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Smart City This is a fantastic idea for retirees who don't need to worry about traveling to work every day – a futuristic city out in the boondocks!  Sun City in Phoenix was the first 55+ retirement community built in the country, and when in opened in 1960, it was way out of town at 99th Ave. Bill Gates wants to build at the A on the map – which is 339th Avenue!  But he is proposing mo...

CRE // Tech to Host Largest Industry Event on December 7 Fifth Annual CRE // Tech New York Event expected to host over 500 industry professionals New York, NY (November 13, 2017)-- CRE // Tech (cretech.com), the leading event, content and connectivity platform for the commercial real estate industry will host the largest event in the history of the commercial real estate tech sector on December 7t...

A tech company in Eugene has pledged to donate $2 million to construct a facility for homeless teenagers in western Oregon, but the gift will be made in bitcoin. The Register-Guard reports the company CBT Nuggets plans to cover the full costs of building a 20-room facility to house teenage boys through the independent digital currency. St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County is among the coalit...

The youngest generation might not be the biggest spenders, but they have influence over family purchases — and they're growing up fast. Author By Cara Salpini @CaraSalpini • Published Nov. 10, 2017 Share it post share tweet Now that Halloween is behind us, there's only one more major holiday before Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and their ilk become the prime focus of consumers (and r...

Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor: Safaricom launches innovation center to move beyond M-Pesa Africa Roundup: MEST, Airbus and Microsoft expand in Africa, while Afrostream shutters African tech can produce surprises. One this week is a $1.2 million Series A startup buying part of a $1 bi...

MIAMI, Nov. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Gridics, a Miami-based real estate software company, announced it has raised $1.6 million in additional Seed capital.  The round was led by BH3, a real estate developer with projects in South Florida and New York City, and Dune Road Capital.  The company will use this investment to accelerate development and sales of the Zonar.City platform to cities and real...

Is Cleveland a model for med-tech success in Rochester? Business Catharine Richert · Cleveland, Ohio · Nov 9, 2017 A view of downtown Cleveland on July 8, 2014. Jeff Swensen | Getty Images 2014 Hungry to launch his medical technology firm, Jake Orville first needed a city with the research brainpower he'd require and the workers and workspace he could afford. Cleveland was not the sexy ans...

The company acquired a 202,000-square-foot data center in the far West Side, marking its fourth facility in Alamo City. Microsoft Corp. expanded its footprint in San Antonio through the acquisition of another data center in the far West Side. The company reportedly paid $80 million to Chevron for the asset, according to My San Antonio. The 34-acre, 202,000-square-foot center at 5200 Rogers Road is...

Today, the real-estate startup Compass is announcing that it has raised another $100 million — money that it plans to use to expand its sales and rental listings service to every major city in the U.S., as well as build new CRM technology to integrate client, listings and transactions data. The Series E values the company at a whopping $1.8 billion. Compass had over $100 million in the bank befo...

A New York startup called Compass is persuading investors that it can reshape the home-buying process through the use of technology. A dashboard showing neighborhood data and a Pinterest-like app for organizing home listings would make real-estate agents more productive and therefore, more profitable, the company says. The pitch caught the attention of Fidelity Investments, which made a rare bet o...