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CRETech October 29, 2019
Soho House, the luxury hotel and private members’ club, has raised $100 million to fund a global expansion over the next few years — pushing the company’s valuation to $2 billion. Founder and chief executive Nick Jones told the Financial Times that the company planned ...
CRETech October 29, 2019
It’s a buyer’s market in Miami, and a new startup wants to capitalize on the glut of condos on the market. New York City-based Compound, led by CEO Janine Yorio, is under contract to purchase a unit at Brickell City Centre, and will open up a vehicle for accredited investors to buy shares. Using the same model, the investment firm hopes to buy hundreds of condos that it will lease to renter...
CRETech October 29, 2019
There’s a lot of great companies being built outside of Silicon Valley. And Steve Case’s Revolution is eager to help find, and back, them. Today, Revolution announced the close of its second 
CRETech October 29, 2019
California firms Brooks + Scarpa and Plant Prefab have unveiled a low-cost housing concept for fallow urban sites, which comprise prefabricated, modular units that can be arranged in various configurations.
CRETech October 29, 2019
New York City companies plan to increase hiring of tech talent next year, especially workers with cybersecurity expertise, a survey of executives found.
Eighty-five percent of respondents said they intend to increase tech hiring in 2020, with more than half planning to boost their tech hires by 20% or more compared with this year. Executives expressed confidence in New Yo...
CRETech October 29, 2019
SoftBank Group Corp. earned only its second Hold rating on Friday after a Jefferies analyst downgraded the Japanese conglomerate for engineering WeWork’s $9.5 billion rescue package. Analysts covering SoftBank Group Corp. have been...
CRETech October 29, 2019
The NYU School of Professional Studies Schack Institute of Real Estate is recognized globally as one of the world’s leading centers of real estate and urban research and industry engagement. In August, the institute also announced its plan to open the NYU Institute for Cities and Real Estate in Emerging Markets in Shanghai. The new academic institute will have a research focus on real estate in ...
CRETech October 29, 2019

Ben Horowitz,  the co-founder of the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, has a new book coming out this coming Monday titled “What You Do Is ...

CRETech October 28, 2019
Flying robots that deliver packages to people’s doorsteps are no longer science fiction. Companies including Amazon.com Inc., AMZN...
CRETech October 28, 2019
Amazon is demonstrating how to create a smart home using Alexa-enabled gadgets in a London pop-up. The Westfield London activation, which runs until 2 November, features seven rooms. Guests can walk through the spaces and interact with technology from brand partners Drayton, Fitbit, Kutchenhaus, Mercedes-Benz, Omron, Osmo and Philips Hue. A Fitbit voice-activated art installation featu...