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The News Funnel: Commercial Real Estate News, Personalized

CRETech August 14, 2019
The News Funnel is the commercial real estate industry’s largest content platform. Real estate professionals can create a free, customized News Funnel and receive headlines from their favorite sources daily. Companies can distribute their news and content for free to over 150,000 real estate professionals.
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Venture Capital Investments in Commercial Real Estate Tech – July 2019

CRETech August 14, 2019
Download CREtech's Monthly Funding Snapshot Report on venture capital investments for July 2019.  The heatwave of venture funding continued in July 2019. Investments in private real estate tech companies reached $2.5 billion, a 126% month-to-month increase.  During the same period, t...
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Co(ld) War: Why Some Landlords Prefer WeWork and Others Reach for Knotel

CRETech August 14, 2019

Like a Soviets-versus-U.S. space race, New York landlords have to figure out which side of the Iron Curtain they want to be on: WeWork’s or Knotel’s.

WeWork and Knotel are the two biggest flexible office space providers in the city, competing for tenants and offices with relatively few overt acts ...

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Why Technology Won’t Replace Human Touch

CRETech August 14, 2019
In the residential market, more—not less—people are using brokers to buy a home, despite online tools. In fact, more buyers are looking online and following up with expert advice from a broker. The trend is a good sign for the commercial market that technology won’t replace the human touch of the real estate industry. Technology, instead, is becoming a part of the process along with human br...
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WeWork reveals IPO filing

CRETech August 14, 2019

WeWork, now known as The We Company, released its IPO prospectusWednesday morning months after filing confidentially to go public. The company indicated plans to raise $1 billion in what is ...

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Coworking Firms Draw Tenants With Babysitting, Farm-to-Desk Dining

CRETech August 14, 2019

Long gone are the coworking days when it was enough to offer a cheap desk and maybe a beer keg.

At, for instance, The Wing, the coworking space designed for women, which will count at least 13 locations by year-end, members are offered showers, a roof deck, a beauty room, and e...

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Construction-Focused Venture Firm Brick & Mortar Closes $97 Million Fund

CRETech August 14, 2019
Brick & Mortar Ventures has raised a $97 million fund targeting the construction, engineering and architecture sectors. Backed by large construction companies including Ardex GmbH and Mexican concrete company Cemex SAB, the fund has already invested in 16 startups since January 2018. The San Francisco-based firm has invested in startups developing everything from enterprise technology for p...
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CREtech Releases 2019 Mid Year Report on State of The Commercial Real Estate Tech Sector

CRETech August 13, 2019
The most important strategic analysis and comprehensive overview of the state of the commercial real estate tech sector is here! Considered the number one resource for data, trends and startup information, the 2019 CREtech Mid Year Report is a must-have for any commercial real estate professional or company.
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Venture Capital and Commercial Real Estate

CRETech August 13, 2019
ORLANDO, FL—Venture capital is changing commercial real estate at an astonishing pace. GlobeSt.com recently caught up with Andrea Jang, head of growth Americas for JLL Spark, to gain insight on how venture capitalists choose what to fund, how their funding will change CRE, and how to keep pace with the changes. The topics we focused on will be part of a larger 
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Driverless Vehicles Start Crawling Around New York City Development

CRETech August 13, 2019
New York City's first self-driving cars are now making regular trips around a 2.5 million-square-foot redeveloped industrial park, the latest test of the nascent technology in a real estate project across the country and the first for the state of New York. Autonomous cars are still in their early stages as they spread in controlled-environment developments around the United States. The latest ...
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