Warehouse Design Steals a Page From Tech Playbook

Coffee bars, lounges and other creature-comforts that have become regular features of modern office spaces are beginning to make their way to warehouses. Facing a tight labor market, e-commerce operators, logistics firms, manufacturers and developers are incorporating amenities that were first popularized in Silicon Valley’s campuses before spreading to urban office skyscrapers. New perks at distribution centers also include patios, discounted dining venues, gyms, landscaped walking trails an…

Vivint Smart Home Introduces Zero Down Financing for Property Owners and Managers

Property managers can now add smart home technology to new and existing developments with no upfront cost PROVO, Utah – June 26, 2019 – Vivint Smart Home, a leading smart home company, today introduced zero down financing to help property owners and managers add smart home technology to their multifamily developments with no upfront cost. This is the first zero down financing option for a comprehensive multifamily smart home solution, making it easier than ever to add smart home to both new and…

TechCrunch Founder Sells $1.6 Million House on Crypto Real Estate Platform

Propy, a blockchain based real estate platform, announced the sale of a $1.6 million San Francisco property owned by the venture capital fund CrunchFund, co-founded by Michael Arrington. The announcement follows news of Propy’s highest cost transaction to date, a $2.4 million duplex in San Francisco, completed entirely on the platform. Propy is a real-estate transaction platform that empowers buyers, sellers, their agents, and escrow agents to close a traditional real estate deal entirely …

Blend Raises $130 Million in Series E Funding to Power One-Tap Mortgages and Consumer Loans

SAN FRANCISCO, June 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Blend, a leader in digital lending technology, today announced it has raised $130 million in Series E funding led by Temasek and General Atlantic. Existing investors 8VC, Founders Fund, Greylock Partners, and Lightspeed Venture Partners also participated in the round, which brings the company’s total funding to $310 million….

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The Circular Economy Is Great For Real Estate’s Bottom Line, Oh, And The Planet

May Al-Karooni just couldn’t get her head around it. The office of the investment bank at which she worked was being refurbished, and she asked the facilities management team what was happening to everything that was being ripped out: the fixtures, fittings and furniture. Basically, she was told, the vast majority was being thrown away. It was just the easiest thing to do.

The Coming Resi/CRE Convergence

Residential real estate has always been thought of as sales and, to a lesser degree, rentals. Commercial has operated with five pillars for decades: office, retail, industrial, multi-family, and hospitality. There was historically little to no interaction or cross-over between the two. Now, tech companies and even landlords are blurring the lines between these historically disparate industries.  Short-term rentals are interspersed in skyscrapers. Coworking establishments thrive inside residen…

BREAKING NEWS: WeWork to acquire mobile access control expert Waltz, enhancing global platform

Access is the foundation of people’s lives. You leave home and lock the door. Swipe your Metrocard to enter the subway. Scan your badge at the front desk, and again at the elevator. Frictionless access drives how people engage with each other and the world around them.

Leaving Tracks: How Malls Track Shoppers Inside and Outside Its Doors

As you set foot inside, the mall knows where you’ve come from. Once you leave, the mall knows where you go next. The mall knows where you live. The mall knows where you work. The mall knows the kinds of shops you visit. The mall knows if you tweeted about that shirt you bought. The mall probably knows where you’ll eat lunch.

From Food Halls To Unique Goods, Millennials Change Demand In Retail

As the largest consumer group in the country, millennials are changing the face of retail. As major employers like Facebook, VF Corp. and Panasonic have opened shop in Colorado, millennials have followed in pursuit of high-paying jobs, and they have gravitated toward the urban neighborhoods where those companies are. “That workforce wants to live, breathe and eat everything right next to their job,” Cushman & Wakefield Director Tyler Bray said. “The millennials are a very important par…