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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — When Toby Bouska Jr. started assembling cabs for Kenworth semitrucks last year, he learned the ropes by observing longtime workers at the factory. But it wasn’t exactly engaging, and he didn’t get much practice doing the job himself.

“It’s them doing the job, and you just have to watch,” said Mr. Bou...

A new Denver-based company is taking the uncertainty out of short-term vacation rentals by purchasing single-family homes and branding them like boutique hotels. The company, D. Alexander, is the answer to guaranteeing a positive guest experience that companies such as Airbnb, VRBO and HomeAway cannot because they don’t own the homes they rent, D. Alexander co-founder Alex Allison said.

Compass — the $4.4 billion Softbank-backed brokerage that’s shaken up the real estate landscape over the past seven years — was hit with an explosive and wide-ranging lawsuit Wednesday by a key rival accusing it of price-fixing and collusion, “predatory” poaching and unfair business practices. Realogy, in a 68-page complaint filed in New York State Supreme Court, alleges the firm ro...

Housing is experiencing a labor shortage like never before. According to industry data provider, Metrostudy, the shortage is due to an aging/retiring skilled labor force in construction, a stronger than ever appeal of other industries for younger workers over construction, and new government policies that are weakening the availability of immigrant construction labor.

Leader in workplace productivity expands document management capabilities and increases focus on insurance and finance markets

FISHERS, INDIANA – July 10, 2019 – Formstack, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company with a mission to transform the way people collect information and put it to wo...

Amy Bohutinsky, the former chief operating officer of Zillow, has joined venture capital equity firm TCV, where she will focus on late-stage consumer tech investments. Boh...

Big technology companies are doubling down on New York City by adding millions of square feet in office space and creating thousands of new jobs, with few aftereffects from Amazon.com Inc. ’s nixing of a Queens headquarters.

NEW YORK CITY—Colliers International Group has created a new division, Colliers Project Leaders | USA. It consolidates services of project management, development management, planning, advisory, commissioning and energy practices into one service group covering the US, aligning with its work in Canada. The new platform will better enable the commercial real estate services and investment mana...

CRE veteran Sheila Samii Matuscak has joined Coeo, a tech-enabled online marketplace designed for brokers and tenants to find and share commercial real estate. She and Kim Ford, LEED AP, will act as co-CEOs of the firm, which launched earlier this year.

RUTHERFORD, NJ—Commercial brokerage firm Savills reports it has launched a new specialization that will be focused on property disposition services. The new unit will be headed by dispositions expert and industry veteran Gerard J. Staudt, who has been hired as a senior managing director and head of dispositions, North America. Staudt will be based at Savills operations in Rutherford, NJ. T...