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  • One of StreetEasy’s most vociferous critics plans new rental website

    The Real Deal

    One of StreetEasy’s most outspoken critics is taking on Zillow with a new rental platform in New York City. Phil Horigan, who launched Leasebreak.com in 2013, is rolling out a “comprehensive” and free rental marketplace at frēlē.com, he said. Horigan is not pulling the plug on Leasebreak — a popular website that connects tenants looking for renters to take over their lease — but frēlē will target a broader swath of the market. The former Corcoran Group agent said he decided to launch the s…

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  • How Developers Discovered Tampa’s ‘Best-Kept Secret’

    NY Times

    The University of South Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute is one of many projects under development on and around the waterfront in Tampa. Credit Todd Anderson for The New York Times TAMPA, Fla. — When Paul Guzzo first set eyes on Tampa in 1999, he was not impressed. “I thought, this isn’t a city — it’s a ghost town,” said Mr. Guzzo, a native of Trenton who, like so many other Northerners, had moved south for the balmy weather. “It was…

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  • theBrokerList Helps Establish CRE Connections — For Free

    CRETech

    We all know that success in real estate means location, location, location — but it also means relationships. theBrokerList is just that — an online platform for finding brokers, deals, services and vendors — and it’s free. The online, interactive resource verifies and certifies its brokers, leasing agents and manager members as “commercial.” It makes use of comprehensive tools and social media, and allows you to communicate directly with members. It also lets others find you, so that you…

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  • Big Bay Area Tech Tenants Use Their Leverage To Dictate Leasing Terms, Office Design

    Bisnow

    Even though office market conditions favor landlords in San Francisco, large office tenants are using their clout to shape leases and office design. Big tech tenants, especially ones taking entire buildings, know they are the holy grail of tenants for San Francisco landlords, and are using that to get what they want out of their offices. Kilroy Realty Corp. Partial rendering of Kilroy Realty’s The Exchange on 16th in San Francisco “The trend is hunting and chasing the biggest, most creditworthy …

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  • The 15 minute fad coming to your office

    JLL New York Commercial Real Estate Blog

    The 15 minute fad coming to your office April 10, 20180 CommentsBy JLL New York When talking about trends in the workplace, there is one word that is repeated constantly. Collaboration. Employers are tasked with striking a balance between encouraging open communication and teamwork and still maintaining some element of privacy to accommodate the changing demographics taking over today’s’ offices. Given that a large potion of the modern workforce is young, flexibility is becoming even more import…

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  • Podcast #180 Brandon Sedloff Managing Director, VP – Sales Juniper Square.

    Duke Long

    What is the real world experience like moving into the SaaS world? How does that compare to traditional real estate? Why investment management? Given that Juniper Square is focused on investment managers and sist at the intersection of the manager and investor, what are the future developing trends? What exactly does Juniper Square do and why is this important? What happens now that you just announced your series A, what do you intend to use this capital for? All this and so mu…

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  • 6 commercial real estate associations to join and how to get the most out of them

    Apto Blog

    Joining a commercial real estate association is one of the best ways to widen your network. It can also increase your credibility with clients and help give your career a boost by providing access to people, resources, and continuing education opportunities you wouldn’t be able to obtain otherwise. While there’s lots of associations to choose from, we’ve highlighted some of the top ones brokers should consider joining. Some may be a better fit for you than others, but they’re all highly regarded…

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  • Hamburg and Berlin compete for claim to be Germany’s tech hub, startup haven

    The Real Deal

    As European cities try to attract an expected post-Brexit wave of companies moving out of London, Hamburg is looking better and better. With major tech companies like Google and Facebook already setting up shop in the German city, Hamburg’s mix of industry as a port city and financial center gives it a broad appeal, according to the Financial Times. Among other companies based in the city are Siemens and Airbus. Last year, Hamburg-based startups raised €230 million in funding, as compared …

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  • One Thing I am Now Convinced of Regarding What it’s Going to Take to Compete in Commercial Real Estate Tech…

    CRETech

    Size! I was never one to think that size mattered in business. I fundamentally believe that ideas, passion, and grit matter more than anything in business. But as I reflect on where we are in the commercial real estate tech sector, I now see that it’s going to take a lot of resources (both financial and human), to emerge a winner in the this era of commercial real estate startups. And as crazy as it sounds, I don’t think it’s going to be all about technology. Even as I write this, I ki…

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  • Zillow’s Spencer Rascoff on the future of his $10B company

    The Real Deal

    Spencer Rascoff doesn’t often share his secret sauce. But in a new, wide-ranging interview, the CEO of Zillow provided the most detailed look yet at the strategy that’s made the company a $10 billion listings giant. The big insight, Rascoff said to Forbes, was betting it all on mobile in 2007, after watching Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ announcement that the company would allow third-party apps on the iPhone. “Literally within the week we had pivoted towards mobile,” Rascoff said. “[We] basically…

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