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SoftBank's Futuristic Vision Fund Takes on the Real (Estate) WorldSoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son likes to talk about 300-year timeframes for his investments.Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesSharesharetweetcommentemailAuthor: Erin GriffithErin Griffithbusiness04.16.1807:00 amSoftBank's Futuristic Vision Fund Takes on the Real (Estate) WorldSoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son likes to talk about 300-year ti...

On the heels of SoftBank’s $4.4 billion investment in WeWork last year, some co-working rivals stepped up their fundraising game. Industrious kicked off 2018 with a new $80 million funding round and Knotel followed up with an $80 million fundraise of its own. And with all that firepower for expansion, co-working companies are now rivaling Manhattan’s traditionally dominant firms for space. Co-...

Real estate platform Zillow changed up its business model this week, announcing that it plans to purchase and sell homes in Las Vegas and Phoenix. Zillow will be working with Berkshire Hathaway and Coldwell Banker to make offers on homes before it finds a buyer. Zillow will pay commissions and also “make necessary repairs and updates and list the home as quickly as possible.” Calling it “I...

As Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress, the Menlo Park, California-based social media giant he oversees is gearing up for a big move. According to an exclusive report from sister publication Silicon Valley Business Journal, Facebook Inc. agreed to become one of the main tenants of WeWork's first Mountain View, California office — its largest-ever lease for WeWork. New York-based WeWork, ...

If there is one thing the success of the Eric Ries’ The Lean Start-up or Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur’s Business Model Generation have taught us, it is that there is no one method to starting or running a successful business. We have seen books from Phil Knight’s Shoe Dog to Matthew Syed’s Black Box Thinking gaining widespread popularity, each teaching us something new or reinfor...

Without question, technology has been changing the industrial real estate landscape for years. At the same time, the CRE industry has been slow to adapt to it —but that is changing. Asked of some of the biggest names in commercial real estate, which technologies will have the biggest impact, Smart buildings got the most votes yet that only accounted for 35% who thought the impact would be signif...

FUEL Enterprises provides Appraisal Institute professionals with the next generation in valuation and underwriting software   New York, April 11, 2018 – FUEL Enterprises is pleased to announce a new agreement that will introduce a best in class technology, FUEL Valuation (FUEL), to Appraisal Institute (AI) professionals. FUEL is a state-of-the-art cloud-based platform powering the next generati...

View this document on Scribd I get sent many pitch decks and am always asked to comment on how to make any part of the deck better. I thought I would showcase and comment on WeWorks pitch deck since it's a great example of how to raise BILLIONS.-Scrolling past the usual logo and the very first slide says what? Here's who we are here's the money we are making and here are the markets we are in and ...

The 15 minute fad coming to your office April 10, 20180 CommentsBy JLL New York When talking about trends in the workplace, there is one word that is repeated constantly. Collaboration. Employers are tasked with striking a balance between encouraging open communication and teamwork and still maintaining some element of privacy to accommodate the changing demographics taking over today's' offices. ...

Joining a commercial real estate association is one of the best ways to widen your network. It can also increase your credibility with clients and help give your career a boost by providing access to people, resources, and continuing education opportunities you wouldn’t be able to obtain otherwise. While there’s lots of associations to choose from, we’ve highlighted some of the top ones brok...