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  • Will Compass’ Chicago ambitions send its rivals spinning?

    The Real Deal – Miami

    In early March, a 25-foot-wide billboard went up at 3033 North Clark Street in Lakeview. On it was a cartoon of a mustachioed, fedora-clad old-timer with Groucho Marx eyebrows, clasping a giant compass. Splashed next to him, right above an @properties logo, were the ominous words: “Don’t ask for directions from a tourist.” It was a quintessentially Chicago welcome for Compass, the venture-backed residential brokerage that expanded here in November with temporary digs at the Lakeview property and…

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  • How San Francisco’s Newest Co-Working Company Is Advancing Shared Workspace Design

    Bisnow

    A new San Francisco co-working company launching in April has created a new twist on the typical co-working model.  Courtesy of Werqwise Communal workspace lounge at Werqwise All of Werqwise’s design decisions at its first co-working space were made to create a better workspace that will improve productivity and employee motivation, according to Werqwise founder and CEO Alan Mackay. The office space incorporates natural light and has acoustic flooring and paneling to reduce noise. The firm’s San…

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  • Menlo Ventures is making its first real bet on crypto as Bitpay raises $40 million

    Recode

    Venture capital firms over the last year or so have wrestled with how forcefully to lean into investing in startups linked to cryptocurrencies: Is blockchain technology so consequential that we should reorient our entire investment strategy? Is it a fad that we can avoid as our competitors get distracted? Or should we gingerly — maybe even reluctantly — make a few investments just to minimize our downside until it’s clearer whether there is indeed money to be made here? Now an ol…

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  • In Japan, Global Design Blended with Local Touches

    WeWork

    Carrie Schulz admitted that she was a little apprehensive. The design director for WeWork Tokyo says the fact that two new locations are opening this month in Japan’s capital city, and a third is being expanded, means a lot of work for her team. “We’re still working through our first few projects here,” says Schulz. “We’ve been nervous about the space and how it would be received.” On top of that, her team was already moving forward on a full roster of other buildings. The good news was th…

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  • Knotel takes on CoStar with blockchain-based leasing data platform

    The Real Deal

    As if facing off against WeWork in the flexible office market isn’t enough, Knotel is now going after property data behemoth CoStar. The New York-based startup plans to launch an online office listing data platform dubbed KnotelKoin, according to an email the company’s founder Amol Sarva sent to acquaintances and business partners Thursday. The platform will be based on blockchain technology: participants can add and verify information about particular office spaces through a peer-to-peer led…

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  • Waze Local Could Deliver A 20% Increase In Traffic For Brick-And-Mortar Retailers

    Bisnow

    Waze Local, a new local feature built into the mobile mapping system owned by Google, allows small businesses and retailers to purchase advertising that will show up on the maps as a branded pin, encouraging drivers to stop in at the physical locations on their way to or from a destination. With Waze Local, business owners will also be able to promote listings in the search results section of the app and can purchase banner ads that show up at the top of a users mobile screen, TechCrunch reports…

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  • Spacelist Powers Your Website With Thousands of Listings — So Your Visitors Don’t Stray

    CRETech

    Canadian-based Spacelist lets you search billions of square feet of commercial real estate listings for free. It’s used by over one million tenants, brokers and landlords. The idea is to make it easy, transparent and even fun to search for space, with detailed, accurate information that allows searchers to make a smart decision. You can power your own website with the SpaceList Engine, with current and active listings. The engine is integrated into your website; listings are automatically po…

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  • RealConnex Forges Back-to-Back Partnerships

    Connect Commercial Real Estate

    Commercial real estate networking platform RealConnex has formed a partnership with Invizen IT, a real-time CRE analytics platform. The partnership adds asset protection, underwriting, land value analysis and feasibility reporting to RealConnex’s existing offerings. According to RealConnex, the arrangement's added capability means its users can verify CRE deals and aid in the progress of investments with Invizen IT’s proprietary reporting methods that leverage currently underutilized data. …

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  • 3-D Printed Buildings Are a Tech Twist on Ancient Construction Techniques

    WSJ

    Many inventions, in hindsight, feel more like discoveries. Think of the bicycle, or the steam engine, or glass—all simple and useful enough to be widely copied once they were known. Another such invention, 3-D printing, is now scaling up. All over the world, an impressive diversity of people and organizations, ranging from startups and hobbyists to construction and engineering firms, are successfully prototyping 3-D-printed buildings. The government of Dubai has set a goal of 3-D printin…

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  • WeWork Announces Its First College Campus Location

    Bisnow

    WeWork’s first foray onto a college campus is coming just a few miles north of Washington, D.C. The co-working giant valued at $20B has signed a deal to operate a 300-desk location on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The building, a former service operation for the campus, will be repurposed and built by Chesapeake Realty Group, which is leasing it from the university. UMD has a pipeline of talent from highly regarded business and engineering schools; students leave the ar…

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