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  • Disrupt SF 2017

    TechCrunch – All Stories

    Earlier today at Disrupt, Kirsten Green, founder of the early-stage, San Francisco-based venture firm Forerunner Ventures, sat down for a quick conversation about her work. Green has become one of the most sought-after e-commerce investors in the country, thanks to bets on companies like Jet.com and Bonobos (both sold to Walmart), Dollar Shave Club (sold to Unilever), as well as numerous popular, standalone brands like Warby Parker and Glossier. Certainly, her job — funding and helping to grow n…

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  • Virtual reality fitness games are coming to a local shopping center

    Sacramento Business Journal – Local Sacramento News

    FitCade, the new business that plans to offer virtual reality fitness games, has signed a lease for a space in the Westfield Galleria at Roseville. The business will fill 1,800 square feet in a second-level spot previously occupied by a sock store, according to Stephanie Ringey, the Galleria's senior marketing director. It could open in October. Last month, entrepreneur Kristoffer Granger confirmed plans to open the business with his wife, Maly Yang-Granger. FitCade is ultimately envisioned…

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  • Photos: Google’s multimillion-dollar Austin offices include a dog park and food trailer in the sky

    Real Estate Investors HQ

    Google Inc. has offices all over the world, but it wants visitors and employees at its new downtown Austin regional hub to know exactly where they're standing: hundreds of feet off the ground in the Texas capital. There are rooms named after South by Southwest and other local festivals, as well as an entire floor dedicated to famous Austinites. Then there is the "greenbelt staircase," which connects all five floors and is punctuated with cascading waterfalls that use recycled cond…

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  • Albertsons snaps up meal kit startup Plated for $200 million

    TechCrunch – All Stories

    In a first for national grocery chains, Albertsons is buying the healthy meal kit delivery startup Plated for between $175 million and $200 million, though the final price could end up double that amount as the supermarket chain has agreed to “earnout” payments based on how Plated grows, according to the Information. Credit Suisse Group AG brokered the deal. According to The Wall Street Journal, Plated will become a subsidiary of Albertsons and customers will soon be able to purchase a rotating …

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  • Top CRE Tech Trends to Watch in 2017

    CommissionTrac – Blog

    By Turner Levison  Posted September 20, 2017  In Commercial Real Estate Commissions Top CRE Tech Trends to Watch in 20172017-09-202017-08-25http://commissiontrac.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ctlh.pngCommissionTrachttp://commissiontrac.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ctlh.png200px200px 0 0 In October of last year, Real Estate Tech News published their list of CRE Tech Trends to Watch in 2017. As a CRE tech company, CommissionTrac was interested in what they had to say, and positively flattered t…

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  • 5 futuristic ways to pave roads, from solar panels to recycled plastic

    Curbed – National News

    Welcome to Curbed’s first-ever Transportation Week! It's time for a weeklong romp through all things related to transportation in the U.S. We'll be focusing on the topics most pressing to cities: everything from ways to improve public transportation in cities to ranking the best neighborhoods across the country for living a car-free life, plus a friendly competition between NYC, San Francisco, and Los Angeles to determine which city has the best public transit in the U.S. All aboard! F…

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  • Believe It: Robots To Replace Real Estate Appraisers

    CRETECH

    Yep, it’s happening. Appraisers — professionals trained to determine the market value of property or land — are going the way of Blockbuster and the office cubicle. Thank big data — you can’t blame the Millennials on this one.According to Bloomberg, lenders are finding that appraisals based on computer programs are ultimately as reliable as a typical live performance — and cheaper.Appraisers aren’t currently using industry sites like Zillow to work their magic, but they may as well; the algo…

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  • I Said, ” Space As A Service Is Here Now!” Don’t Think So? Just Ask CBRE And……..

    Duke Long Blog

    A few months ago I wrote You Can Be the Landlord or You Can Provide Space as a Service “It’s not changing, we are not in a state of flux and do you know why. The marketplace has already decided. They want, no, they demand commercial real estate provide them “space as a service.” Now, unfortunately, part of commercial real estate still thinks that being “The Landlord” is the position of power and the only way to create true value.” – Duke Long My friend Antony Slumbers wrote #SpaceAsAService and …

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  • A Tour of WeWork’s Coworking Space in Hell’s Kitchen

    Office Lovin

    A Tour of WeWork’s Coworking Space in Hell’s Kitchen Michal Coworking 3 hours ago YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE Inside Nielsen’s Cool New NYC Technology Hub Inside Chicago Venture Partners’ Modern Chicago Office Officelovin' Follow Us 6,248 Fans Like 3,481 Followers Follow Monthly Best Offices A Tour of Austin Fraser’s New Reading Office An Inside Look at Hello Group’s Hip Copenhagen Office Inside Wasserman’s New London Headquarters A Tour of Indeed’s Austin Office Expansion A Tour of Etsy’s Super Co…

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  • From Mill City to Innovation Hub: Relocating a Global Headquarters Outside Boston

    Urban Land Magazine

    From Mill City to Innovation Hub: Relocating a Global Headquarters Outside Boston By Michael Hoban September 20, 2017 Text Size: A A A Print Email Share Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Kronos finalized the move of their headquarters to a half-million square feet (46,500 sq m) of office space close to the revitalized downtown of Lowell, Massachusetts. The former mill city of Lowell, Massachusetts, received a major boost in ongoing efforts to transform into a center of innovation when Kronos—a homegrown…

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