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  • KPMG mulling another expansion in Montvale, report says

    Real Estate NJ

    By Real Estate NJ Less than six months after starting construction on a new technology center in Montvale, KMPG LLP reportedly is seeking to expand its footprint in the borough once again. The audit, tax and advisory giant appeared before the local planning board earlier this week to present plans for a new three-story office building and two parking garages, according to a report by NorthJersey.com. Those plans call for connecting two existing buildings on its campus along Chestnut Ridge Road a…

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  • Tech Dominates Large Leasing Activity In San Francisco In 2017

    Bisnow – San Francisco Commercial Real Estate News

    Tech companies are expanding their footprints in San Francisco in big ways this year. Amazon, Google and Airbnb have all signed leases over 100K SF. Even bigger deals are in the works. Facebook is said to be eyeing about 400K SF at 181 Fremont, according to the San Francisco Business Times. This would be the biggest lease of the year, but those closest to the deal have kept mum on the details. Check out the largest leases and renewals signed so far this year in San Francisco. Location: 650 Towns…

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  • HomeBeat.Live launches the new “Slack for buildings“

    The Coup

    Similar to Slack® the Berlin start-up HomeBeat.Live provides a powerful communication platform, but in this case dedicated to apartment buildings, enhanced with practical tools to increase transparency & safety. Berlin, 17th August 2017; If you think PropTech is still in its infancy, you’re right. Until today, real estate management solutions have been focusing on efficiency gains for property managers, largely ignoring the needs of tenants and apartment owners. As a result, data and procedu…

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  • A Sustainable Startup and Sustainable Entrepreneur

    Michael Beckerman

    Lindsay Baker is a rockstar! Really!!! She is the type of person you want to invest in, work with and hang out with :). I have been incredibly impressed with her and her company, Comfy. They are really building something special. Not only are they led by quality people like Lindsay, but they are working in one of the most important spaces in the world… sustainability. It touches everything that I find meaningful today. As someone who spends a ton of time outdoors, and is very passionate about th…

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  • Startup Seeks to Add Flexibility to the Hospitality Industry

    CRETECH

    No one likes paying for something they don’t use, but that’s what the majority of travelers do when booking hotel rooms. When was the last time you showed up exactly at check-in time and stayed until check-out? Whether checking in at 3 p.m. or 11 p.m., the booking rate is the same. Hotelflex is disrupting this age-old system. The revamped reservation booking model offers customers the flexibility to check in and out whenever they want.Sometimes travelers are just passing through a city, coming i…

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  • Target’s small-format stores are turning into a big win for the retailer

    MarketWatch.com – Top Stories

    Target Corp. is talking up its latest bricks-and-mortar strategy to reach college communities and urban locations that may have been previously off limits: small-format stores. These modestly-sized stores are a key part of Target’s TGT, +3.61% business transformation strategy, with locations introduced in college communities like those surrounding the University of California—Irvine and the University of Cincinnati, and in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood, where a same-day delivery service i…

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  • How big can Google get? Its aggressive push for elbow room in the Bay Area

    Miami Herald – Real Estate

    For the past six years, Google has been expanding bit by bit beyond its Mountain View headquarters. But this year, the tech titan's plan for a massive new push into San Jose coupled with big land buys in Sunnyvale show just how big Google's footprint may get. If everything the tech titan has in the works comes to pass, Google could double its square footage in Silicon Valley, potentially making room for roughly another 31,000 or more employees. The tech titan's outposts have alrea…

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  • What College Students Taught Us About Predicting Future Tech Trends

    CB Insights Blog

    What College Students Taught Us About Predicting Future Tech Trends August 16, 2017 AR/VR Bitcoin & Blockchain Digital Health Drones Early-Stage Real Estate Tech Retail Tech Smart Money Venture Capital August 16, 2017 Share What College Students Taught Us About Predicting Future Tech Trends on Facebook Share What College Students Taught Us About Predicting Future Tech Trends on Twitter Share What College Students Taught Us About Predicting Future Tech Trends on LinkedIn Share What College St…

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  • Industrial Spaces Need IoT, Too

    CRETECH

    The Internet of Things (IoT) helps property managers more efficiently run their properties, retailers save on energy costs, and brokers sell properties. Best of all, the revolution isn’t limited to one industry. When industrial properties upgrade to include IoT tech, the space becomes more productive while enhancing its buyer appeal. Since the industrial real estate market covers a wide array of niches, different spaces benefit from different tech. For instance, temperature monitoring matters mo…

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  • Outdated American Ports Sail Ahead As New Tech Heats Up

    Bisnow – National Commercial Real Estate News

    American ports are facing challenges as older facilities struggle to keep pace with demand from larger, post-Panamax ships. More than 900 ports exist in the U.S. These ports move about 99% of the nation’s goods and generate about $4.6 trillion toward the U.S. economy each year, Construction Dive reports. Taking into account all of this activity, many of the country's ports are outdated and strained. Tech is playing a big role in the modernization of these ports, with many stakeholders looki…

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