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According to serial entrepreneur Jeff Cavins, more than 35 million people each year look to rent an RV — 38 percent of them so-called millennials. Yet they often walk away from the experience empty-handed. The reason, he says: there are fewer than 100,000 commercial owned vehicles available from traditional rental services. Cavins says that his San Francisco-based company, Outdoorsy, is beginnin...
Despite plenty of uncertainty swirling around Instacart and its complex relationship with Whole Foods — now owned by Amazon — investors still seem to not be too worried, and are pouring a fresh big round of financing into the startup that values it at $4.2 billion. Instacart said it raised $200 million in a new funding round this morning led by Coatue Management, as well as Glade Brook Capital...
2017 was a great year of incredible growth, lessons learned and lots of #hustle. Whether you’re new to my blog or have been reading my sometimes-crazy thoughts for a while now … you have inspired me to keep exploring this always-exciting world of business and to always share what’s on my mind. I’m looking forward to a 2018 filled with even more collaboration! Here’s a quick recap of some...
Coworking represents a small yet growing segment of the office market. A study by Yardi Matrix of coworking leases in 20 major markets found 1,166 coworking sites with 26.9 million square feet of space. Commercial real estate has always evolved in ways that reflect technological and social changes. The most obvious current examples revolve around how e-commerce has altered the landscape for retail...
In 1996, when Richard Smith took the helm of Realogy, the housing bubble was in its infancy; there was no such thing as Zillow; and the concept of a startup brokerage with unicorn status was both inconceivable and 17 years off. Having weathered all of the above — and then some — the veteran chief executive passed the baton on Jan. 1 to Ryan Schneider, a banking executive who’s vowed to accel...
SAN JOSE, CA – FEBRUARY 1, 2018 – CBRE announced a new build-to-suit office opportunity at Bay 101 Technology Place, a mixed-use, high-rise project at 1740 North First Street in North San Jose. The nine-story Class A tower is currently entitled for approximately 245,000 square feet of office space. Located at the intersection of Highway 101 and First Street adjacent to the new Bay 101 Casi...
Jan 31, 2018• Jan 24, 2018• Jan 9, 2018• Jan 3, 2018• Seven fledgling startups graduated from Metaprop’s accelerated growth program and were shepherded into a crowd interested in cutting edge real estate tech at Demo Day on February 1. The startups were put through MetaProp’s intensive 22-week Accelerator program that provides them with a minimum $50,000 investment, connection to indus...
New Year, Positive Outlook February 6, 20180 CommentBy JLL Retail 5 ways retailers can increase sales volumes online and in-store all year The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year, or so the song goes. It’s also the time of the year where majority of retailers reach their highest annual sales volumes and luckily the increase this season was significant. Retail had one of its be...
Jerome Powell was sworn in as the new Federal Reserve chairman, reports MarketWatch. Department store chain Bon-Ton Stores has filed for Chapter 11 protection, according to CNBC. These are among today’s just reads from around the commercial real estate industry. Jerome Powell Sworn In as Fed Chairman “Jerome Powell officially took the helm of the Federal Reserve Board on Monday, replacing Jane...
Sidewalk Labs announced the launch of a new spinoff company, Coord, that will be a connective tissue for street-related data, government, private companies, emerging mobility services, and the people who live in cities. Coord is an API layer for transportation and a coordination platform for mobility services, navigation tools, and urban infrastructure. The company can help a ride-hail service m...