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  • Deal to Acquire ForRent to Add Millions of Renters to CoStar’s Apartments.com Network

    CoStar – National News

    Deal to Acquire ForRent to Add Millions of Renters to CoStar's Apartments.com Network CoStar Adding Scale in Online Apt. Rental Space, 110 Million US Renters Spend Nearly Half a Trillion Dollars on Rent Per Year in Fast-Growing Consumer Market Segment By CoStar News Staff September 12, 2017 Email Print CoStar Group today announced an agreement to acquire ForRent from Virginia-based Dominion Enterprises as it continues to expand its Apartments.com online apartment rental platform with the go…

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  • Federal government offers new guidance for self-driving cars with focus on safety

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – News

    –> > LATEST Advertisement Create a free PG account. Register- FREE Already have an account? Login Subscribe to the PG Subscribe Customize your free Newsletter Preferences Email Preferences Archives Advertising Email Newsletter Contact Us Site Map Subscriber Services About Us PGe RSS Feeds Corrections Help Products & Services Terms of Use Privacy Policy Copyright 1997-2017 PG Publishing Company, Inc. All rights reserved. Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:36PM |  Obituaries PG Store Archive…

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  • 3 Factors Real Estate Professionals are Overlooking

    DS News Magazine – News

    3 Factors Real Estate Professionals are Overlooking University of Southern California Lusk Center for Real Estate released Tuesday a discussion with Chairman Emile Haddad on what he believes are game changers for the industry. According to Haddad, technology advances and demographic shifts are generally ignored, but he believes those factors are among the most important for real estate professionals to consider. Haddad noted that government regulations need to be quick to keep up with technology…

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  • Ikea and Apple team up on augmented reality home design app

    Curbed – National News

    Ikea, everyone’s favorite Swedish furniture powerhouse, keeps on evolving, despite its comfortable status as the world’s foremost furniture and home goods retailer. Today, Ikea announced “Ikea Place,” an augmented reality app that lets consumers design rooms in their homes by virtually test driving furniture and home goods. Ikea Place will be available on iOS 11 at the end of September. The timing of Ikea’s announcement is no accident: Today, Apple showed off a number of updates to its hardware …

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  • First Look: Serendipty Labs Downtown Location Nearing Grand Opening

    The Metropeneur

    First Look: Serendipty Labs Downtown Location Nearing Grand Opening By Susan Post- September 12, 2017 368 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter tweet The first of New York-based Serendipity Labs' Columbus locations is ready for tenants. Serendipity Labs Columbus-Capitol Square at 21 E. State St. will celebrate its grand opening on Thursday, September 28. The Downtown coworking and office space is one of two for the franchise in Columbus. The local labs will be run by business partners Trevor W…

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  • Apple’s improved Fifth Avenue store will include glass cube, more natural light

    Curbed – New York

    It’s a big day for Apple. The tech giant announced the next version of the iPhone, opening parts of its new campus to journalists from across the country. The company also took the opportunity to address its retail business and store designs, notably its revised Fifth Avenue store. Intel coming out of the presentation from Tech Crunch journalist Matt Swider—see his tweet below—has the store reopening in late 2018, glass cube and all. Despite filings with the Department of Buildings to remove the…

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  • Your next super could be a robot

    Crains New York – Everything Real Estate

    New York landlords may soon get a high-tech hand managing the upkeep of their properties: artificial intelligence. Travtus, a Singapore-based start-up, has spent nearly two years collecting data on some 250,000 work orders issued by city property managers to fix things like leaky pipes, roofs or broken toilets. Last week, the company joined a 22-week accelerator program hosted by a venture capital fund on the campus of Columbia University. The accelerator will help the firm further develop its p…

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  • Get Your Competitive Edge on Pre-Due Diligence 

    NAR – The Source

    Toggle navigation CommercialSearch Add Listing Find A Broker Get Your Competitive Edge on Pre-Due Diligence  By David O'Rell on Sep 12, 2017 in Development Today’s guest post is by Leigh Budlong, founder of Zonability. You can connect with her on LinkedIn or email her at [email protected] The purpose of formal due diligence is well known to all real estate professionals. We've all experienced either the first-hand hiring of experts to help mitigate risks or advising clients to do so. I…

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  • CoStar Group to acquire ForRent for $385M

    Washington Business Journal – Headline news

    CoStar Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP) plans to acquire ForRent, a division of Dominion Enterprises, for $350 million in cash and $35 million in its stock, the company announced Tuesday. The acquisition means Norfolk, Virginia-based ForRent — whose online sites includes ForRent.com, After55.com, CorporateHousing.com and ForRentUniversity.com — will join the Apartments.com network, which D.C.-based real estate giant Costar acquired in 2014 for $585 million. This transaction is expected to close in…

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  • Consumers Continue to Choose Physical Over Digital for Groceries

    ICSC – The Center of Shopping – News

    Consumers Continue to Choose Physical Over Digital for Groceries Published September 12, 2017 in Press Releases Product Selection and Control Drive In-Store Grocery Shopping Consumers have a variety of options when it comes to buying groceries, and they continue to choose physical grocery stores to make their purchases. Today, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) released “The State of Grocery Shopping” survey which found that 99% of adults buy some or all of their groceries in-p…

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