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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…

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  • The Rise of the Brokerage Tech Stack

    CommissionTrac – Blog

      By Turner Levison  Posted September 7, 2017  In Commercial Real Estate Commissions The Rise of the Brokerage Tech Stack2017-09-072017-09-07http://commissiontrac.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ctlh.pngCommissionTrachttps://commissiontrac.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tech-stack.jpg200px200px 0 0 If you think your commercial real estate office is technologically up-to-date because you’ve given up your fax machine in favor of email, but it might be time to rethink what you thought you knew. The …

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  • Real Estate Tech is Ripe for Disruption and These 3 Companies Are Moving In

    Inc.com – Headlines

    There has been much ado about how real estate is an industry ripe for disruption, and a lot of speculation as to exactly how it will occur. Yet companies across the country already have boots on the ground, clearing a path for disruption to follow. It's no surprise that in 2016, 235 real estate tech companies received VC funding, compared to just 72 in 2012. Three tech developers out of the Midwest have realized the opportunities in a data-driven industry like real estate, yet sought to sol…

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  • Amazon is looking for a 2nd headquarter city, a ‘full equal to Seattle’

    TechCrunch – All Stories

    Amazon has made a name for itself as a giant in e-commerce, logistics and cloud services both for businesses and consumers. Now it’s embarking on a big move to expand its corporate presence, too. Today the company announced that it is opening a search for a city in North America to make its second headquarters, envisioned as a “full equal” to Amazon’s existing home in Seattle, Washington. At full-capacity, the site would be expected to be of similar, or even bigger, size to the Seattle operation…

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  • ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INTERVIEWS I HAVE DONE IN THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR

    Michael Beckerman

    There are many pressing issues facing the commercial real estate industry. Nothing threatening, thank goodness. For the most part, things are going great for the industry. Deals are getting done. Developments are being built. People are making money. Technology is quickly becoming a major factor in enhancing the industry`s efficiencies, etc. All good signs! But if there were one critical issue to the overall health of the sector it`s that we aren`t attracting enough young people. For commerci…

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  • Lennar Debuts World’s First Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Home Designs at Harvest Villages on Saturday, September 16

    Lennar – The Open Door Blog

    Harvest Villages showcases new homebuilding approach enabling whole-home Wi-Fi, seamless voice control, online shopping and home automation as standard features (September, 2017) – Lennar (NYSE: LEN and LEN.B), one of the nation’s largest builders, today unveiled Harvest Villages as one of the world’s first to include Wi-Fi CERTIFIED smart homes featuring integrated automation and voice control with Amazon Alexa – all a part of Lennar’s signature Everything’s Included approach to homebuilding. H…

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  • Zoopla is buying financial comparison site Money.co.uk in deal worth up to £140 million

    Business Insider – Finance

    LONDON — Zoopla Group is branching out further from its traditional business of house listings with the acquisition of financial comparison website Money.co.uk. ZPG, Zoopla's parent group, announced on Thursday that it has reached a deal to buy Money.co.uk for £80 million, with the possibility of an additional £60 million payout if the business performs in-line with projections over the coming years. Founded in 2008, Money.co.uk lets people compare financial products like credit cards, mort…

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  • Amazon Shops To Open Inside Some Kohl’s Stores

    CBS Philadelphia – Local News

    Amazon Shops To Open Inside Some Kohl's Stores September 6, 2017 8:39 PM Filed Under: amazon By Kaya Yurieff PHILADELPHIA (CNN) — Amazon is continuing its effort to bring its online business into stores. The department store on Wednesday announced Amazon “smart home spaces” are coming to 10 of its stores in the Los Angeles and Chicago areas, starting in October. Shoppers will be able to buy Amazon gadgets — like Kindles and Fire tablets — accessories and smart home products, such as the Ech…

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