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CRETech August 02, 2019
Vacasa, the vacation rental management service, will buy Wyndham Vacation Rentalsfrom Wyndham Destinations, the companies said Tuesday. Vacasa will pay $45 million in cash at closing and will give Wyndham Destinations up...
CRETech August 02, 2019
“What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” goes the unofficial slogan of this gaming hub in the desert. To which the team behind Bleutech Park Properties might reply, “Not if we can help it.” The $7.5-billion Bleutech Park Las Vegas is slated to break ground in the Las Vegas Valley in December of this year, creating a mini-city that the project’s backers promise will “bring life to new...
CRETech August 02, 2019
Just a few days after abruptly closing its doors, co-living start-up Bedly has inked an agreement for another company to take over some of its sublease agreements. Brooklyn-based Outpost Club will take over some of Bedly’s lease agreements at its Manhattan and New Jersey properties, the companies announced on Thursday. Bedly founder Martin Greenberg indicated that similar second deal at its o...
CRETech August 02, 2019
Jon McNeill, who was hired last year to run Lyft Inc.’s operations, is leaving the company. The founders, who have struggled to retain an operating chief, said they won’t hire a replacement. Before joining Lyft, McNeill was a deputy to Elon Musk at 
CRETech August 02, 2019
One needn’t be an oracle to forecast Airbnb listings prices — AI models fed customer reviews and rental features will do the trick. That’s the conclusion drawn by a team of graduate students at Stanford, who investigate in a paper on Arxiv.org (“Airbnb Price Prediction Using Machine Learning...
CRETech August 02, 2019
Finding the right hotel has never been easier with Booking.com, and no one even remembers how we sent files before WeTransfer. What these two have in common is that they share Amsterdam as their headquarters. And for good reason – this bike-friendly city has also been friendly to the startup community, with a progressive environment, diverse workforce, innovative spirit, top-notch universities a...
CRETech August 02, 2019
Adam Neumann (the WeWork landlord) is going to find out out how much a building mostly leased to Adam Neumann (the WeWork CEO) is worth. In an effort to avoid potential conflicts of interest ahead of parent firm the We Company’s debut on Wall Street, Neumann is putting a property that he owns as a personal investment in Greenwich Village up for sale on the open market, sources told The R...
CRETech August 02, 2019
The idea of renting an apartment with the click of a button just got a little more real. Residential listings startup Nestio — which provides real-time inventory management to big landlords — is rolling out an online leasing platform for renters, the company announced Wednesday. Dubbed “Funnel by Nestio,” the mobile-first tool automates the application for prospective renters by givi...
CRETech August 02, 2019
Before investing in smart-lock startup Latch, Andrew Sugrue spent an hour or so doing due diligence in the apartment building of Latch’s chief executive on the Lower East Side of New York.
“We were lurking downstairs, we spoke with a bunch of other people [who lived there]. One person said, ‘I couldn’t live in a non-Latch building,’” said Mr. Sugrue, co-founde...
CRETech August 01, 2019
A great workplace experience is more than just having a desk by the window or free lunch. It’s about being able to find a conference room for a last-minute meeting or having a mix of space to help you do your best work, like a table for collaboration and a quiet...