.”  Other experts from Brookfield…

As Office Tenants Expect More Tech, Even the Windows Get Smart

Office developers and landlords once had to think only about supplying electricity, plumbing and heating to workplaces, leaving tenants to design their offices to their own technical specifications.

But these days, the providers of office space are being driven to provide telecommunications infrastructure and add sophisticated technology like smart windows to better compete.

Knotel Adds One Million Square Feet in Q1

Workspace Innovator Continues its Rapid Growth Globally, Adds Locations at 88 Pine Street, 1407 Broadway, 26 West 17th Street, 29 West 17th Street and 28 West 15th Street New York (April 9, 2019) – Knotel, the leading flexible office space provider, announced today it has finalized five office transactions totaling 93,903 square feet in New York City. These transactions capped a record breaking first quarter at Knotel, with global growth surging to add another one million square feet under …