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  • 5 Types of Real Estate that Tech Will Make Obsolete

    CRETech

    In Texas, they’re experimenting with the first Hyperloop “railway” which has the potential to eliminate the need for highways in the future – granted a far off future from today. But if it works at 620 mph (faster than the fastest high speed trains) from Dallas to Houston in less than a half an hour, we could definitely see it replacing air travel and eliminating much of the highway congestion plaguing nearly all 50 states. While a future that looks more like the future in sci-fi movies with …

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  • The Next Wave In Experiential Retail: Coworking

    BISNOW

    As retail landlords fight to stay relevant in this time of digital disruption and heightened experiential demand, a jewel of the office market is coming to retail. “Coworking isn’t just isolated to the office environment, it’s spreading really fast,” Colliers International National Director of Retail Services Anjee Solanki said. In the case of coworking startup Spacious, a company that transforms restaurants during their off-hours into temporary workspace, this has already become a reality. T…

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  • Is Co-Working Your Next Frenemy?

    GlobeSt.com

    NEW YORK CITY—“Third-party-provided flex space is not a phenomenon constrained to startups,” says Nicole LaRusso, director of research and analysis at CBRE. “In our survey 75% of the corporate tenants interviewed said they expect to do some amount of co-working or flex space in the next three years.” Documenting a 600% increase of co-working since 2009, the CBRE study recorded occupancy of 9.2 million square feet of Manhattan office space by third-party flex space operators. Although the flex s…

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  • New Concept Combines Co-Living And Coworking, Creates Model For Corporate Living

    BISNOW

    Rising housing costs, traffic gridlock and a housing shortage are leading developers to create new housing innovations and mixed-use buildings where people can live and work in one location. The Realtex Group, which has developed six middle-market multifamily properties in Berkeley and San Francisco’s South of Market, has proposed a new kind of mixed-use project at 475 Bryant. The developer anticipates the building to be the first large-scale self-sufficient mixed-use building where people ca…

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  • CBRE Rolls Out Free Workplace Planning Product

    Connect Media

    CBRE has rolled out Spacer, a free workplace planning product aimed at companies with 15-300 employees that may have never enlisted the help of a workplace consultant. “Spacer is an accessible technology that allows companies of all sizes to think about how to integrate new ways of working into their office space in formats that make sense for them,” said Damla Gerhart, Chicago-based Americas lead for CBRE’s workplace practice. Available to companies of any size, Spacer delivers a custom, a…

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  • Getting Down Payment Help Now. Sharing Home’s Gain (or Loss) Later.

    NY Times

    For aspiring homeowners, coming up with a healthy down payment has long been the biggest obstacle to owning a home. With property values soaring in many areas — median prices in San Jose, Calif., and Denver are 60 percent above their prerecession peaks — the barrier is rising. That has some firms promoting unconventional ways to scrape together a down payment, including crowdfunding and using Airbnb rental income. Now, a small but growing number of home buyers are trying something different: a…

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  • Lab Ventures to Host Future of Real Estate Summit on June 12

    Lab Ventures

    MIAMI, June 8, 2018 –  Why are investors pouring money into real estate tech ventures? What are the innovations with the greatest potential to upend the real estate industry?   How can tech help create a better customer experience and reshape the way homes are bought, sold and rented? Ponder the power of tech on the future of real estate with 300 industry experts, executives with established real estate and development companies, entrepreneurs and investors at Miami’s inaugural Future of Real…

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  • Use Technology To Play The Real Estate Investment Market

    Forbes

    In the real estate market, we are witnessing the expansion of new technology solutions that attract investors who have been traditionally invested exclusively in the stock and bond markets. With capabilities of data and tech accelerating each year, new artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning solutions bring additional insight and transparency to the real estate market. As these innovative tech companies gain traction, the average American planning for retirement becomes better able to…

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  • Accruent Acquires EMS Software, Strengthening Its Space Management Platform

    Accruent

    Room & Resource Scheduling Software Supports Flexible Workspaces and Campuses AUSTIN, TX, June 4, 2018 – Accruent, the world’s leading provider of physical resource management solutions, has acquired EMS Software, bringing the industry-leading workplace and campus management platform into its portfolio, and offering customers the ability to make data-driven meeting space planning decisions. This acquisition continues to build on Accruent’s strategy to deliver the entire lifecycle of manag…

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  • WeWork takes new location at property owned by top exec’s family

    The Real Deal

    WeWork is opening a location at a Flatiron District property partially owned by the family of one of its top executives.

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