Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
BISNOW
The We Company has canceled plans for its long-anticipated Seattle co-living location, it announced Monday. In what would have been its third WeLive and first West Coast co-living location, WeWork had planned to occupy the entirety of Martin Selig Real Estate’s 36-story tower heading for the city’s Belltown neighborhood.
TECHCRUNCH
Google this morning unveiled the long-awaited follow-up to the Home Mini. The latest version of the company’s wildly popular entry-level smart speaker has been rebranded the Nest Home Mini, in keeping with the branding refresh of its smart home offerings. The new version of the device looks a lot like its predecessor, but features a number of internal upgrades.
WSJ
WeWork bonds plumbed new lows Tuesday, highlighting questions about the shared-office startup’s future as it explores options for raising desperately needed cash after shelving an initial public offering.
WSJ
An apartment-hotel company that manages short-term rentals is leasing and managing an entire 26-story Dallas apartment building, the latest sign this budding segment of the lodging market is starting to gain traction.
JOIN
Join to launch at Dock 72 with tailored services for the CREtech New York Conference on October 16-17 New York, NY (October 15, 2019) — Join™, the Cloud for Smart Buildings and Smart Workplaces, is pleased to announce that the company has added Dock 72 to its Cloud and will launch the service at the 2019 CREtech NYC Conference, being held on October 16th and 17th at the new Boston Properties-Rudin development site in Brooklyn. CREtech (cretech.com) is the leading event, content and connectivit…
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WSJ
SAN FRANCISCO— Amazon.com Inc. recently opened its fourth cashierless convenience store here, all located within a few blocks of each other. Nearby, two startups are each demonstrating their own technology that they envision powering cashier-free stores across America. This roughly one-square-mile stretch in the tech capital’s bustling business district is emerging as a battleground to eliminate retailing’s centuries-old checkout process and reinvent the way consumers shop. …
BISNOW
Location is no longer the only amenity of consequence in commercial real estate. In today’s world, CRE tenants are actually more likely to place a premium on buildings with internal tech advances, such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things. A survey of 750 CRE executives released by Deloitte this week found owners, developers, brokers and investors see their investments in tech-centric tools as one of the best ways to improve overall tenant experiences.
THE REAL DEAL
Crowdfunding was once touted as the next big thing — a way for average investors to get into the lucrative world of real estate and a way for platforms to tap a new spigot of funding. The space took off around 2013, when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced new rules allowing private companies to sell securities to the general public….
GLOBEST
SAN DIEGO—CCIM designees and other top real estate professionals came together Monday morning for the CCIM Global Conference, the international commercial real estate event for trading ideas that help shape the future of the industry. This year’s conference focused on building your business and provide practical education and professional connections. Opening the event was Aeronyde’s Trevor Ragno, who talked flying cars and drone data among other things.
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