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By Maureen Ehrenberg From the December 2017 Issue The Internet of Things (IoT), robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI), smart building/smart workplace sensors and monitoring, and digitization are dramatically changing where and how people work. But that’s not all; these technological advances are also changing the way we imagine, plan, develop, use, and manage facilities....

SPONSORED CONTENT For New American Funding, 2017 was a banner year. In a time when some lenders saw contraction, New American Funding opened 31 branches and hired more than 1,000 new employees, including 330 outside loan officers. In addition, the company funded approximately $900 million in home loans and grew its servicing portfolio to $22 billion. The company credits its success to its continuo...

Our Checklist: First, begin meeting with investors about 6 to 8 months before you actually open up your fundraising round. Use the first meeting to start building the relationship so that you can easily secure a meeting when you are actually raising capital. This way, you won't be scrambling to set meetings when you are actively fundraising (or in a cash crunch). Plan to meet the investor...

Real Estate Roundup: Silicon Valley Tech Giants Named Among Best Workplaces 10 Years Running December 18, 2017 by Pacific Union • Posted in Featured Posts, Weekly Real Estate News Roundups Here’s a look at recent news of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the home-curious. GOOGLE, APPLE MARK DECADE-LONG STINT ON LIST OF BEST U.S. PLACES TO WORK While big paychecks and healthy work-life ...

Not many industry events have the ability to fill a conference agenda with leading voices from global companies, active industry venture capitalists, CIO’s from the most recognized Commercial Real Estate brands and the leading landlords in New York City. Last week, the team at CRE//Tech managed to not only assemble these leading voices in one room, but stacked them together to provide expert per...

SpotCRE and QuantumListing Help Xceligent Employees Although this is just horrible news for so many customers of Xceligent, it is also bad news and bad timing for many of the Xceligent employees who got news mid December that their company was no longer going to exist. The entire story of this company and its battles with CoStar have been the most talked about topic in 2017 and it comes to a reall...

Convene Set to Open Its First L.A. Location in March Co-Working Company Aims to Offer Something Unique By Karen Jordan December 18, 2017 Email Print Studio courtesy of Convene WeWork may soon have more competition as Convene is about to hit Los Angeles with its first location scheduled to open in March. The New York-based company, which aims to transform the workplace with its upscale co-working a...

American computer scientist Alan Kay once defined technology as “anything that wasn't around when you were born.” True enough, but that covers a lot of ground, especially on the leading edge of today's technology developments. As a real estate broker, you need to focus on what's currently coming down the pipeline that could have a meaningful, positive impact on your business. Id...

Technology has clearly created change in every modern office and working condition. In a way, every company is now a tech company. Collaboration, flexibility, shared space, personal choice, mobility, wellness and work-life integration are now valued in almost every industry. As more and more workplaces design themselves to meet these priorities, whether through flexible spaces, amenities or connec...

I am still amazed at last week’s CRE//Tech event in New York City. I have been attending the events since the beginning and it’s tremendous to see how far this organization has come in such a short time. In the beginning, the tech companies dominated the speaking panels. At that time, it was important for them to have a platform to discuss and describe their products because no one in the indu...