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CRETech July 03, 2019

The last person to touch an item at an Amazon fulfillment center is the packer, whose job is to stick each order in a box and tape it shut.

As with most jobs, being a packer is more complicated than it looks. Michael Waterman, a packer at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse, told me that when he started, he would grab each piece of ...

CRETech July 03, 2019
There was a time when people worked without steam rooms or snack bars — but that is the workplace of yesteryear, and most landlords in the city are being forced to step up their game. The rise of coworking and flexible workspace providers in New York City has redefined the office leasing market and workplace culture, and it has put traditional office property landlords in something of a comp...
CRETech July 03, 2019

A pair of new developments in downtown Austin and Miami hopes to create a new hybrid hotel and condo model that allows owners to buy into a large property specifically designed for renting out on Airbnb.

Built and designed for homesharing, and branded

CRETech July 03, 2019
Coworking has become the darling of the office industry, with providers eagerly leasing up blocks of space during the industry's rampant expansion. But there remains a lot of hesitation as to their future from both office landlords and investors, panelists at Bisnow's Atlanta State of the Market said last week.
CRETech July 03, 2019
For years, real-estate technology startups watched from the fringes as big banks and venture-capital firms lavished attention on financial-technology firms. Now “proptech” has joined the party. Startups are raising more cash than ever while landlords are adopting a range of new software and hardware that is changing the way they do business.
New capital sources inc...
CRETech July 03, 2019
In the lead up to We Company’s IPO, some institutional investors were willing to trade their stock in the company at deep discounts to the $47 billion valuation set by Masayoshi Son and announced earlier his year. Son’s Japanese conglomerate SoftBank announced a large investment in t...
CRETech July 03, 2019

Cameras have stood guard outside New York City schools for years to keep children safe from speeding cars.

City officials say they have led to fewer injuries and crashes.

Now the city is sharply expanding the use of such cameras to nearly every neighborhood. It’s part of a far-reaching effort t...

CRETech July 03, 2019

NEW YORK CITY—Historically, the tenant-landlord relationship has been fairly transactional: the tenant occupies a space and pays the landlord rent to use it, in a deal that often lasts years or even decades. With more and more companies growing rapidly and offering employees flexible work arrangements, tenants expect more from their landlords. Commercial property o...

CRETech July 03, 2019
Many U.S. companies, facing fierce competition for skilled workers, have been finding that office amenities that were once all the rage — like free snacks, ping pong and beer taps — don’t always cut it. Some employers are using a new strategy for rethinking their offices as a recruitment tool — asking current employees what they want. That’s how
CRETech July 02, 2019

The World’s Most Influential Commercial Real Estate Tech Conference Is Coming To Brooklyn Next Week

New York, NY (October 11, 2019)CREtech