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Houston Business Journal – Commercial Real Estate News
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Shop Kohl’s for Amazon Echo, Fire & More
Regency Centers
Kohl's Corp. announced Wednesday, September 6, that shoppers will be able to buy Amazon Echo, Fire tablets and other gadgets from select brick-and-mortar Kohl's stores. Customers in the Chicago and Los Angeles areas will be among the first to experience the 1,000-square-foot Amazon shops. Planning for 10 of its stores to feature these Amazon shops, Kohl's will also offer customers a personalized service where an Amazon employee can come to a customer's home and install a devi…
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Exploring The Lay Of The Landscape In CRE Software Services
Forbes
Overview and exploration of the new CRE Tech landscape Exploring The Lay Of The Landscape In CRE Software Services Dealpath
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Redfin revenue jumps 35% in Q2 – but company expects to lose money this year
The Real Deal – Los Angeles
Glenn Kelman of Redfin. The company expects to lose money in 2017. Redfin, the residential brokerage that went public this summer in a closely-watched IPO, reported year-over-year revenue growth of 35 percent in the second quarter. Still, the company said it expects to once again lose money for the overall year. Redfin pulled in $105 million in the second quarter, compared to $77.7 million during the same period last year. Net income for the quarter was $4.3 million, up from $1.4 million in the …
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‘Seattle will always be home’: Amazon employees, others react to news of tech giant’s second HQ
Seattle Times – Business and Technology News
To the city in which Amazon builds its second headquarters, one lifetime Seattle resident has this word of advice: Move. “No one can afford to live here,” said Clayton, 30, a cook in Seattle, where about 40,000 Amazonians work across more than 8 million square feet of office space in the city's urban core. “The transplants — too many. They don't treat it like home, and it doesn't have the same feeling.” Chad Miller, 42, who writes software for the tech giant, had a different take …
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Tech Talk with Urban Tech Managing Director Andrew Ackerman
Dreamit – Blog
Dreamit MD Andrew Ackerman sat down with Media Bytes for an interview. Watch here:
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BuildFax Partners with Code2College to Pave the Way for Investing in Data Science Talent
Business Wire Commercial Building & Real Estate News
AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BuildFax, a leading provider of property history and condition data for the largest lenders, insurers and real estate companies, announced today its partnership with Austin-based Code2College, a nonprofit whose mission is to dramatically increase the number of girls, underrepresented students of color and low-income students who enter undergraduate programs and careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Code2College launched in 2016 with 30 students fro…
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LA is vying for Amazon’s new $5B campus
The Real Deal – Los Angeles
Eric Garcetti, Amazon corporate headquarters (Getty Images) Los Angeles is knocking on Amazon’s door hoping to deliver the e-commerce giant a brand new headquarters. Amazon announced plans to spend up to $5 billion to construct and operate a second headquarters that would hold 50,000 employees, and L.A. plans to be a candidate. “I can confirm we are planning to bid,” Alex Comisar, spokesperson for Mayor Eric Garcetti, told the Los Angeles Times. The company is already taking proposals for the pr…
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Lyft Is Launching a Fleet of Self-Driving Cars in the San Francisco Bay Area
WIRED – Top Stories
Lyft Is Launching a Fleet of Self-Driving Cars in San FranciscoDrive.aiSharesharetweetcommentemailAuthor: Alex DaviesAlex Davies09.07.1709:00 amLyft Is Launching a Fleet of Self-Driving Cars in San FranciscoDrive.aiIf Uber's scandals, lawsuits, and federal investigations haven’t already driven you into the backseat of its competition just yet, maybe this will: Lyft is launching a fleet of self-driving cars and select customers in the San Francisco Bay Area will be offered free rides in auto…
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Office Space Startup Truss Lands $7.7 M for Market Expansion
CRETECH
Tech startup Truss recently closed a $7.7 million Series A round led by Navitas Capital, bringing its total capital raised to $9 million. The commercial real estate platform makes the office search process more efficient for businesses needing space less than 10,000 square feet. Truss aims to simplify real estate transactions for businesses using data scie…
