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  • Knotel Takes Full Floor at Beijing Shokai Group-Owned Chelsea Building

    Commercial Observer

    Office provider Knotel’s appetite for Manhattan commercial space continues unabated, with the startup having inked a 12,683-square-foot lease at 224 West 30th Street in Chelsea, Commercial Observer has learned. Knotel signed a 10-year deal late last month for the entire fifth floor at the 14-story, roughly 143,000-square-foot building between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, representatives for landlord broker ABS Partners Real Estate told CO. A spokeswoman for the office provider co…

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  • Could Crowdsourcing Be The Key To Saving The Retail Industry?

    Bisnow

    As the retail sector continues to shift due to the rise of digital consumerism, retailers are hunting for innovative ways to stand out among the crowd. Unsplash/freestocks.org The rise of e-commerce and an excess of retail real estate has forced many retail companies to enter bankruptcy protection and shutter stores, leaving landlords across the country with empty storefronts and high vacancy rates.  Real estate crowdsourcing startup Space Jam Data aims to help alleviate these challenges. The pl…

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  • Why Blockchain Will Survive, Even If Bitcoin Doesn’t

    WSJ

    Latest blockchain applications could bring overdue change to critical, if unsexy, functions in shipping, real estate and…diamonds A blockchain-based ledger of 2.2 million diamonds can trace the journey of each stone from when it’s pulled from a mine to its purchase at a jewelry boutique. We’re now awash in “crypto” hype—cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and fundraising efforts like initial coin offerings. For every venture capitalist or technical expert, the…

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  • Guess who’s getting into real estate investment? Travis Kalanick

    The Real Deal

    Batten down the hatches: Travis Kalanick is getting into real estate and it’s sure to be a wild ride. The co-founder and ex-Uber CEO announced the launch of his new investment fund that will handle his for-profit and non-profit ventures earlier this week and singled out a few industries, which included real estate, according to the Wall Street Journal. The fund, called 10100, as in “ten one-hundred,” will manage Kalanick’s personal wealth, which is estimated by Forbes to be just below $5…

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  • The Amazon finalists are already building tech economies. Which are the best?

    Washington Post

    In the race to land Amazon.com’s second headquarters and its 50,000 jobs, experts say that writing a big subsidy check to the company probably won’t tip the scales. Instead, what curries favor with Amazon and other tech firms are long-term commitments to education, innovation and livability. These steps come with an added bonus: They are likely to benefit their communities regardless of whether Amazon or another tech giant makes its home there. All 20 finalists for HQ2, as Amazon calls it,…

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  • TenantCloud Helps Ditch the Paperwork for Landlords, Tenants and Service Providers

    CRETECH

    One of the many blessings of the digital age: the end of paperwork. The TenantCloud rental and accounting management platform digitizes paperwork obligations, making it accessible in one location. It also helps service providers market their businesses to both landlords and tenants. Available on any device, TenantCloud provides landlords with one-click postings on multiple-listings sites, online applications, tenant screening, automatic invoicing, online payments, full accounting, photo-base…

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  • Online Grocery Sales Skyrocketing Despite Dearth Of Warehouse Space

    Bisnow

    The demand for home delivery of groceries ordered online is skyrocketing.  Everyone wants what they want and they want it now, said Michael Roe, an account executive with warehouse operations firm DMW&H. “Don’t just blame the millennials,” he said. “It’s every generation.” Flickr/Mark Hunter It is the mom who does not want to drag her kids through a 200K SF store and lose one along the way. It is the baby boomer who does not want to go out in the snow to pick up milk and eggs. The statistics…

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  • Dial P for Privacy: The Phone Booth Is Back

    NY Times

    A private phone booth at the SoHo branch of The Wing, an all-female co-working space. This one is named after Ramona Quimby, the young heroine in a series of Beverly Cleary novels.CreditDolly Faibyshev for The New York Times For much of the 20th century, the phone booth was a steadfast and essential installation of modern life, from bustling cities to tumbleweed-strewn desert gas stations. Tippi Hedren was attacked in one in “The Birds,” Clark Kent frequently changed to Superman…

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  • This startup just raised $5 million to automate the clunky real estate appraisal process

    Techcrunch

    When Noah Isaacs and John Meadows were best friends growing up in Berkeley, Calif., they dreamed of remaining friends for life. What they didn’t imagine was living together in New York and starting a company together — yet they have. It’s called Bowery Valuation, and it’s aiming to bring commercial real estate appraisals — currently an $8 billion market — into the modern era at long last. Investors certainly see the need for an upgrade. The nearly three-year-old outfit just raised $5 million …

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  • Forget Amazon Go’s Checkout-less Shopping. These 4 Retail Trends Are Coming Sooner

    Inc.com – Headlines

    With the much-anticipated launch of its convenience store Amazon Go, the e-commerce giant seemingly ushered in the next big trend in retail: the absence of cash registers and the people needed to work them. In fact, there's already a startup called AiFi working on the technology–which involves artificial intelligence, cameras, and sensors–that would allow any retailer to convert their shops into "grab and go" operations where customers simply take items from shelves and leave.  …

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