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  • US Bancorp Tower is Portland’s First Wired Platinum Building

    GLOBEST

    PORTLAND, OR—WiredScore is the only internationally recognized platform that rates the infrastructure, connectivity and technology capacity of commercial buildings. Platinum Wired certification represents the standard of in-building connectivity, technology infrastructure and readiness to adapt to emerging technologies. Unico Properties LLC recently earned this rare Wired Platinum certification from WiredScore for in-building technology and connectivity at US Bancorp Tower in downtown. US Ban…

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  • Stay Alfred Hosts Pivot Developer Conference With Keynote Speaker Michael Beckerman, CEO of CREtech

    PR NEWSWIRE

    NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Stay Alfred, the hospitality startup that pioneered the travel apartment concept in alternative accommodations, hosted its first-ever Pivot partner conference on Sept. 25-27, 2019 at 505 in Nashville. It featured an elite group of multifamily industry leaders, including keynote speaker Michael Beckerman, CEO of CREtech, who covered technology and the future of commercial real estate (CRE)….

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  • Fear Overtakes Greed in IPO Market After WeWork Debacle

    WSJ

    The IPO market has gone from hot to not. Shares of newly public companies, earlier this year one of the hottest investments on Wall Street, are now in a slump after investors soured on unprofitable startups from Uber Technologies Inc. to WeWork. Shares of technology startups and other companies that went public in the U.S. this year are trading roughly 5% above, on average, their prices at their initial public offerings, well short of the 18% gain in the S&P 500 index, according to D…

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  • Why we moved our Silicon Valley startup to Canada

    VENTUREBEAT

    Don’t look now, Silicon Valley. Canada is coming for you. In case you missed it last month, the $250 million funding round announced by Vancouver B.C.-based Clio was a major milestone in the rise of the Canadian tech startup ecosystem. The funding round was not only the largest in Canadian startup history; it was led by top California-based VC firms TCV and JMI, whose previous investments include Airbnb, Facebook, Netflix, and Spotify….

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  • Co-living investor taps C&W to raise $1B fund

    REAL ESTATE WEEKLY

    Co-living investor Six Peak Capital has tapped Cushman & Wakefield to raised $1 billion in debt and equity to fund its US expansion. Six Peak invests in co-living projects with Common, a “tech-enabled, community-focused residential brand” that designs and operates traditional apartments and co-living suites. Common currently manages 30 buildings across New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Oakland, Seattle, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., at a 98 percent occupancy rate and above-market N…

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  • Tenant Experience Takes Center Stage at the Largest Conference in Commercial Real Estate Tech

    DIGITAL JOURNAL

    HqO, a tenant experience (TeX) software and services company for commercial real estate, is pleased to announce that they are an Innovator Sponsor and exhibitor at the 2019 CREtech NYC Conference, being held on October 16th and 17th at Dock 72 in Brooklyn. Additionally, HqO co-founder and CEO Chase Garbarino will deliver a plenary session at the event. CREtech (cretech.com) is the leading event, content and connectivity platform for the commercial real estate technology industry….

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  • From the Rooftops, Big Box Stores Are Embracing Solar

    NEW YORK TIMES

    Target’s famous bull’s-eye is so cosmically linked with the brand that it’s hard to imagine the retail behemoth ever messing with the logo’s red color. But over the past decade — under pressure from customers, shareholders and employees — Target’s retail future is morphing into a very different hue: eco-green. The Minneapolis retailer best-known for its trendy, private-label brands and its millennial-friendly prices, has very publicly embraced the renewable energy passions of its millennial-hea…

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  • How former Yankee Mark Teixeira became the new voice for real estate placemaking

    SHADOW VENTURES

    Mark Teixeira spent 14 years as a professional baseball player, including a season with the Atlanta Braves and nine with the New York Yankees. In that time, he won a World Series, became a three-time All-Star, won five Golden Glove Awards and three Silver Slugger Awards. These days, he’s turned his eye to real estate, undertaking an ambitious project to revitalize the Proctor Creek area of Atlanta’s west side, turning it into the mixed-use Quarry Yards development. Read on for more about h…

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  • “All Around Town: 360° of NYC” – REBNY Announces Speakers for Annual Fall Members’ Luncheon on Oct 22

    REAL ESTATE BOARD OF NEW YORK

    Get the inside scoop on the “Who, What, When, Where and Why” of upcoming NYC developments and changing demands! The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), the city’s leading real estate trade association, is hosting the most popular event of the season for CRE. The panel of respected industry leaders includes:

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  • Meeting-Space Companies See Big Money in Manhattan

    WSJ

    A British company that builds and rents out meeting space in office properties is expanding in New York City, challenging hotels and other operators for a slice of the city’s more than $10 billion annual conference business. Etc.venues last month agreed to take 30,000 square feet in a Midtown East building at 601 Lexington Ave. The London-based company plans to revamp the space that was an in-house conference center for Citigroup Inc….

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