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  • Coworking Sector is Ripe with Opportunity

    CREtech

    The Future of Office Space As A Service It was less than 10 years ago when “shared- office space” was a dirty word. If you didn’t have your own lease, you wouldn’t dare risk telling clients as they would question your legitimacy of being a real business. Then came WeWork. Today, coworking has transcended the generational divide and stigma of what it means to be in business. Once thought of as only for nomadic freelancers, coworking has become big business attracting some of the largest re…

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  • Skyline AI Co-Founder and CEO Guy Zipori Wins Rising Star Award at Commercial Real Estate 20 Awards 2019

    SKYLINE AI

    Zipori wins leading industry award honoring individuals with outstanding achievements in the commercial real estate industry [New York, February 27th, 2019] –Guy Zipori, CEO and Co-Founder ofSkyline AI, an artificial intelligence asset manager for commercial real estate, won the Rising Star Award at Real Estate Finance & Investment Magazine’s Commercial Real Estate 20 Awards 2019. The Commercial Real Estate 20 awards honors achievement among investment companies and private equity funds foc…

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  • After surpassing revenue target in 2018, CoStar reveals ambitious goal for 2023

    THE REAL DEAL

    Real estate data giant CoStar Group exceeded $1 billion in revenue in 2018. And by the end of 2023, it hopes to roughly triple that figure to $3 billion. Though tumult in the stock market contributed to a dip in CoStar’s market value, the company finished 2018 with a strong balance sheet, it disclosed in an earnings report on Tuesday. On the company’s subsequent earnings call, chief executive Andrew Florance said the firm posted $1.2 billion in revenue, a jump from $965 million for 2017. CoSt…

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  • What will the office of the future look like?

    TOP BREWER

    As more research is undertaken into the future of the workplace, what we consider to be innovative office design will continue to change. 30 years ago, open-plan office spaces with breakout zones and games rooms were practically unheard of, nowadays they’re becoming the norm. As the younger generations join the workforce, companies are changing the way they design the office space (click here to find out how to engineer your workplace for next-gen employees), and the amenities they offer as stan…

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  • How 5G Will Change So Much More Than Your Phone

    WSJ

    The current generation of wireless technology ushered in a host of new smartphone applications that helped put the mobile phone at the center of e-commerce, socializing and navigation. The next wave of wireless—5G—will supercharge cellphones, but its real strength lies in its potential to power the “Internet of Things,” a byword for everything electronic other than the smartphone. That includes factory production lines that get instructions over the air instead of through wires; driverless…

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  • Briq raises over $3 million to predict outcomes in the construction industry

    TECH STARTUPS

    With spending reaching over $1.231 trillion, the United States is the one of the largest construction market worldwide. The construction industry is faced with a number of challenges. The failure rates for construction projects are consistently high. Construction projects take 20 percent longer to finish than scheduled. Large projects are up to 80 percent over budget and 98 percent of mega projects suffer cost overruns of more than 30 percent. The construction industry also has great data wealth…

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  • Proptech: Call for 2019 Applications

    TECHSTARS

    The Colliers Proptech Accelerator Powered by Techstars is thrilled to announce that applications are now open for our 2019 mentorship-driven accelerator.

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  • Tech and the War for Talent & Retention

    GLOBEST

    DALLAS–It’s hardly news anymore that the commercial real estate industry is behind the eight ball when it comes to hiring and retention. What is news to many is that technology can play a major role in winning the war for talent. That’s Perry Levine’s take on the industry’s human resource crunch. Levine, industry principal for Dallas- based RealPage, sees a serious disconnect between the focus of senior management in commercial real estate and the career paths of the up-and-coming generation …

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  • Second Century Ventures Launches REach® Commercial Accelerator

    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

    WASHINGTON (February 19, 2019) — Second Century Ventures, the National Association of Realtors®’ strategic investment arm, has launched REach® Commercial, its first commercial real estate technology accelerator. Applications for the 2019 REach® Commercial class will be accepted through March 31, 2019, at narreach.com/apply(link is external). “Expanding the REach® accelerator program will further NAR’s vision outlined last summer at the iOi conference in San Francisco, creating a dynamic, comp…

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  • How Ten-X’s New President Is Paving The Way For More Women In Proptech

    FORBES

    “I’m currently reading Subscribed by Tien Tzuo,” says New York-born Maureen Waters President of Ten-X Commercial.  She believes the subscription economy will be part of the 10 year-old global proptech platform’s future. Ten-X manages almost $53 billion dollars of commercial real estate transactions according to its website, and with just over a month as its new president, Waters wants to take it to the next level. According to RE:Tech, a real estate tech research agency, the proptech indu…

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