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Phoenix Association of Realtors
The first title transfer via blockchain is, in all likelihood, in South Burlington, Vermont. The startup Propy prompted the local city clerk to accept a transaction via blockchain … Inman How America’s first blockchain property transfer took place
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A commercial real estate website should have two essential functions: 1) Represent your brand 2) Help grow your business. But the best web designs can also help you attract, engage and convert visitors to leads (whether tenants or investors). If the metrics show your visitors are looking and leaving, then your website is failing its job. Take a hard look at your website and ask yourself if it stacks up against your competitors? Having a professional website design combined with releva…
Bisnow
The supermarket has a new purpose these days that goes well beyond providing people with food. Grocery stores have become a place for social interaction, taking over for shopping malls and social clubs to allow people to meet and find community, friendship and even romance in the aisles, the Wall Street Journal reports. The trend has been fueled in part by online shopping and the rise of meal kit programs, both of which have forced grocery stores to reinvent themselves as more of a destination s…
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Ms. Phoenix It turns out gyms may not offer the salvation some mall landlords were hoping. As malls have struggled to cope with bankrupt retailers and shuttered stores, landlords have turned to fitness facilities in an effort to drive traffic. But retail experts are now saying this may not be the best solution, CNBC reports. Gym memberships have been on the rise in recent years with the number purchased since 2009 rising approximately 26%, meaning an estimated 19.3% of the U.S. population owns a…
WSJ
Federal authorities promise unmanned aircraft proponents: ‘We’ll help you get there’ After lagging behind other countries for years, commercial drones in the U.S. are expected to begin limited package deliveries within months, according to federal regulators and industry officials. The momentum partly stems from stepped-up White House pressure, prompting closer cooperation between the government and companies such as Amazon.com Inc. seeking authorizations for such fle…
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Good sustainability management requires a strong reporting program, but manually crunching numbers and herding responses is time consuming and vulnerable to mistakes and inaccuracies. Also, when you have accurate information, it’s easier to make changes to your operations and run it more efficiently. Measurabl software helps you collect, report and act upon non-financial sustainability data. It automatically imports data for every building in your real estate portfolio into your ENERGY STAR …
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As commercial real estate tech startups storm the market at an increasingly rapid pace, investment sales brokers are looking to online marketplaces to help close more deals, faster. But industry-wide adoption is proving difficult. Pixabay/StartupStockPhotos While companies like Zillow, CoStar-owned LoopNet, Ten-X and New York City’s StreetEasy can help brokers close more deals, there are perceived downsides to using the platforms. For one, the trading of commercial property is still largely view…
Recode
Walmart already doubled down on its grocery pickup service. Now it’s doing the same for grocery delivery. The big question: Can it succeed at both? The giant brick-and-mortar retailer just announced that it is expanding its online grocery delivery service from six U.S. metro areas today to more than 100 in total by the end of the year, which should make it available to more than 40 percent of the U.S. population. The announcement comes amid an onslaught of competition in the grocery deliv…
The Verge
Food, water, and shelter are basic human needs, but 1.2 billion people in the world live without adequate housing, according to a report by the World Resources Institute’s Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. Today at SXSW, an Austin-based startup will unveil its approach to combat that deficiency by using low-cost 3D printing as a potential solution. ICON has developed a method for printing a single-story 650-square-foot house out of cement in only 12 to 24 hours, a fraction of the time it …
The Real Deal
Since its debut last year, Perchwell — which bills itself as a one-stop shop that combines listings, analytics and marketing — has racked up a slew of big-name clients. In addition to Sotheby’s and Stribling, those clients include CORE, Warburg Realty, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Fox Residential and Sloane Square. The listings software market has long the domain of two companies in New York — RealPlus and On-Line Residential — but new tech startups with venture money to burn are upending …
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