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The Information Revolution is At Hand

CRETech
9/20/2018

A real estate professional’s biggest asset is information. Not just lots of it (there already is!) but understanding that information, tracking its change over time, and relaying key insights to our clients. What will CRE professionals gain from this information revolution? Understanding behaviors We’d like to think human beings are unpredictable. Science shows we like our routines more than we think. These insights into consumer behavior are changing space utilization. We’re learning how peop…

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1776 and Truss Partner to Expand Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in the Greater Washington, D.C. Region

CREtech
9/19/2018

Sept. 19, 2018 Exclusive Partnership Connects Thriving Startups with their Next Office Space Washington, D.C. – 1776, the nation’s largest network of incubators, and Truss, an award-winning platform for commercial real estate, announced today an exclusive partnership serving startups in the Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia area. 1776 members, which are comprised of early startups and growth entrepreneurs, will be able to find, tour and lease their next office space through Truss’ plat…

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Let Tech Help You Figure Out Your Next Location

CRETech
9/19/2018

Commercial real estate professionals are well aware of the role location plays in success. Every submarket has unique site demands: an office needs access to transportation, amenities, and a talented workforce; a shopping center needs high traffic close to ideal demographic centers; hospitality wants to be close to transportation or amenities. Finding the right place within the budget challenges decision-makers. Luckily, smart analytics tools provide deeper insights into the best locations for y…

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EXCLUSIVE: Real Estate Marketplace SpaceList Seeks To Help Brokers, Tenants With Free Data-Sharing Initiative

BISNOW
9/19/2018

Though technological advances in the commercial real estate industry have made sourcing real estate deals, raising capital for projects and managing assets more efficient than ever before they have yet to solve a decades-old issue plaguing many brokers and small to midsize firms: a lack of streamlined and standardized commercial listings data on the market, particularly for leases.

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Smarter cities: How private markets are reshaping the urban landscape

PITCHBOOK
9/19/2018

In Plato’s “Republic,” Socrates and his interlocutors have a conversation that was apparently typical in ancient Greece. Is the soul immortal? Should we live a life focused on justice? What is the path to true happiness? Heady stuff that’s been pondered for ages. Socrates suggests exploring those issues on a larger scale, that of an entire city, to more easily uncover the answers. Since a lack of self-awareness is apparently timeless, he concludes that the philosophers should be king.

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EPISODE 2: MICHAEL BECKERMAN ON AI AND CRE TECH

THE NEWS FUNNEL
9/19/2018

In our latest episode, the Real Estate Tech Guys sit down with Michael Beckerman, CEO of CRETech to discuss AI, WeWork, self-driving cars, and how these things can impact commercial real estate.

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Altus Group Report Reveals Shifts in Trade Policy, Technology and Financing Are Disrupting Global Real Estate Development Industry

ALTUS GROUP
9/19/2018

TORONTO (September 17, 2018) – Altus Group Limited (“Altus Group”) (TSX: AIF), a leading provider of software, data solutions and independent advisory services to the global commercial real estate industry, today released the Altus Group Real Estate Development Trends Report, which provides an outlook of a global property development industry being hit by rapid change from disruptive market forces that did not exist a few years ago or have evolved substantially.

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Brandon Weber steps back from VTS

THE REAL DEAL
9/19/2018

Almost two years after Brandon Weber merged his property software startup Hightower with rival VTS, he is taking a step back from the combined company. Weber, who currently serves as VTS’ chief product officer and is billed as a co-founder, will give up his day job, he told The Real Deal on Monday. He will continue to sit on the company’s board and work as a senior adviser to CEO Nick Romito on a part-time basis.

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Compass deploys sneak-peek marketing; cue the raised eyebrows

THE REAL DEAL
9/19/2018

In a world where movie trailers can still lure film goers into theaters, residential brokerage Compass wants to deploy that kind of sneak-peek marketing to sell homes. The New York brokerage has launched a feature that allows its agents to post their listings to Compass’ website days before sharing them with local multiple-listing systems and portals like Zillow, StreetEasy and Realtor.com.

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AI tech takes aim at resi industry investors

THE REAL DEAL
9/19/2018

The next big arms race in institutional residential investing may just involve artificial intelligence. A handful of companies are developing big data technologies to help institutional investors find the homes they want and buy them in bulk, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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