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  • CREtech Announces Official Partnership with Brella Networking App for 2019 Events

    CREtech

    CREtech to Offer Leading Networking Event Software App to Attendees For An Exclusive Matchmaking Experience at 2019 Events New York, NY (February 21, 2019) — CREtech (cretech.com), the largest event, data and content platform covering the commercial real estate tech industry, announced award-winning networking software, Brella, as the official matchmaking app for 2019 events, including: Los Angeles: March 27-28, 2019 Boston: April 10, 2019 New York City: October 16-17, 2019 &nbsp…

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  • SoftBank’s latest big real estate bet is in a start-up that’s taking on the physical storage industry

    CNBC

    SoftBank’s Vision Fund has poured billions of dollars into real estate technology, from its massive stake in co-working space provider WeWork to the hundreds of millions of dollars in online platforms Opendoor and Compass. The Vision Fund’s latest big bet is in another corner of the real estate market: storage. SoftBank said Wednesday it led a $200 million funding round in Clutter, which provides storage services, including the picking up and dropping off of a customer’s items. The cash in…

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  • Real Time Facilities Experience – Is it the Future?

    CRETech

    CREtech sat down for an Exclusive Interview with Prabhu Ramachandran, Founder & CEO, Facilio Inc. CREtech: While they were late to join the tech revolution, the real estate and FM industry is now undergoing a huge transformation. What do you think is changing in the built environment of late? Prabhu Ramachandran: I feel a lot of things are changing. Buildings have been late to this party but not too late! We are in the Uber, Airbnb era where every service is real-time and driven by custo…

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  • CBRE Launches New Co-Working Business, Taking on WeWork

    WSJ

    CBRE Group Inc. and other big brokers are trying to muscle their way into the increasingly crowded but lucrative co-working business, aiming to help landlords create their own flex-space companies that cut out middlemen like WeWork Cos. Large companies have embraced co-working and flex space because it allows them to expand and contract their space quickly. They have been rapidly shunning the 10- and 15-year leases that have been a mainstay of the office space industry for decades. …

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  • 3DEN raises $2M to create pay-as-you-go urban spaces

    TECHCRUNCH

    3DEN is building spaces for what it calls the “in-between moments” of your day. The name (pronounced “Eden”) comes from the idea of the “third place” — a space that’s neither home nor work. Founder and CEO Ben Silver told me the goal is to create a space that people can use if, say, they’ve got 45 minutes to fill between meetings, or if they’ve just gotten off a red-eye flight and need somewhere to freshen up. Coffee shops, co-working spaces, gyms or hotels might serve some of those function…

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  • Dealpath and Lionpoint Group Form Strategic Partnership to Deliver Data Solutions for Real Estate Investment Managers

    MARKET WATCH

    NEW YORK, Feb. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Dealpath, the leading investment management software platform for the real estate industry, and Lionpoint Group, a global advisory firm specializing in alternative investments, today jointly announced a strategic partnership to empower global real estate investment firms with centralized data and configurable workflows integrated across organizations by combining Lionpoint’s business strategy, technology and operational expertise with the Dealpath software…

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  • Technology is reshaping how buildings are managed

    FINANCE & COMMERCE

    An Eden Prairie-based company has launched a new platform that’s designed to streamline building maintenance and operations, one of the latest examples of how technology is changing the way building owners manage their properties. Renexus Technologies’ new platform, known as TracFax, aims to make life easier for property managers by bringing owners, vendors, contractors and other service providers together under one virtual, cloud-based roof. Property owners can submit requests to contract…

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  • After New York City’s War With Amazon, Uber Could Be Next

    NY TIMES

    After New York City and Amazon went to war over a new campus in Queens, the city is heading into battle with another tech giant: Uber. Mayor Bill de Blasio approved a yearlong cap on Uber vehicles last summer, making New York the first major American city to rein in the booming ride-hail company. Now Mr. de Blasio wants to extend the cap, prompting Uber to sue the city last week to overturn the law. Uber has fiercely opposed the cap, arguing that it hurts New Yorkers who rely on the app, espec…

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  • Connectivity, Mobility Key CRE Technology Trends, Says Emerging Sectors Panel

    GLOBEST

    PHILADELPHIA, PA—Connectivity and mobility are among the key technological trends affecting the commercial real estate market over the past decade, according to participants in the “Emerging Sectors Affecting Commercial Development” panel at ALM’s GlobeSt.com Philadelphia Conference last week at the Crystal Tea Room. The panel was moderated by Jeffrey Tertel, executive managing director, Newmark Knight Frank. …

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  • Walmart says automation is not the enemy of U.S. workers

    CHAIN STORE AGE

    Automation will reshape the next generation of American work, but a new report from Walmart finds an effective response will create positive results. According to “America at Work: A National Mosaic and Roadmap for Tomorrow,” a new analytical report from Walmart and McKinsey & Company, automation means jobs will be done differently, but not disappear. McKinsey data indicates 60% of occupations could see at least 30% of their activities automated. Walmart suggests that six principal res…

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