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  • WiFi Trees And Underground Urban Farms: What The Ideal City Of 2040 Might Look Like

    Bisnow

    Futurology is an inherently dangerous profession; it is impossible to predict changes more than 10 or 15 years into the future with much accuracy. Take “Blade Runner” for example: the original 1982 film imagined perfect near-human robots and flying cars, but has Harrison Ford using pay phones in 2019. JLL has had a crack at outlining what the ideal cityscape of 2040 might look like in a new report, The Transformation Framework. According to the report, the city of 2040 will include co-working an…

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  • Selina raises $95M to create a boutique travel lodging experience built around communities

    Techcrunch

    If you’re looking to travel abroad — and especially if you’re looking to work while doing so — it might be tough to convince yourself you can find a cool boutique hotel that caters to a lot of different price points, as well as surround yourself with people that will help you feel like you should still get your work done. That’s the goal of Selina, an emerging co-working and traveling hospitality service that opens up campuses geared toward fitting those niches across Central America. What st…

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  • Convene Opens In Brookfield’s DTLA Portfolio

    Globest

    Brookfield rolls out the Convene brand at the Wells Fargo Center, and has plans to roll out lounge facilities at two more of its downtown properties.

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

    The Real Deal – New York

    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 t…

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  • The 9 most common tech buzzwords that just confuse everybody

    RealMassive

    The Commercial Real Estate industry is currently undergoing rapid technological growth. Although the availability of apps, drones, and software solutions lends itself very well to the CRE industry, it can also lead to confusion. If you’re struggling to keep up with the latest tech jargon and how they relate to CRE, you’re definitely not alone. But, better understanding the most common CRE tech language will help you stay ahead of the competition. So, we put together a list of the nine tech…

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  • Furniture and decor startups are cashing in on hot rental markets

    The Real Deal – New York

    People don’t have “forever homes” anymore, let alone permanent furniture they want to schlep between rentals. A slew of startups are trying to address these needs by meeting renters’ desire to have nice things, but not become beholden to them via solutions ranging from an aggregate site of design hacks to a modular furniture builder to a rental furniture company, according to the Financial Times. “The top three assets you have in your life are a home, car and furniture. There are tons of rental …

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  • Industrious Expands SoCal Presence With Two New Locations

    The Commercial Observer – Commercial Real Estate

    Fresh off of an $80 million funding round, flexible workspace provider Industrious has continued to grow its footprint nationally—and the Southern California market is no exception. Industrious has inked leases for two new locations, spanning a combined 64,000 square feet, in the Century City district of Los Angeles and the Orange County city of Irvine, according to The Real Deal. The shared office provider signed a lease for 40,000 square feet across two floors at 1925 Century Park East in Cent…

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  • MIPIM 2018: Brexit, PropTech and Coworking the Hot Topics

    Hightower Blog

    As they do every March, commercial real estate professionals and civic leaders from around the globe recently converged on Cannes, France, for the annual MIPIM conference that internationally examines the industry. During the event, the most prominent topics impacting the industry were discussed, and the grandest projects to be seen in select cities and countries were on display in the exhibit hall of the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès convention center.Read on for some of the pressing issu…

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  • Lawyer bots take the hassle out of fighting parking tickets and property taxes — and could cost local governments real revenue

    Recode

    After finding a parking ticket lashed to his windshield, Seattle resident Dan Lear normally would have bitten the bullet and paid up, even though he felt misled by street signage. Instead, Lear decided to try his luck with DoNotPay, a free bot service that streamlines the process of contesting parking tickets. The service helped Lear win a dismissal in 2016, leaving him a little bit richer and Seattle a little bit poorer. New technology-powered services like DoNotPay, WinIt and TurboAppeal are…

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  • Shared Office Provider Spaces Inks 31K-SF Deal for First Brooklyn Digs

    Commercial Observer

    Spaces, a flexible workspace provider and a subsidiary of IWG, signed a 30,716-square-foot lease on Monday at 41 Flatbush Avenue, which is also known as the Pioneer Building, in Downtown Brooklyn, Commercial Observer has learned. SEE ALSO: Blick Art Materials Among Retailers Opening Outposts in DoBro It will be Spaces’ first location in Kings County. The company’s 15-year lease covers the entire 26,908-square-foot second floor of the 10-story building between Livingston Street and Lafayette Av…

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