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  • Coworking Trends

    The Balance Sheet – Yardi Corporate Blog

    How We Work is Changing By Luis Estrada on Jan 31, 2018 in News The year 2017 marked the largest growth in coworking, and produced all-time highs in number of spaces as well as number of members. As the industry grows and evolves, what are some of the major Coworking trends to look for in the next year? Here are five trends that will shape the continued expansion of coworking in 2018. Increasing Demand It’s estimated that 50% of the population will be working independently by 2020. If this comes…

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  • Juniper Square raises $6 million for real estate investing software

    Phoenix Association of Realtors

    Juniper Square, a company offering software that helps real estate firms manage and raise outside capital, raised $ 6 million in a Series A funding round led by Felicis Venture, which also backs Opendoor and Matterport, the company announced Wednesday … Inman

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  • Ralphs parent company, Kroger, challenges Amazon with ‘scan and go’ shopping technology

    Orange County Register Business

    In a clear effort to fend off Amazon's new artificial intelligence-powered store, Kroger announced plans Wednesday to debut similar technology at its branded stores including Ralphs supermarkets in Southern California. Dubbed “Scan, Bag, Go,” the technology allows customers to use a wireless handheld scanner or a Kroger-created app on their mobile devices to scan and bag groceries as they go from aisle to aisle. The technology, created in-house, allows shoppers to download digital coupons, …

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  • Brooklyn Navy Yard to Unveil $2.5 Billion Vision for Tech Hub

    NREI – National

    The new building plan is for 5.1 million more sq. ft. A little more than half of it will be in a single complex with about the total square footage of the Empire State Building. (Bloomberg)—America may never recover its glory as a manufacturing powerhouse, but the Brooklyn Navy Yard is doing what it can, transforming itself from a 20th-century warship builder to a 21st-century high-tech hub. Now it’s about to unveil a $2.5 billion building plan that would more than quadruple its current workforc…

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  • truss comes to washington dc

    CRETECH

    Startups and SMBs located in Washington DC now have an easy and fast way to find their next office space: Truss. With its AI-based platform and 3D tour capability, Truss enables startups and SMBs to find their next office space in two minutes flat.The way it works is simple. Truss uses its AI-based chatbot, Vera, to gather and analyze tenant requirements and preferences to create a list of properties that will match their needs. Tenants are then able to virtually tour available spaces without le…

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  • Knotel Takes Entirety of Office Space at Soho Building

    Real Estate Investors HQ

    Office provider Knotel is taking more space in Soho—this time agreeing to a 14,000-square-foot lease comprising the entirety of the office space at 521 Broadway, the company announced today. Knotel signed a 10-year deal earlier this month for the entire second through fifth floors at the five-story, 21,000-square-foot building between Spring and Broome Streets. The deal represents the second time Knotel has inked a lease to occupy an entire Manhattan office building; last year, it agreed to take…

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  • 7 Ways Technology is Changing the “Connected” Building

    REthinkCRE Blog

    Connected buildings are no longer a niche thing –they are fast becoming standard. What is changing is the way that technology is being used to connect buildings. Developers, building owners, and CRE agents and brokers are using a wide array of technologies to improve their lead generation and tenant retention. Here are just 7 ways technology is changing the “connected” building: #1: Extreme Data Analytics For years now, technology’s ability to crunch massive amounts of data into useable, actiona…

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  • The Spheres Blossom at Amazon’s Urban HQ in Seattle

    Business Wire Commercial Building & Real Estate News

    SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–(NASDAQ: AMZN) — Amazon today announced the opening of The Spheres, the company’s newest Seattle HQ buildings that are home to more than 40,000 plants from around the world. There’s no place else in the world quite like The Spheres – a spot where Amazon employees can work in an environment that’s more like a tropical rainforest in the clouds than an office. Plants, trees, sunlight, soil, and water take center stage – the sound of running water and the scent of flowering…

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  • Partners, integrations, and apps: 29+ ways technology can and should fit with your workflow

    Apto Blog

    Your workflow as a broker has about a million moving parts. From prospecting and building relationships to marketing and deal management, you have your work cut out for you. It can be overwhelming to evaluate and optimize for each part of the process, and it’s wise to try and keep things as simple as possible. There are many products out there that can cover a lot of bases at once. And those core products often can and should integrate with easy-to-use apps and other tools to keep your workflow …

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  • What’s behind skyrocketing real estate tech investment?

    Inman News – Features

    NEW YORK — Our parent company's Inman Connect NY 2018 (ICNY) conference concluded on Friday with Capital Connect, a panel discussion dedicated to the massive influx of private investment into real estate tech. The discussion, which took place in a conference room at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Times Square, featured prominent venture capitalists, lenders and marketers, who weighed in on how the real estate industry is financed. From new technology investments to advances in mortgage lendi…

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