Developer Announces Plan for Former Steel Site to Woo Amazon
NBC Chicago – Local News
A Chicago real estate development firm released a new plan for the former Finkl Steel site on Wednesday – with tech giant Amazon in mind.Photo Credit: Sterling Bay
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4 Leading Entrepreneurs Share Their Best Advice for CRE Brokers
Hightower Blog
At its core, commercial real estate brokerage is truly an entrepreneurial business. While you might be working at a large, established company, it's still up to you to win new business, successfully manage client relationships and in many cases, run a high-performing team. Ultimately, your success is in your own hands, which presents you with a huge opportunity. So, how can you embrace the entrepreneurial mindset and take advantage? VTS spoke to four leading entrepreneurs (including our ow…
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Bodegas in New York City don’t need to be ‘disrupted’
Curbed – New York
Silicon Valley seems to be obsessed with “disrupting” services that already exist—and, for decades, have worked just fine—in New York City, whether it’s laundromats or dollar vans or even dog-walkers. Now, we can add bodegas to that list; Fast Company reports that a start-up calling itself Bodega has set out to replicate the convenience of corner stores, but without, well, the stores themselves. (It is, at its core, a fancy vending machine.) The headline of Fast Company’s piece—“Two Ex-Googlers …
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Bodega raises $2.5M to build a smart store kiosk in your apartment building
TechCrunch – Mobile
Bodega raises $2.5M to build a smart store kiosk in your apartment building Posted 36 minutes ago by Matthew Lynley (@mattlynley) 0 SHARES Next Story Trello finally comes to the desktop If you’re in a big city like New York City, you’re probably used to walking around the block away from where you live to the corner shop and picking up a jug of milk or some dishwashing detergent. But Paul McDonald (who says he has not lived in New York), who was at Google for more than 13 years, wants to collaps…
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Tech Square developer confirms Keysight Technologies expansion
Atlanta Business Chronicle – Business News
Keysight will lease 51,000 square feet in the mixed-use development’s office building, according to a release issued by Atlanta developer Portman Holdings. The company will occupy space on the 18th and 19th floors.
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Ex-Googlers have raised millions for a startup that replaces mom-and-pop stores with vending machines, and people are losing it
Business Insider – Retail
A new startup launched by two former Google employees aims to replace the corner store — but city dwellers on Twitter don't seem too happy about that. Called Bodega, after New Yorkers' preferred term for the local convenience store, the idea behind the startup is to place interactive pantry boxes full of non-perishable goods in convenient spots, so that you can just grab and go without making the trip all the way to the corner. The startup was founded by two former Googlers, Paul McDon…
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As a relieved Tampa assesses its future, one of its millionaires plants a flag for VC and tech
TechCrunch – Fundings & Exits
As a relieved Tampa assesses its future, one of its millionaires plants a flag for VC and tech Posted 8 hours ago by Jonathan Shieber (@jshieber) 0 SHARES Next Story Heptio raises $25M Series B to help bring cloud-native computing to the enterprise While Tampa Bay residents are beginning the process of removing the sandbags from their homes and getting back to the business of daily living in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, the city’s multi-millionaire real estate developer, Jeff Vinik, is busy …
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BWI Tech Park nabs nonprofit full-building lease
The Daily Record of Maryland
Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corp. plans to consolidate three existing career center locations into a single facility at the BWI Technology Park in Linthicum Heights. The development corporation, a nonprofit that assists unemployed and under-employed Anne Arundel County residents, has signed a full building lease for a 23,360-square-foot space at 613 Global Way. “Several factors…
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Amazon likely won’t get mega-subsidies from California, but new headquarters could still land in L.A.
L.A. Times – Business News
Amazon likely won't get mega-subsidies from California, but new headquarters could still land in L.A. Tesla Tesla's gigafactory is located outside Reno. The company chose Nevada over California to build the plant after the Silver State offered a $1.3-billion incentive package. Tesla's gigafactory is located outside Reno. The company chose Nevada over California to build the plant after the Silver State offered a $1.3-billion incentive package. (Tesla) Andrew KhouriContact Reporter…
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Real Estate Tech Funding: What and Who to Know
A Student of the Real Estate Game
Navigation Start Here About Blog Resources Contact Search Start Here About Blog Resources Contact Search Real Estate Tech Funding: What and Who to Know Joe Stampone September 13, 2017 Featured, Innovation/Technology Leave a Comment “The real estate industry is slow to adopt new technology”. How many times have you heard that statement? While there may be some truth to it from a relative perspective, there are so many exciting things happening in the world of real estate technology today. I recen…
