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CRETech September 12, 2019
It isn't WeWork, but modular construction startup Katerra is following a similar script to try and disrupt its entire industry. Katerra has announced the acquisition of two traditional construction firms, UEB Builders and Fortune-Johnson General Contractors, for an undisclosed price, Construction Dive reports. With UEB in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Fortune-Johnson in Georgia, Katerra will enter t...
CRETech September 12, 2019
New York, NY (September 5, 2019) — CREtech (cretech.com), the largest event, data and content platform in the commercial real estate tech industry, announced the winners of the 6th Annual Real Est...
CRETech September 11, 2019

Company races ahead with strategic hiring including CTO Jim Butler, former CTO and architect of Global Supply Platforms for Verizon Media, to catalyze the company’s tenant experience platform vision

Boston, MA – Wednesday, September 11, 2019 – HqO, a tenant experience (TeX) software...
CRETech September 11, 2019
A social networking platform aimed at connecting neighborhood residents has closed a $170 million funding round with its latest cash infusion. San Francisco-based Nextdoor secured another $47 million technology investment firm Bond, the tech investment firm founded by former Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker. That closes out its 
CRETech September 11, 2019

New York, NY (September 5, 2019) — Occupier, the leading transaction and portfolio management software solution for commercial tenants and brokers, is pleased to announce th...

CRETech September 11, 2019

Uber  has laid off 435 employees across its product and engineering teams, the company announced today. Combined, the layoffs represent about 8% of the organization, with 170 people leaving the product team and 265 peo...

CRETech September 11, 2019

SACRAMENTO — California legislators approved a landmark bill on Tuesday that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract workers as employees, a move that could reshape the gig economy and that adds fuel to a yearslong debate over whether the nature of work has become too insecure.

CRETech September 11, 2019
Traffic? What traffic? Metallica fans by the thousands flooded Chase Center arena’s opening night, Friday, but few found themselves stuck in bumper-to-bumper madness. Instead, an estimated 16,000 concert-goers seemingly got the message: Don’t drive near the arena. They rode gliding Muni trains. They head-banged aboard swift-moving bus shuttles. They crested waves aboard ferries. They ...
CRETech September 11, 2019
SoftBank, WeWork's biggest outside investor, is urging the startup to shelve its initial public offering, sources told CNBC's Leslie Picker. News of SoftBank's urging WeWork to put off its IPO was initially reported by the Financial Times. The We Co., as the co-working company is...
CRETech September 11, 2019
At a dinner two years ago, held in the wine cellar of real-estate executive Jeffrey Hines, managers of the office-building company he heads voiced growing suspicions about WeWork. WeWork started off as a great customer of Hines Interests LP and other landlords, leasing unused space and renting it to businesses too tiny to be ordinary tenants, Hines executive Charlie Kuntz said in a presentation...