Seth Pinsky, EVP of RXR Realty to Keynote #ASDSummit 2018 at NYC Real Estate Tech Week.

New York, NY, October 10, 2018 –AnySizeDeals announced today that Seth Pinsky, Executive Vice President (EVP) at RXR Realty will be the headline speaker at the #ASDSummit on November 7th in New York City. The #ASDSummit is part of NYC Real Estate Tech Week in partnership with MetaProp NYC and MIPIM. The #ASDSummit will take place at SAP Next-Gen at 10 Hudson Yards from 8:30am to 12pm. Registrations are now open @ asdsummit.com. The conference theme this year is Opportunity Zones and the…

Brandywine Debuts Flexible Office Space As Tenant Amenity, Not Coworking Competitor

Brandywine Realty Trust is not getting into the coworking game, despite what its new flexible office space concept might look like at first glance. The new offering is called BEX, which stands for Brandywine Experience. It is a new amenity Brandywine is offering to all of its office tenants, no matter where they rent, that the REIT piloted for nearly a year at 555 East Lancaster Ave. in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

Space Race: Knotel Inks Three Manhattan Leases as WeWork Gets Into the ‘HQ’ Business

Office provider Knotel continues to escalate its space war with WeWork after announcing this week that it has agreed to new leases at three Manhattan office buildings. The startup, which has become one of the most prolific consumers of office space in New York City since the start of 2017, announced today that it has inked deals for 11,940 square feet at 80-90 Eighth Avenue in Chelsea and 10,400 square feet at 155 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District. The deals come on the heels of a lease f…

Start Thinking About Driverless Cars Today

Autonomous vehicles exist today, and while we are still years away from seeing them rise into total popularity, real estate owners should start thinking about how to adapt their real estate assets to a future with driverless cars. This technology will completely change the way people live, affecting city planning, development, parking and even signage. Some owners are still figuring out how to integrate ride-sharing zones, they should be looking further ahead.

CompStak launches new analytics platform

CompStak has launched a new analytics platform that allows users to compare its crowdsourced leasing and property information in real time. The platform, dubbed CompStak Analytics, launched Monday, giving the company a head start over rival VTS, which is planning to launch a similar product in coming months.

Freight trucking startup Shipwell gets a $10 million boost

Shipwell, a startup pitching a marketplace for domestic ground shipping and fleet and cargo management services for freight trucking companies, has raised $10 million in a new round of funding.

A booming American economy coupled with failing infrastructure and a low-margin business reluctant to adopt new technologies have put stress on domestic logistics companies in the $900 billion market for U.S. trucking services.

Fashion and photography to meet at SoHo coworking space

A fashion, photography and design coworking space is taking on the city with its first location in SoHo. VillageOne, a coworking company that will feature a professional photo studio with equipment and a makeup room, just leased 4,000 s/f at 594 Broadway.  

JLL Spark invests in Honest Buildings

Global Venture Fund joins syndicate of real estate owners and VCs backing the owner-specific project management platform SAN FRANCISCO – October 9, 2018 – JLL Spark, a division of JLL (NYSE: JLL), announced today an investment in Honest Buildings – a market-leading project management platform built for and backed by real estate owners. The new investment will be used to help fuel HonestBuildings’ expansion into new international markets and deliver real estate owners w…

PRIVACY AND THE FUTURE OF WORKPLACE

The Circle – a 2013 novel by Dave Eggers – is a dystopian glimpse into the future of working among the internet giants that currently dominate business.  But it also carries a very definitive vision of the future of workplace from the eyes of the workforce, and it is far from complimentary.

WeWork’s losses in Europe tripled last year

WeWork’s European expansion continues amid mixed success, at least according to the books. The co-working company’s losses in Europe tripled in 2017, according to the Financial Times. The reasons appear to stem from costs related to staffing–which tripled– infrastructure and rent. The latter of which both rose 60 percent and 53 percent respectively, and are tied to the acquisition and fit-out of new spaces across the continent.