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  • The changing face of retail: Are spaces flexible enough for the Digital Age?

    Cushman & Wakefield Global Real Estate

    We all know it remains tough in the retail sector. You only have to look this year in the direction of Jones Bootmaker, Agent Provocateur, Jaeger and Kit and Ace. There is also long-term concern for the probable downward turn in retail employment arising from many occupiers requiring fewer physical stores, and with increased automation in store and in the logistics chain. Dr. Carl Frey of Oxford University, an expert in automation, suggests that 80% of retail jobs will disappear permanently. The…

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  • Airbnb’s Friendly Buildings Program: How it works

    Real Estate NJ

    Jersey City Urby residents who enroll in Airbnb’s Friendly Buildings Program can rent out their entire apartments or a private room for up to 30 days per year. By Joshua Burd It has only been a few months since the start of a partnership between Airbnb and the owners of Jersey City Urby, but all signs point to an arrangement that will be mutually beneficial. Alex Ward “(David Barry) and his team have been great partners for us and really forward-thinking about how they can embrace the sharing ec…

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  • CRE // Tech to Host Largest Industry Event on December 7

    CRE // Tech

    CRE // Tech to Host Largest Industry Event on December 7 Fifth Annual CRE // Tech New York Event expected to host over 500 industry professionals New York, NY (November 13, 2017)– CRE // Tech (cretech.com), the leading event, content and connectivity platform for the commercial real estate industry will host the largest event in the history of the commercial real estate tech sector on December 7th at SL Green’s Tower 46. Over 500 professionals are expected to turn out for for event which will f…

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  • Exclusive Q&A with #RETAS Sponsor Chris Atkinson, CEO of IMS

    CRETECH

    EXCLUSIVE Q&A WITH #RETAS SPONSOR CHRIS ATKINSON, IMS CEOCan you describe your site?IMS is the first investor and investment management software platform for technology-ready real estate investment firms. Our platform allows you to better manage your investors by providing transparency through an investor portal, CRM driven communications, digital document distribution as well as distribution waterfall calculations. At the investment level, sponsors raise money 2-5X more quickly and then lev…

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  • Roommate-matching startup Roomi raises $11M in Series A round

    The Real Deal – Miami

    Online roommate finder Roomi raised $11 million in a Series A round, as investors continue to pile into shared-living startups. Atami Capital led the round, which also included Rosecliff Ventures, Townsquare Media, JXC Investors, Great Oaks Venture Capital and DCM. Citigroup executive Dan Keegan, former Trulia president Paul Levine and Global Switch CEO John Corcoran also invested, the company announced Monday. The Series A round brings Roomi’s total funding to $17 million. Founded in 2015 by Aj…

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  • Gain a massive competitive advantage with a modern real estate CRM

    Inman News – Features

    No real estate agent will disagree that the industry has become hyper-competitive. In cities across the U.S., you see countless billboards for agents, often promoting a name not around even a month before. As the industry competition continues to increase, forward-thinking brokers and agents are turning to future-proof technology for a competitive advantage in their market. Real estate-specific CRMs are one great example of that technology, but there is a big difference between a smart CRM and a…

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  • Smart Buildings Will Reshape Office Space

    Boston Office Spaces

    0 Smart Buildings Will Reshape Office Space Posted on November 12, 2017 by Wil Catlin Soon your office building could follow the same path as the new iPhone X: facial recognition. Credit: Biznow Excerpts from Biznow: Operating systems such as Nantum are one step closer to achieving the true AI experience, which is intuitive and self-improving, by using machine learning to act as the “brain” of a building. With the brain in place, Nantum can create memories of the building’s performance in order …

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  • Open Letter To Duke Long. “Are You Adapting to Commercial Real Estate Technology Quickly Enough?” Bradford Harries.

    Duke Long Blog

    Duke- In response to your article Are You Adapting to Commercial Real Estate Technology Quickly Enough? I always enjoy your perspective on the CRE Tech world. Your piece on “Are You Adapting to Commercial Real Estate Technology Quickly Enough?” brings me back to a historical perspective that I have frequently told over my almost four decades as a technology investment banker. In 1982, the world was abuzz with the arrival of the IBM PC the year before. What I remember hearing was how “astonished”…

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  • WeWork’s growth propels it to No. 54 on our list of largest companies

    Crains New York – Everything Real Estate

    WeWork's climb to an estimated $532 million in 2016 revenue—with $1 billion expected this year—has been marked by an aggressive expansion in the city and around the globe. Already leasing more than 2 million square feet of Manhattan office space, WeWork made a splash in October with the $850 million purchase of Lord & Taylor’s 676,000-square-foot landmarked Fifth Avenue building. Now the company is undercutting the competition to fill its spaces. In September, Adam Neumann’s company sta…

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  • Time to turn the city’s building rules upside down

    Crains New York – Everything Real Estate

    From Silicon Alley in Lower Manhattan to the Brooklyn Tech Triangle, New York City has made important strides in cultivating mixed-use, live/work communities aimed toward the creative workforce and growth industries. While things are off to a good start, our elected officials need to be more proactive if New York is to reach its potential for economic and middle-class job growth. In particular, we need to be more creative and open-minded when it comes to our most precious commodity: land. The ci…

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