New Apto National Broker Buzz Poll Reveals: What Commercial Real Estate Brokers Really Think About #WeWork, #Co-Working

Commercial real estate brokers generally are not threatened by WeWork and the overall co-working trend, according to the latest Apto National Broker Buzz Poll, which was conducted the week of August 20.

Why startups are leaving Silicon Valley

“LIKE Florence in the Renaissance.” That is a common description of what it is like to live in Silicon Valley. America’s technology capital has an outsize influence on the world’s economy, stockmarkets and culture. This small portion of land running from San Jose to San Francisco is home to three of the world’s five most valuable companies.

Freshly funded, startup helps online brands navigate brick and mortar

It turns out brick-and-mortar retail is not so easy to kill off. A company that got its start helping online brands open pop-up stores has just re-launched to help pop-ups become full-blown brick-and-mortar operations.

The State of Construction Technology

6 Steps to Boost Your Office CyberSecurity

Cyber attackers want information and money, making real estate businesses a prime target for attacks. A few easy measures will help protect your clients’ most sensitive data from reaching the wrong hands. #1- Use Common Sense Prevention is the best defense against a cyber attack. The simplest measures are the easiest, like: No one should write passwords on a sticky note and tape them to their computer. One disgruntled employee seeing a password note left lying can create havoc on a system…

Can Compass deliver?

Robert Reffkin did not want his picture taken. Not in front of an illuminated Compass logo. Not seated. And certainly not with his arms crossed.

Six years after co-founding the residential brokerage industry’s first unicorn with Ori Allon, Reffkin is working hard to cultivate the image of someone who is harnessing nearly $800 million in venture capital to transform the way real estate agents do business.

AnySizeDeals and CREtech Announce Collaborative Partnership Agreement

CREtech and AnySizeDeals will co-produce #BitcoinCRE events in 2019 New York, NY (September 6th, 2018) — CREtech (cretech.com), the leading commercial real estate technology platform and AnySizeDeals, a member network organization comprised of professionals passionate about real estate, Proptech and Blockchain have announced a partnership to collaborate and jointly produce #BitcoinCRE events in San Francisco and New York in early 2019. Michael Beckerman, CEO, CREtech commented, “This partner…

7 Most Interesting Findings From BOMA CRE Technology Trends Report

BOMA recently released its 600-respondent survey, “Commercial Real Estate Technology Trends 2018.” The survey feedback produced some interesting findings on how building operators and managers incorporate technology. Check out these standout results on commercial real estate technology implementation. #1- Only four percent of owners and asset managers consider themselves highly effective technology users. At this stage of global technology adoption, this is mind-blowing. Just four percent are …

San Francisco Startup Launches Real Estate Messenger

A San Francisco-based tech startup has unveiled a professional messenger for the real estate industry. Openland is designed to streamline communication between owners, builders, investors, lenders, tenants, brokers and local government officials.

Amazon opens its largest Amazon Go convenience store yet

Amazon is picking up the pace when it comes to unveiling its line of “stores of the future,” today opening its second cashier-less Amazon Go convenience store in the last week. More Amazon Go locations are expected to land in other cities soon, though the company has yet to confirm any plans….