CRE Tech Firm Expands Analytic Service to Houston
Coy Davidson
RetailMatch.io now identifies and scores deals for retail landlords, businesses, and agents in…
Latest Trends and Insights in Real Estate Technology
Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
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Behind Seattle’s Amazon Tax: Seething Tensions, Livid Neighbors, and Rising Rents
Bloomberg
It was, as the local public radio station said, the day “Seattle Nice” died. On May 2, the residents of Seattle were hit with a one-two punch. For months, the city council had been debating a new tax on large employers to raise $75 million for new affordable housing and services for the homeless, whose growing population had burst out of shelters and into tents around the city.
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WeWork confirms new spaces in Seattle and Bellevue; broker report flags more
Biz Journals
A commercial real estate company’s brokers have identified more than 500,000 square feet of pending WeWork deals on both sides of Lake Washington.
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Amazon Partners With Lennar To Launch ‘Experience Centers’ Controlled By Alexa
Bisnow
Amazon has partnered with major homebuilder Lennar to create “Amazon Experience Centers,” which are model homes containing built-in Alexa-controlled appliances. The goal is to persuade homeowners and homebuyers to embed Amazon services into their houses.
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And the Robot Said…
CRETech
Two great articles to share…one about a prediction and another about a transaction. Is this what’s coming to CRE tech? Are we heading towards the day when a robot will be able to determine the best lease or sale solution for a company? Some would say that day is already here. It’s certainly here in other industries: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/53782.wss https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2017/11/why-ai-drives-better-business-decision-making.html https://www.investoped…
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WeWork takes 100K sf in Chelsea
The Real Deal
WeWork is gobbling up even more space in Chelsea. The $20 billion co-working company signed a 100,000-square-foot lease at Walter & Samuels’ 214 West 29th Street, the firm told The Real Deal. The agreement, which was signed last month, covers floors two through eight….
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This robot can lay 1,000 bricks in an hour
The Real Deal
An Australian company built a brick-laying robot it says can build a home in a fraction of the time it takes a normal construction crew. Fastbrick Robotics’ Hadrian X, which works off of a 3D model, can lay more than 1,000 bricks per hour, Business Insider reported.
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How Neuroscience Is Optimizing the Office
WSJ
As competition for employees and ideas increases, employers are looking to office design to give them an edge. That’s why companies like Amazon, Google and Samsung have asked us to create spaces that directly affect how their employees think and feel. Our research over the past four years has shown how design affects human biology and experience, allowing us to maximize comfort and productivity. This means creating spaces with all five senses in mind and thinking about the impact of everything f…
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Has Coworking Grown Up Enough To Open The Door For New Kids?
Bisnow
Coworking has proven to be more than just a fad, as WeWork turns into a global empire and regional operators expand their fields of influence, but it has lost the scrappy underdog feel that made it appeal to its first members.
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Amazon Go — a cashierless version of 7-Eleven — is expanding to San Francisco and Chicago
Recode
Four months after Amazon opened its first futuristic convenience store in its hometown of Seattle, the company said on Monday that it will bring new Amazon Go locations to San Francisco and Chicago later this year.
