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CRETech June 05, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO—Co-working has, of course, changed the global landscape of commercial real estate. The sector has grown significantly during the past few years, especially in major tech cities such as San Francisco, according to a recent co-working report by Cushman & Wakefield. “Co-working ope...
CRETech June 05, 2019
Growing student loans, housing affordability concerns and rising construction expenses birthed a new asset class known as co-living over the past five years. As that sector grows rapidly in an attempt to give younger professionals higher-end living at lower rents, institutional players are expected to take notice soon.
CRETech June 05, 2019
Co-working giant WeWork has rolled out a brand new variety of startup support program in Sydney, launching its WeWork Labs offering in Australia for the first time. Running in more than 57 WeWork locations across the world, Labs is a unique take on a startup incubator or accelerator, providing light-touch support for companies in the co-working space through workshops, events, mentoring and inv...
CRETech June 05, 2019
In the four years since Common debuted its first building in New York's Chinatown neighborhood, the co-living industry has exploded in terms of its reach and diversity. Though the competition means that Common founder and CEO Brad Hargreaves is forced to innovate (such as with new ventures like family-focused apartment concept Kin), it also means that his idea turned out to be prescient and hi...
CRETech June 04, 2019
Let’s explore what CRE’s most influential brokerages are predicting as this year’s dominating trends. Our team at RealNex has compiled 4 industry-wide movements expected by top professionals to create massive opportunities for CRE and beyond.
CRETech June 04, 2019
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Walmart Inc said on Monday it has hired Scott Eckert to run its investment arm and startup incubator, Store No. 8, whose aim is to expand the retailer’s e-commerce business in partnership with retail startups, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Eckert, a former executive of Bain Capital Ventures, will take over from Lori Flees, who ran Store No. 8, in addition to wo...
CRETech June 04, 2019
We may now be hurtling toward the mass adoption of drones for everyday use. Drones are delivering UPS orders around the WakeMed medical campus in North Carolina,
CRETech June 04, 2019
It’s a sunny Thursday afternoon in Toronto, and a group of international tourists and new immigrants are staring at me through the glass doors of the reception area of the mayor’s office. I try to ignore them as I prepare for my meeting with the city’s top official when one opens the door and asks me, in broken English, if she can go in and see the mayor.
CRETech June 04, 2019
Industrial has been one asset class in the commercial real estate industry counted on for continued growth over the last several years. Supply, try as it might, has not been able to catch up with demand that has been fueled by soaring e-commerce activity. However, that may change in the next three years, according to a new report from Deloitte Insights.
CRETech June 04, 2019
As universities rely on off-campus housing to accommodate their growing populations and the trend of co-living brings multifamily closer to dorm life, the definition of student housing has become harder to pin down. With the deluge of institutional and foreign capital that has entered the student housing market, developers have been able to build at scale more consistently and at a higher level...