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  • AWS For Everyone: New clues emerge about Amazon’s secretive low-code/no-code project

    GEEKWIRE

    The promise of so-called “low code/no code” software-development tools is to enable anyone to create business applications around their custom needs. It sounds like Amazon Web Services is getting ready to extend that idea to everyone. Based on several LinkedIn resumes and a recent tech talk, it now seems like more than 50 engineers are working on a secretive low-code/no-code project that’s part of an effort called AWS For Everyone. Earlier reports indicated that AWS has for some time been wor…

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  • Coworking Leasing Activity Increased by 200 Percent Last Year in Manhattan: Report

    COMMERCIAL OBSERVER

    Coworking and flexible workplace companies had a surge in leasing activity last year, increasing by 200 percent from the year before, but experts don’t expect that stratospheric growth to continue. Leasing activity for coworking firms accounted for 18 percent of all deals in 2018 in Manhattan, with 111 leases signed, a significant increase from the 6 percent it comprised in 2017, according to a year-end CBRE report released today. The sector previously held steady at 6 percent since 2015. (St…

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  • Online homebuyer Knock picks up $400M in latest fundraising round

    INMAN

    The online homebuying startup Knock has announced a new $400 million fundraising round, further intensifying the increasingly fierce competition in the growing space of similar tech-enabled homebuying companies (known collectively as “iBuyers“). Knock said its new funding comes in the form of both debt and equity. The Foundry Group, a venture capital firm, led the fundraising effort, with a number of existing and new investors participating as well….

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  • Why Sustainable Design Will Dominate in 2019

    GLOBEST

    2019 will be the year for sustainable design. According to designer Ameen Ayoub of Ameen Ayoub Design Studio, more and more developers and clients are asking about sustainable design and looking for ways to incorporate sustainable features into projects. This includes everything from solar panels to electric charging stations, and the demand is expected to grow significantly in 2019.

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  • WeWork’s CEO Makes Millions as Landlord to WeWork

    WSJ

    For more than two months after employees at International Business Machines Corp.moved into a Manhattan building managed by office-space giant WeWork Cos., frequent elevator problems forced workers to climb the stairs of the 11-story building and prompted complaints to the company. One of the landlords behind the building was no ordinary owner: It was Adam Neumann, WeWork’s chief executive, who leased the property to WeWork after buying it, according to people familiar with the situation….

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  • THE SWIG COMPANY’S ‘FUEL’ FOR CHANGE STARTING IN 2019

    THE SWIG COMPANY

    Deborah Boyer named company’s first Director of Innovation and Community Impact, overseeing future-focused initiatives; Connor Kidd to lead Asset Management The Swig Company has announced changes to its executive structure designed to strengthen its industry-leading role in providing tenants with optimal workspace environments as well as redouble its commitment to community. The changes include the creation of a new executive position, Director of Innovation and Community Impact. Deborah Boy…

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  • The Race to Create the Coolest Smart Home Devices Is Hotter Than Ever

    NY TIMES

    When 47-year-old Chris Petrock purchased a three-bedroom, three-story home in Norwalk, Conn., last March, he decided to make it a smart one — where he could control the lights, refrigerator, thermostat, televisions, security cameras and everything in between — with the sound of his voice or a click on his smartphone. Some friends and family members were skeptical. “I think a lot of my friends are kind of scared of it,” he said. But he pressed ahead, purchasing a package of Samsung smart applian…

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  • Growing new brokerage poaches top Bay Area brokers

    BUSINESS TIMES

    New brokerage HelloOffice has snapped up a handful of Bay Area brokers for its growing team. CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE) brokers Felipe Gomez-Kraus, Mike Iino, John Diepenbrock and Clinton Lee will join the young brokerage company, according to a news release, along with former Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) broker Stephen Llevano. Iino and Gomez-Kraus will serve as presidents of the brokerage after building their careers at CBRE and the CAC Group….

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  • Exclusive Interview with CEO, Sce Pike of IOTAS

    CREtech

    Sce Pike is the CEO and Founder of IOTAS, a Smart Property Tech company that provides a complete turn-key IoT solution to the Multi-Family-Home (MFH) Industry that helps to increase value by providing a simple, yet elegant Smart Home experience to residents while reducing costs to building owners. Sce’s, pronounced “say”, background has always been centered around smart technology, beginning in Silicon Valley in 2000 when she joined Palm. Later, in 2007, she co-founded Citizen, which sold to Ern…

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  • Measurabl raises $18M Series B to Expand Leading ESG Software Platform for Real Estate

    MEASURABL

    Measurabl, a Camber Creek portfolio company, announced today that it closed a $18mm Series B round led by Sway Ventures with participation from existing and new investors, including S&P Measurabl, the world’s most widely adopted software for commercial real estate ESG (environmental, social, governance) data management, has closed $18.7 million in Series B funding. Sway Ventures led the round after participating in the Series A.  S&P Global, the world’s preeminent provider of market i…

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