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Lauren April 07, 2020
Airbnb Inc. is raising $1 billion in funding from private-equity firms Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners as the company reels from a global hit to its business caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Lauren April 07, 2020
To help communities stay connected and informed in our new normal, Rise Buildings is making our communications suite available for free to all properties. Rise will also cover costs associated with t...
Lauren April 07, 2020
The global economy is going through, what feels like, a natural disaster.  In a recent CREtech Talk: Perspectives in a Time of Uncertainty webinar, four of the most active investors in real estate tech, including Merrit Hummer of Bain Capital Ventures, Travis Connors of Building Ventures, Daniel Fetner of Corigin Ventures, and ...
Lauren April 06, 2020
Cornerstone Projects Group, Trident Structures and Stream Realty Partners recently released development plans for Triune Centre, a six-floor 30,000-square-foot class-A office development. Triune Centre is the first office development in the United States to feature an automated valet parking garage located at 3400 West Freeway.
Lauren April 06, 2020
Real estate has always been a process that is document-intensive. But in a world where paper documents and in-person meetings are suddenly dangerous, the world of real estate closings is changing rapidly.
Lauren April 06, 2020
The Menlo Park, California-based company said Thursday it has laid off or furloughed 3% of its global workforce as the coronavirus pandemic continues grinding economies to a halt. "As parts of our business shut down, we unfortunately need to make some reductions in personnel through layoffs and furloughs," Katerra CEO Michael Marks said in a statement.
Lauren April 06, 2020
A new study found that people in states and cities that implemented social distancing guidelines stayed away from office, retail and other types of commercial buildings after the order.
Lauren April 06, 2020
While she’s studying for a master’s degree at Northwestern University, Christine Kaya Hewitt and her husband, Jason, have been renting out three of the four bedrooms in their house outside Kansas City through Airbnb.
Lauren April 06, 2020
Teddy Kramer worked at WeWork from 2013 to 2015. When he left the company, he had been a director of new market development, helping the co-working startup open new offices in different regions. He’d put in the time and been granted shares in the company. At first, he thought he might be able to sell them after WeWork’s much-anticipated initial public offering in September, but the IPO attem...
Lauren April 06, 2020
As the dreaded coronavirus bolts across the globe, city after city has locked down, transforming urban business centers and suburban malls alike into veritable ghost towns. Our cities can’t stay in lockdown indefinitely. The economic costs — never mind the toll on our society and our mental health — is just too devastating.