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Lauren April 28, 2020
A deal between Airbnb and RXR Realty that was touted as a “21st-century hospitality model” will never see the light of day. The short-term rental giant and the landlord are pulling the plug on a 10-floor residential rental conversion at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, according to Business Insider. The companies said last year that they would bring 200 hotel-style units to the 33-story office tower.
Lauren April 27, 2020
Have I already had COVID-19 exposure?  Am I now potentially immune? Bridgewater, NJ, April 26th, 2020:  BackToWork Solutions’ high-volume employee antibody testing process is up and running! Employers are now providing their employees a potential path to reclaim their lives and return back to work. Testing for immunity is l...
Lauren April 27, 2020
On Wednesday, April 22, Walker & Dunlop’s Chairman & CEO, Willy Walker, hosted our Walker Webcast with the CEO of Starwood Capital Group, Barry Sternlicht. Willy and Barry discussed the CRE market’s performance, touching on asset class performance across Starwood’s vast holdings and investments, the path forward for our country and economy, and where and when investment opportunities...
Lauren April 27, 2020
The nation’s largest real estate listings platform is allowing its employees to work from home for the rest of the year. “My personal opinions about WFH have been turned upside down over the past 2 months,” Rich Barton, CEO of Zillow, tweeted Friday. “I expect this will have a lasting influence on the future of work … and home. Stay safe.”
Lauren April 27, 2020
By the end of March, nearly two-thirds of knowledge workers were working remotely, according to an estimate from software company Netskope. A Colliers survey of people around the globe conducted around the same time found 82% of employees hope to work from home at least once a week after the pandemic.
Lauren April 27, 2020
NEW DELHI—Inexpensive motorcycles and scooters will make up the largest group of new vehicles hitting the world’s roads in the next decade—and a rapidly growing share of those bikes will be electric, say manufacturers and analysts.
Lauren April 27, 2020
In the wake of the global pandemic, today’s COVID-19 world has created significant challenges for commercial real estate professionals: real estate discovery will move online, collaborating online will be more common, office space will need redesign. Owners and brokers need solutions, tenants need guidance.
Lauren April 27, 2020
News that Magic Leap laid off half its staff and abandoned its consumer ambitions may sound like a nail in the coffin for the augmented reality industry. But the most well-funded startup in the space had struggled before the coronavirus pandemic, and there are signs that demand for AR and virtual reality...
Lauren April 27, 2020
Companies have spent much of 2020 racing to shore up supply chains as the coronavirus shut down much of the world, but business leaders say they expect problems to remain even as countries start to reopen their economies.
Lauren April 27, 2020
In a city like San Francisco, there are generally two options when it comes to apartment rentals: Go for the expensive, luxury high-rise buildings or spin the Craigslist roulette, with the risk of ending up in someone’s living room. In 2016,