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  • BREAKING: Xceligent Owner To Conduct Strategic Review Of Business Including All Options And Writes Its Value Down To Zero

    Bisnow – National Commercial Real Estate News

    The parent company of Xceligent is undertaking a strategic review of options for the business and has written its carrying value down to zero.London-listed Daily Mail and General Trust said in results for the year to 30 September that it was reviewing the future of its five U.S. property information businesses: Exceligent, BuildFax, Trepp, SiteCompli and EDR. The strategic review will be undertaken by DMGT and Xceligent's new management and will look at all potential options, the company sa…

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  • Denver’s tech job growth and office rent increases slower than most of the top 30 tech markets

    Denver Post – Real Estate News

    Denver's tech job growth and office rent increases slower than most of the top 30 tech markets CBRE's report shows tech companies opting for more affordable downtown areas instead of LoDo, where average rents are nearing $40 a square foot.Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)MoreClick …

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  • Why it’s time to rethink the start-up model

    JLL Real Views

    The dream of becoming an overnight billionaire has inspired many tech entrepreneurs to rapidly build their empires, but sometimes at the expense of sustainable growth and corporate culture. Now entrepreneurs seeking to use technology for social good—while generating profits—are disrupting the status quo and bringing a more diverse face to the industry. It comes in response to the rapid rise of America's tech industry over recent decades, where talent has generally been drawn from a small po…

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  • You Only Get Paid on Conversions

    Phoenix Association of Realtors

    In my role as chief strategy officer at Realty ONE Group, I've had the pleasure of traveling around the country training thousands of agents on all kinds of proven marketing strategies that helped me as a broker generate more listings and higher quality buyer leads. At Realty ONE Group, we empower agents with the most effective tech tools available to generate their own leads, which is why we focus so much attention on helping them convert those leads. It's important to remember that y…

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  • Charlotte media: Amazon’s shortlist HQ2 announcement now delayed until ‘18

    Curbed – Atlanta

    Meanwhile, Los Angeles developer is advancing paperwork for massive redevelopment of Gulch. Atlantans holding their breath for good news this week about Amazon’s HQ2 frenzy might want to exhale. Earlier reports suggested that Amazon could cleave a shortlist of frontrunners from 238 cities vying for the company’s second headquarters by Dec. 1, but various media in Atlanta’s southeastern competitor Charlotte now indicate that won’t be the case. Citing sources at the Charlotte Regional Partnership,…

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  • Redfin’s new concierge service will clean and stage your listings

    Inman News – Features

    Seattle-based tech brokerage Redfin is stepping deeper into the home transaction with the trial launch of its new amenity, Redfin Concierge Service. In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind offering from a large brokerage, Redfin Concierge will coordinate, supervise and pay for services such as deep cleaning, painting, staging and landscaping for listings worth at least $500,000 for a 2-percent listing fee. As of now, the trial service is only available in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. While…

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  • Lighting Trends in Commercial Real Estate

    CRETECH

    The first step in the light emitting diode (LED) revolution was to educate people on how it worked and why it was beneficial — now that the entire world is on board and now that LED has become the most preferred lighting option, what’s next?CBMC Lighting Solutions suggests that innovative light, such as “daylights,” which recreate natural light, can boost office morale. In retail, LED lighting and “smart” mirrors (which feature LED modules) allow shoppers to adjust the lighting in the room to r…

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  • These password managers can protect you and your clients’ info #DoItNow

    Phoenix Association of Realtors

    Originally published on The Real Daily. Identity theft is nothing new, but what are you doing to protect yourself and your business? Have you considered these simple password managers? Online safety is often discussed after data breaches, hacking scares, and identity theft, but it shouldn’t take an event of this magnitude to get you thinking about your online safety. Passwords are used for everything; from email to doorways, banking to business terminals, entering passwords has become so common,…

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  • Microsoft plans to rebuild its headquarters

    Seattle Post Intelligencer – Business News

    SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft says it's overhauling its longtime headquarters with an 18-building construction project that will make room for another 8,000 workers. The announcement came ahead of the company's annual shareholders meeting Wednesday. Microsoft's decision to expand on the footprint of its campus in Redmond, Washington, its home since 1986, is in contrast to the highly-publicized office expansion plans of Seattle-based Amazon. Amazon has been looking at cities across Nort…

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  • Everlane to open first physical stores

    Retail Dive

    Author By Daphne Howland @daphnehowland • Published Nov. 29, 2017 Share it post share tweet Dive Brief: Everlane is planning two physical stores, each a relatively small 3,000 square feet. One, in New York City's SoHo neighborhood, will open Dec. 2, and the other, in San Francisco's Mission District, will open in February, the Washington Post reports. The stores will feature T-shirts, cashmere, denim and shoes, according to the report, but an Everlane spokesperson told Retail Dive in a…

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