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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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  • The Novelty Of Airbnb Could Be Wearing Off

    Bisnow – National Commercial Real Estate News

    There may be good news on the horizon for hotel chains losing business to home-sharing behemoth Airbnb. The San Francisco-based tech company has caused significant disruptions to the hotel industry over the years, but recent studies show the company has experienced a slowdown in user growth. A Morgan Stanley survey found that an estimated 25% of all travelers used Airbnb last year. Though this was up from 22% in 2015 and 14% in 2014, the rate at which users are flocking to Airbnb has cooled, as …

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  • OnSite Media Ranked #122 Fastest Growing Company in North America

    4URSPACE – News Updates

    OnSite Media Ranked #122 Fastest Growing Company in North America November 11th, 2017 by 4URSPACE Posted in Audio & Video Systems, OnSite Media, Updates | OnSite Media today announced it ranked at #122 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America. OnSite Media grew 969% during this period. OnSite Media’s chief executive officer, Brian Van Hecke, credits the company’s 969…

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  • The augmented reality RE apps are coming!

    The Real Deal – New York

    Apps where users can alter an apartment to show their furniture or design preferences as they walk through the space are coming — but they will take some time to get good enough to use seamlessly. “I think augmented reality will find a large audience when people can’t tell the difference between the real thing and the computer-generated image,” said Matthew Miller, founder of NYC architecture firm StudioLAB, to the New York Times. “But I’m sure that’s right around the corner, like all things tec…

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  • Commercial Real Estate Outlook Remains Strong, Prices at a Standstill

    Phoenix Association of Realtors

    Commercial prices will plateau and may fall in large markets, but secondary markets will experience sustained demand and stable real estate prices, according to Lawrence Yun, National Association of REALTORS (NAR) chief economist. During a commercial real estate forecast session at the 2017 REALTORS Conference & Expo, Yun and JLL Chief Economist Ryan Severino both expressed confidence that the commercial sector should remain on an upward trajectory, but buyers and sellers could be at odds ov…

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  • With driverless cars coming, cities need to lay down rules of the road

    Curbed – National News

    The drive for driverless vehicles seems to be speeding up. This week alone, Waymo announced plans to hold its first AV trials without a safety driver, Las Vegas launched its new autonomous shuttle route, and the French firm Navya unveiled a new autonomous cab. But despite predictions and prognostications around the ways autonomous vehicles will reshape our urban environment, alter our roadways, and even impact buses and mass transit, cities haven’t been at the forefront of anticipating and plann…

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  • Best Approaches to Marketing Yourself as a Commercial Real Estate Broker

    The Broker List Blog

    As I noted in last week’s blog, I recently had the privilege of presenting at CRE.Tech Live – New York. During my 20 minute “Ted-Talk” like presentation, I shared how top producing brokers build their own dominant market presence. Yesterday, the good folks at CRE.Tech wrote an article about my session, and did a great job outlining 3 important CRE broker marketing techniques. Check out Franco Faraudo’s post (including videos) about my session, here. Presence is huge for any CRE professional. Whe…

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  • RealtyShares Products Cover the Entire Capital Stack

    RealtyShares – Blog

    By Lawrence Fassler No comments 0 likes Real Estate Crowdfunding RealtyShares understands that different investors have different risk appetites, and so offers several different product types with different associated risks and return objectives.  For marketplace investors, it’s important to understand the kind of financing being provided – because different types of financing mean different levels of risk. What Kinds of Investments Suit Your Risk Appetite? There are plenty of reasons why real e…

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