Y Combinator Launches A Conference For Young People To Find ‘Future Elon Musks’

Y Combinator runs arguably the best-known startup accelerator program in the world. Now it’s launching an event to tap into the pre-startup talent pool. Called YC 120, the new conference will gather 100 young attendees with 20 more established business and tech leaders for a weekend in late April in Colorado. According to president Sam Altman, Y Combinator is good at surfacing collaborators and leading thinkers for its portfolio founders who can “find their tribe” in its network of founder a…

How CCTV Cameras Are Changing Cities for the Better

Who’s afraid of “Big Brother?” Apparently, not the British public. In the UK, the number of surveillance cameras mounted in the country range from 2 million to 5 million. Londoners are practically under surveillance at every turn, making it one of the most monitored cities in the world. If that seems excessive, for locals, it’s not—it’s welcomed and embraced. In fact, a recent YouGov survey suggests that 84 percent of the British public polled were happy to see closed-circuit television (CCTV…

Why Technology Hasn’t Fixed the Housing Crisis

Billions have been flowing into a corner of the tech industry focused on the housing market. And now there are start-ups to help landlords manage properties, or homeowners manage sales, or tenants manage their packages. But hardly any of it touches the central problem of housing: For many people, it costs too much. “None of that investment, nor the solutions that those companies are offering, will fundamentally change the dynamic of the housing market in a way that increases housing affordabil…

CREtech Announces WeWork Leadership Team to Serve on Panel for LA Conference on March 27-28

Largest conference in commercial real estate tech attracts leading speakers for its LA conference New York, NY (January 31, 2019) — CREtech (cretech.com), the largest event, data and content platform covering the commercial real estate tech industry, announces first keynote session for its upcoming conference in Los Angeles on March 27-28. The session, “Inside WeWork” will feature four of WeWork’s (The We Company) top executives from their Real Estate Partnerships, Real Estate Development, …

Commercial Tenant Engagement Leader, Equiem, Continues to Expand U.S Presence at 5 Houston Center in Houston, Texas

5 Houston Center to Introduce Equiem’s Cutting-Edge Platform at Destination Office Tower January 23, 2019 Global property technology and services company, Equiem, has rolled out its market-leading digital tenant engagement platform at 5 Houston Center in Houston, Texas. Situated in downtown Houston and comprising over 580,000 sq. ft of Class A office space, the 27-story 5 Houston Center is leased to a wide range of tenants, including Bank of Texas and professional services company EY, whic…

How Tech Can Save Money for Landlords with Net Leases

Enertiv’s CEO explains to GlobeSt.com ways technology can save landlords substantial dollars. NEW YORK CITY—Technology can assist all property owners in the upkeep of their buildings. But it can be particularly helpful with triple net leases, where in addition to rent and utilities, tenants pay for taxes, insurance and maintenance. When a net lease expires, a landlord returning to his or her property could find equipment, which cost just say $250,000 and should have lasted as long as 20 years, …

CONVERGENCE: THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT

As designers, we aspire to solve the issues that matter most to our clients. To advance this goal, SmithGroup established Client Advisory Boards — a unique platform for exploring ideas with organizations at the forefront of today’s most pertinent business challenges. From these provocative conversations, we align our design approach with future thinking infused by our clients’ perspective. In the Fall of 2018, we convened a group of developers, property managers, city planners and end-users in a…

Construction Industry Should Embrace Digital Documentation to Streamline Projects

How Your Office Space Impacts Employee Well-Being

In the last 20 years, the modern office has gone through a number of evolutions. The early 2000s saw the death of cubicle farms and the rise of open floorplans, and 2015 brought waves of ping pong and foosball tables to offices everywhere. While office trends come and go, one thing that does not change is the impact that the office environment has on employee health and wellbeing. A quality workspace design leads to a less stressful and more productive atmosphere. It’s essential that employer…

Compass hires Solil’s Brett Weinblatt, rounding out NYC commercial offerings

With investment sales and office leasing teams in place, Compass is beefing up its commercial offerings in New York with the hiring of another veteran agent. The SoftBank-backed brokerage brought in longtime Solil Management agent Brett Weinblatt last week, to head a team focused on retail and industrial leasing throughout the city, according to PincusCo. Compass announced its arrival in the commercial space last August, with the hire of Eastern Consolidated’s Adelaide Polsinelli to join i…