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Beyond The Bio: 16 Questions With Stay Alfred Co-Founder/CEO Jordan Allen

CRETech May 22, 2019

This series profiles men and women in commercial real estate who have profoundly transformed our neighborhoods and reshaped our cities, businesses and lifestyles. Jordan Allen was an airborne ranger and captain in the United States Army. He served in war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan for eight years. But what really scared him was hiring the first full-time employee at Stay Alfred, the flexibl...

Corporate Venture Capital Is Here To Stay

CRETech May 22, 2019

Everyone is fascinated with predicting when the market will turn, especially venture capitalists. Perhaps now that Game of Thrones is over, we can put a merciful death to the refrains of “winter is coming” that seemed so much more clever seven seasons ago.

And while Chamath Palihapitiya of Social Capital recently sugg...

CBRE eyes 3 World Trade Center for its coworking brand

CRETech May 22, 2019

CBRE, the world's largest commercial brokerage and real estate services company, is searching for space to house its newly launched coworking brand, Hana, and has recently entertained talks to open its first city location in the at 3 World Trade Center.

CBRE announced late last year that

Macerich exec says “the retail apocalypse is a good thing”

CRETech May 22, 2019

As e-commerce continues to kill brick-and-mortar stores, some landlords appear to be embracing the new reality for retail. “The retail apocalypse is a good thing,” said Jesse Franklin, the vice president of investment and ...

Real estate’s surveillance state

CRETech May 22, 2019

The Edge in Amsterdam is widely considered the smartest building in the world.

Since the 15-story office property opened four years ago, its 28,000 sensors have collected roughly 55 terabytes of data on everything from the air’s CO2 levels to workers’ daily coffee orders. If that information were...

How Retailers are Using AI to Win

CRETech May 22, 2019

Retailer spending on AI is projected to grow from $2 billion last year to $7.3 billion by 2022. So say panelists at ICSC RECon 2019. According to moderator Deborah Weinswig, founder and CEO of Coresight Research, the retail industry spent the most on AI in 2018 (as compared to other property sectors like healthcare, for example), according to their research. “China’s retailers are using dat...

JLL Panel Breakfast Talks AI, New Innovative Concepts

CRETech May 22, 2019

LAS VEGAS—Technology, demographics and culture are all in a constant state of flux and the changing retail landscape will create new winners and new losers. Those retailers and landlords who anticipate that change have the best chance for success. So said panelists at JLL’s breakfast presentation at ICSC RECon Monday morning. According JLL’s Greg Maloney, CEO of retail, the consumer is dr...

Openpath Expands Executive Team and Customer Roster With Notable Additions, Including Domino’s Pizza

CRETech May 22, 2019

LOS ANGELES - May 8, 2019 - Openpath, a leader in next-generation access control technology, today announced Kieran Hannon joined the company’...

CRE Tech Investments Volume Up in April

CRETech May 21, 2019

Commercial global real estate tech investment volumes increased in April. According to research from CRETech, tech investment in the industry increased 13% last month over activity in March 2019 with 18 deals totaling more than $1 billion. Year-over-year, CRE tech investment increased 121%. US companies led this activity, accounting for 88% of all v...

Robin picks up $20 million Series B to optimize the office

CRETech May 21, 2019

Robin Powered, a startup looking to help offices run better, has today announced the close of a $20 million Series B funding. The round was led by Tola Capital, with existing investors Accomplice and FirstMark participating in the round, along with a new strategic Allegion Ventures.