Chicago energy tech co. expects Houston growth
Houston Business Journal – Commercial Real Estate News
The view on growth comes in the wake of a move to a larger office downtown.
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Big Tech Ought to Step Up for Cities
The Atlantic CityLab
Dynamic entrepreneurial companies have long been the drivers of America’s economic growth, and innovators like Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs held up as heroes. But today, high-tech companies are increasingly cast as villains. Uber was recently thrown out of London; Airbnb has been criticized for taking housing off the market and driving up rents; and Google, Amazon, and Facebook are described by many as monopolies. In recent years, firms like these and the techies wh…
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Waltz, Inc. Expands Board of Directors with Additions of Transit Titan Jay Walder and Leading Commercial Real Estate Investor Konrad R. Kruger
Business Wire Commercial Building & Real Estate News
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Waltz, Inc., an innovative new technology company that provides a fast, smartphone-based way to access secure spaces and pay transit fares, today announced Jay Walder, CEO of Motivate, and Konrad R. Kruger, a co-founder of Five Mile Capital Partners, joined its board of directors. Jay Walder is a renowned thought leader in the urban mobility space, bringing more than 30 years of experience building and leading dynamic transportation systems including the New York MTA a…
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Tech Evolution
The Balance Sheet – Yardi Corporate Blog
New Truths for CRE By Joel Nelson on Oct 17, 2017 in News Alex Stanton, Yardi industry principal for Commercial, joined other technology experts in exploring the fast-paced evolution of technology, automation and innovation in a recent Realcomm-sponsored webinar. The six-member panel described the current real estate technology paradigm that considers tenants, guests, employees and shoppers as interrelated elements of a user experience. As a result, property owners and managers aim to deliver a …
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How Big Data is Disrupting Commercial Real Estate
CRETECH
By: Matt Murphy, CMO of Chime TechnologiesAs 2016 drew to a close, a number started to circulate: 90% of today’s data was created in two years. The stat came from IBM, which in its “10 Key Marketing Trends for 2017” report said stated that we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day. It’s hard to even wrap your mind around the magnitude of those numbers. They feel abstract, but that explosion of data has very real-world, practical, tangible applications for just about every industry out th…
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Amazon’s portfolio of tech hubs hints at top U.S. contenders for HQ2
Real Estate Investors HQ
By By The Business Journals staff – Lost among the ribbon cuttings and public announcements heralding Amazon.com Inc.’s fast-growing portfolio of sorting and distribution centers is the company’s quiet expansion in some of the country’s strongest technology hubs. Amazon’s low profile in those cities is not an accident. About 25 percent of Amazon’s corporate workforce of some 382,000 employees is spread throughout a dozen or so research and development locations outside of its home in Seattle, …
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Cool Offices: Zipnosis expands to new space in T3 building
BizJournal – Commercial Real Estate
By Laura Beier – Staff writer, Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Over the past eight years since its startup, virtual-care company Zipnosis has continuously expanded, prompting a search for a larger and more accommodating space. Executives found it in the T3 office building, a new take on a vintage warehouse designed by Hines. Located in Minneapolis' North Loop neighborhood, Zipnosis moved into T3 in April. Perkins+Will designed the space with plenty of room for employees to gather…
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As cities ready HQ2 bids, Amazon should plan civic investments too, community groups say
Seattle Times – Business and Technology News
The monthlong public courtship to become Amazon’s second headquarters has focused on what cities are prepared to offer the retail giant. A coalition of community groups is trying to reverse that dynamic, publishing an open letter on Tuesday that asks Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos to forgo tax breaks and invest in the civic health of whichever city the company chooses for HQ2. “We’re expecting Amazon to pay your fair share if you end up being our neighbor,” says the letter, signed by represen…
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New York offices are getting swankier to lure millennials
New York Post – Real Estate News
New York offices are getting swankier to lure millennials By Lois Weiss View author archive email the author follow on twitter Get author RSS feed Name(required) Email(required) Comment(required) October 17, 2017 | 2:52am Modal Trigger Aetna is moving to the Meatpacking District's 61 Ninth Ave. 61 Ninth Ave. As gateway cities like New York continue to outperform suburban leasing markets, they are putting more pressure on companies to either relocate or establish tech-savvy teams in cities —…
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Meet Bold, The “Zipcar For Small Meetings”
AllWork
The growth of the flexible workspace industry, particularly in London, isn’t just opening new opportunities for serviced office and coworking operators. It’s also paving the way for niche workspace suppliers to identify, and meet, an ever-evolving catalogue of untapped requirements. One solution that has just hit the scene is Bold, a new brand of meeting spaces in London with a very precise focus. “Bold is a new brand of small meeting venues, it’s like ‘Zipcar for small meetings’”, explained Cal…
